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June 12, 2013
Music for All, one of the nation's most influential music education organizations, will bring its national summer music camp to Ball State for a third year. Symposium events are scheduled for June 24 through June 29.
June 6, 2013
Trustees approve lowest tuition and fee increase since 1976, budget and salary plans and amend the University Core Curriculum and Promotion and Tenure Policy.
May 21, 2013
The University Design Center matches Ball State interior design students with professionals statewide, including retailers, hotels, offices and nonprofits in need of design concepts for their spaces. Working in teams, the students consult with clients and provide graphic solutions — everything from the layout of floor plans and ideas for lighting to suggestions for fixtures and furnishings — that can then be executed by professional designers.
May 15, 2013
Ball State University’s decisions not to renew five charter schools are affirmed by the recommendation of the hearing panel and President Jo Ann M. Gora.
May 8, 2013
Ball State University has developed a versatile mobile application that allows college classes to compile the equivalent of digital “textbooks” about their field trips and individual travelers to create detailed vacation journals.
May 7, 2013
On the order of Indiana Governor Mike Pence, Ball State University has lowered its flags to remember former Governor Otis "Doc" Bowen, who passed away on May 4. Flags will remain lowered to half-staff through Saturday, May 11.
May 3, 2013
Ball State trustees approve requested revisions to the employee health care plan and revise the university’s smoking policy.
April 29, 2013
Ball State alumnus and U.N. Undersecretary General Jeffrey D. Feltman to speak at May Commencement.
April 20, 2013
Ball State trustees have approved a new master of science degree in software engineering.
April 18, 2013
"On the Move: Ball State Dance Theatre on Tour" will visit area schools and venues this month, concluding with three performances on the University Theatre stage.
April 16, 2013
On the order of the president of the United States, Ball State University will lower its flags today (Wednesday, April 16) to remember the victims of the bombings in Boston. Flags will remain lowered to half-staff until sunset April 20. Gov. Mike Pence is also directing flags at state facilities in all counties of Indiana to be flown at half-staff.
April 15, 2013
Study finds that school nurses need more help in battling adolescent dating violence.
April 8, 2013
Rukmini Callimachi, West Africa bureau chief with The Associated Press, has won the 2013 Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award presented annually by Ball State's Department of Journalism.
April 8, 2013
Ball State's School of Nursing is partnering with Community Health Network to create the Nursing Academy, an accelerated degree program designed to increase the number of registered nurses in Indiana.
April 2, 2013
The Center for Business and Economic Research says that Indiana will have to adjust its human capital policies in order to put hundreds of thousands of people back to work.
March 26, 2013
The 2013 Emens Distinguished Professor Lecture Series welcomes Robert Marzano, co-founder and CEO of Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL), to speak at 7 p.m. April 2 in Pruis Hall at Ball State University. Marzano's research addresses current issues in teacher evaluation and best practices that lead to student achievement in the classroom.
March 22, 2013
The Jim & Rita Myers Fund for Accounting Excellence has been established with $30,000 in contributions.
March 20, 2013
Alumnus Mike Smith has donated $125,000 to establish the Marilyn Weaver Faculty Fellowship.
March 20, 2013
Sports Link will play a major role in covering one of the largest sporting events in the country — the 2013 NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament.
March 18, 2013
The 1950s world of New York City gamblers and petty criminals intersects with true love in "Guys and Dolls," the latest Broadway musical to open on the University Theatre stage March 28 at 7:30 p.m.