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The Pyeongchang team

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]or five Ball State University students, reporting from the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, was the most intense and exhilarating experience of their young careers. The students were part of the University’s immersive learning experience  BSU at the Games , a student-run news agency that provided daily coverage of the games, producing stories, photos, video, and graphics […]

Sara McInerney smiles as she talks to two men. They are standing in the rain during a playground build.

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ara McInerney can’t feel her toes. The community engagement specialist for Finish Line Youth Foundation has gone numb after six hours in a cold, hard rain while leading hundreds of volunteers building a playground on Indianapolis’ east side. “I’d been worried all week, having people come up to me saying, ‘You know it’s gonna rain […]

Photo of Yosef Teklewold

‘Adopted’ Ethiopian boy becomes man who wants to bring opportunity and technology to homeland.

Several computer science students are seated at a table while looking at laptop computers

Graduate students in the Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS) teach information technology and STEM skills to Muncie youth.

Dwight Smith is talking to a group of students

Telecommunications alumnus Dwight Smith shares successes in the entertainment industry, producing well-known reality TV shows in Hollywood.

Several students sit at a table with their laptop computers

Ball State’s student-run public relations agency work around the clock to assist local nonprofits in a 24-hour CreatAThon.

A student is shown working with a hot glass project

Student videographer captured a 24-hour slice of life at Ball State in a video that shows campus activity at all hours of the day and night.