Brianna Meyer with preschoolers

Student volunteers traveled to a challenged St. Louis enclave, stepped into the realities of its residents and took away a new perspective.

Chris Flook, a telecommunications lecturer at Ball State University, poses with his camera.

Telecommunications lecturer Chris Flook mines scholarly research at Ball State and elsewhere to produce “Native Americans of East-Central Indiana.”

Associate professor Katherine Denker sits in her office with sophomore communication studies major Isa Escobio.

PhD Pathways, founded in 2012, is pointing the way to grad school for a growing number of students who want to come back to teach at Ball State.

Two students grab a bite to eat in a dining hall in Lafollette Complex during Ball State Dining’s energy-saving Dinner in the Dark event.

Dining pursues sustainability through power savings, composting, recycling. Its efforts cut costs, reduce waste, keep food fresh and feed the hungry.

An architecture student builds a shelter she designed during a recent trip she and other students took to California's Death Valley

College of Architecture students tackle the challenge of creating a shelter that’s portable, easy to assemble and can keep people safe in extreme environments.

Ball State students paint signs they plan to use at the 10th annual Ball State Dance Marathon.

The 10th student-run Riley Hospital for Children fundraiser — 1,500 dancers strong and a record haul in its sites — traces its ambition to the original.

Stormie Kirby, a recent Ball State graduate and a social media outreach coordinator for CADMA, works with social media data on a touchscreen monitor.

The Center for Advancement of Digital Marketing and Analytics closes the gap between student ability and real-world marketing needs.