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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 […]

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

A student helps a child with her homework

For some Muncie families, a path out of poverty takes teamwork. Melinda Messineo leads students in service to families who need nourishing meals.

A professor and three students admire plants growing in a large wooden box.

The Maring-Hunt Library Community Garden is a resource to a Muncie neighborhood, so students partnered to design an enhanced space.

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.

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Alumnus Thomas Bryan honors father and uncle legacy through large gift to name deanship of the Miller College of Business.