Faculty members David Concepción, Tayla Lee, Abdel Bidaoui, Kristen McCauliff and Melinda Messineo chat over coffee.

The new program helps 50 junior faculty members in and out of the classroom, with everything from pointers on time management to coffee klatches.

Mike Goldsby at a lectern

Empathy, creativity and smart risk-taking are traits students can gain in an entrepreneurial learning context, Ball State’s chief entrepreneurial officer says.

Dean Weidner, the Weidner Center for Residential Property Management's namesake, chats with instructor Erin Donovan.

Residential property management giant’s work ethic and $1 million gift to Ball State are shaping a new generation of managers in a field primed for growth.

A group of Ball State employees goes for a walk on campus.

Events like the Teachers College Take the Stairs challenge aim to get people moving, advice offered by researchers who found Americans sit still too much.

A still image from a video in which theater instructor Robert Dirden and senior design tech major Kristen Sarasien transform Bill Jenkins, chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance, into Edna Turnblad for Ball State’s production of “Hairspray.”

Theater instructor Robert Dirden and senior design tech major Kristen Saracen give the Theatre and Dance chair a makeover to remember.

Ball State students who participated in the 2016 Alternative Spring Break program are seen in a resale shop in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

For a week, eight Ball State students set up camp at Community Threads in Arlington Heights, Ill., a resale shop that funds 4 Chicago-area service agencies.

A boy paints on a weatherproof Plexiglas easel on the site of a 2-acre playscape at Muncie Head Start.

Associate Professor of Architecture Pam Harwood and her students designed a nearly 2-acre space intended to turn recess into a learning environment.