College of Sciences and Humanities

Ball State creates student-run interior design firm partnership.

Needed: Help in locating newborn fawns. Any resident of Bloomington is asked to participate. That's the message that Chad Stewart and Tim Carter want to broadcast throughout Bloomington. "It will remain nice and snug but will allow the fawn to grow to accommodate the animal," said Carter, an associate professor of biology at Ball State University.

Column by Ball State history professor Jennifer Mara DeSilva, assistant professor of history, about the historical context of Pope Benedict XVI's resignation.

Beginning this month, BSU students enrolled in Steve Radil’s immersive learning geography class, will work with neighborhood associations in seven neighborhoods — Anthony, West Briar, Industry, South Central, Forest Park, Old West End and Morningside — to assess their strengths and weaknesses, known as a "mental mapping."

Women at the meeting here said there are some bright spots in the discipline. At a table in a room displaying philosophy books for sale, three undergraduate women sat with copies of the undergraduate philosophy journal Stance. Undergraduates at Ball State University produce it, and all of its authors are students. The journal was started by a female student in 2006, and its current editor is female, as are the authors of about half of the papers in its latest issue.
David W. Concepcion, chairman of Ball State's department of philosophy and religious studies, is the journal's managing editor. He cajoled Kiley Neal, a soft-spoken senior majoring in creative writing with a minor in philosophy, to be this year's editor in chief.
"Being editor of a journal is a big step for me," said Ms. Neal. "But if Dave thinks I can do it, I can do it."
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Stephanie Hedge, a graduate student in the Department of English at Ball State University, penned a guest column about why to consider using tablets to teach and how to use them appropriately.