[dropcap]D[/dropcap]uring the past three years, Ball State student Anamarie Booher has taken three trips to Ecuador to job shadow local Ecuadorian doctors. Each trip, she found similarities between residents of that country and those from her hometown of Muncie. The 22-year-old senior found people suffering from dehydration, health issues related to a lack of physical […]
[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ayat Bedaiwi remembers many acts of kindness extended to her from the Ball State community, but one, in particular, stands out. She was leaving Bracken Library when a University Police officer passing by asked if he could give her a high five, “because it was such a beautiful day, and he wanted to make me […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen legendary news reporter and retired telecommunications professor Steve Bell and historian Bruce Geelhoed remember April 4, 1968, they think of a tumultuous time in American history. The nation was focused on the controversial Vietnam War as political candidates from both parties were gearing up campaigns for the 1968 U.S. presidential race. At the same […]
Inside a quiet room on the Ball State University campus, 5-year-old Camden wrinkles up his nose and frowns at the ceiling, looking for the source of a sudden noise. A few seconds later he’s back at play, seemingly untroubled, but on the other side of the darkened glass, autism researcher Shireen Kanakri closely watches the scene. Minutes […]
[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 […]
[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen Arlee Post was a junior apparel design major at Ball State, a career coach from the University introduced her to Elizabeth (Etzell) Murray, an alumna who would eventually become her mentor and supervisor at L.L. Bean. It started with the Cardinal Career Network, connecting alumni employers with students. “I decided to pick Elizabeth’s brain about her […]
[dropcap]D[/dropcap]avid A. Northern Sr. is often introduced as “the first.” He is the first African-American to become chief executive officer of Lake County (Illinois) Housing Authority (LCHA), one of the leading housing authorities in the nation, serving Chicago’s northern suburbs. And he is the first African-American elected to the Board of Education of Community Consolidated […]