Month: March 2019

Biology grad student wins Ball State’s Three Minute Thesis competition

March 28, 2019 by Emily Gralak

Ball State University biology graduate student Kirsten Vacura of Bloomington, Minnesota can explain her thesis on lakes and invasive species in 3 minutes. That ability won her the $1,000 first place prize at the university’s first Three Minute Thesis competition. The Three Minute Thesis contest, held at more than 600 universities worldwide, challenges students to […]

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American Revolution comes to life in new video with Ball State students

March 25, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

Noah Nobbe may be your typical student at Ball State University, but thanks to a new historical video project, he’s also been transformed into one of the heroes of the American Revolution. For the last several months, the junior public history student from Westport, Indiana, has taken on a new identity: Francois Riday Busseron, a […]

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Two Ball State students accepted to prestigious Orr Fellowship

March 22, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

Ball State University seniors Vanessa Ramos and Lemuel Turner have accepted positions with the Orr Fellowship, an Indianapolis-based entrepreneurial-focused program. With an annual acceptance rate of 5 percent, the Orr Fellowship is a two-year program for recent college graduates that envelops full-time work experience with a curriculum focusing on community involvement, professional development, and leadership. […]

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Ball State Opera Theatre to perform Mozart classic ‘Don Giovanni’

March 20, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

The Ball State Opera Theatre will perform Mozart’s acclaimed opera “Don Giovanni” on March 29 at 7:30 p.m. and March 31 at 2 p.m. in Sursa Performance Hall. Twenty-two students in the College of Fine Arts will perform the full opera, a blend of humor, drama, horror, love, and the supernatural. “The ‘mashup’ nature of […]

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Portland resident part of Ball State project to help pregnant women with opioid addiction

March 18, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

In a project to address opioid addiction among pregnant women, Ball State University junior Gwyneth Harris of Portland, Indiana, is working to make connections within the Muncie community to provide a healthy and safe environment for these expectant mothers. “This is bigger than a class project,” Harris said. “It’s something that can have an impact […]

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Freshman’s sports writing attracts thousands of readers

March 14, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

Ball State University freshman Mason Plummer of South Bend is among the youngest writers for Fansided, a network with 300-plus sites of national sports news and entertainment, and thousands of people already read his articles every week. Writing about Notre Dame athletics as a high school student and later the European Soccer Team Chelsea FC, […]

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Ball State graduate assistant conducts research into job automation

March 13, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

Inside Ball State University’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) graduate assistant Logan Garza from Winchester, Indiana, spends his days analyzing massive amounts of data and evaluating the economic impact of companies throughout Indiana. Garza, who received his bachelor’s with a double major in accounting and business analytics from Ball State in 2018, is […]

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Coming-of-age story to be brought to life in ‘Snapshots’

March 12, 2019 by Gabrielle Glass

Following three women through the trials and tribulations of their lives, “Snapshots”brings the journeys of Hollis, Carol, and Sherry to life at the Cave Theatre on the Ball State University campus, opening on March 19 at 7:30 p.m. Additional showings will be March 20-23 at 7:30 p.m. and March 23 and 24 at 2:30 p.m. […]

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Student wins prestigious scholarship to study French in Quebec

March 11, 2019 by Melissa Kraman

Drew Shaeffer of Virginia Beach will take her French-speaking talents to Quebec from July to Aug., made possible by her earning a Pi Delta Phi National French Honors Society Mary E. Gutermuth Award. The Ball State University sophomore prevailed over a dozen other applicants from Pi Delta Phi chapters across the country. Shaeffer, a marketing […]

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