Leslie Adriance, a senior architecture major, stands near a sign for Ball State’s College of Architecture and Planning.

Leslie Adriance, a senior majoring in architecture, has received a $7,000 Udall Scholarship for her work related to the carbon footprint of buildings.

Graduate student Dylan Kanowski uses a rowing machine at the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center.

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n any given day, as many as 3,000 people use the Jo Ann Gora Student Recreation and Wellness Center, and Dylan Danowski is often one of them. The self-described health nut uses the modern campus athletic and recreational complex — part of a larger complex that also houses facilities for sports teams and classrooms — […]

Serena Salloum, an assistant professor in the Department of Educational Leadership, talks with a student in a classroom.

Ball State faculty member pushes her students, mostly school administrators seeking a doctorate, to work hard and focus on their jobs and classes.

An art installation conceptualized and built by an instructor and students from the College of Architecture and Planning takes shape in Yorktown, Indiana.

The untitled piece in Yorktown — being built by a School of Architecture team — is starting conversations amid hopes that it and future projects will stir commerce.

Several incoming freshmen and an orientation leader walk to North Quad to schedule classes.

More than 3,800 incoming freshmen from Indiana and across the U.S. attended two-day sessions this summer, making the event one of Ball State’s biggest ever.

Lauren Baney discusses human trafficking with fellow Ball State student.

Lauren Baney has kept a 24-hour vigil, raised money and put together events in her hometown of Fishers, Indiana, to promote awareness of human trafficking.

Michael Goodyear is seen driving a race car at a racing school just outside Toronto, Ontario.

Ball State junior Michael Goodyear, son of two-time Indy 500 driver Scott Goodyear, is preparing for a future in business and racing in equal measure.