Ball State baseball has a long and proud history of sending players to the major leagues. Zach Plesac, ’17, is the latest and has shown the potential to be one of the greatest. Selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 12th round of the 2016 MLB draft, Plesac spent two years in the minor leagues […]
Officers at Ball State University Police Department explain why they decided to get into law enforcement.
Compiled by Eileen Porzuczek and Nick Werner From its campus buildings to its academic programs and student life, Ball State is always changing to keep up with the evolving times. Walk down memory lane with us as we reminisce about Ball State through the years 1960 to 1999. What did Ball State look like the year […]
We understand that it may be hard for students to leave campus at times, but Muncie has so much to offer! Likewise, alumni who haven’t been to Muncie for a while may be interested in the finest our city has to offer these days. We recently asked Ball State’s social media followers where they like to […]
Ball State University is tapping into its alumni as a resource to make connections between the classroom and the world into which students will graduate. Through the Career Center’ s Skills Infusion Program, faculty members are paired with alumni employers to weave workplace competencies into learning outcomes in their syllabi. Launched in Spring 2018, the program has […]
Muncie’s high school has revived a STEM program and gotten more Ball State student teachers, thanks to the district’s ‘ partnership with the university.
Cailín Murray and Russell Irving met outside the historic Thomas Neely home four years ago during what can technically be described as an act of trespassing. For decades, the home had stood abandoned and in disrepair, an eyesore in Muncie’s historic Emily Kimbrough Neighborhood. Murray, a Ball State associate professor of anthropology , had assumed that the ramshackle home was uninhabited. She entered […]