Category: College of Sciences and Humanities

Ball State Faculty Continue to Cultivate Relationships, Strengthen Ties in Pakistan

May 1, 2023 by Jennifer Criss

A little over a decade ago, nine Ball State University faculty members embarked on a three-year partnership with the Area Study Centre for Africa, North, and South America at Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) in Islamabad, Pakistan. There was an emphasis at the time on rebuilding and strengthening relationships between the United States and countries in the […]

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Ball State Graduate Named a USA TODAY 2023 Woman of the Year

April 21, 2023 by Landa Bagley

For several years after her college graduation, Ball State alumna Tina McIntosh, BS ‘94 ‘MA 95, enjoyed her work as an event planner. But after a couple of personal tragedies, her life’s passion—which she originally discovered while attending Ball State—resurfaced. At 27 years old, she quit her event planning job and started Joy’s House—a nonprofit […]

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‘She Was A Light In The Muncie Community:’ Ball State Remembers Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Jane Kendall

November 21, 2022 by Jennifer Criss

Elizabeth “Betty” Jane Kendall, one of Ball State’s oldest alumna and lifelong supporters, has passed away. She was 106 years old. “Jennifer and I are deeply saddened by Betty’s passing,” said Ball State President Geoffrey S. Mearns. “She was a light in the Muncie community—a woman who accomplished so much over the course of her […]

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Ball State Celebrates Expansion of Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse

July 6, 2022 by JB Bilbrey

Costa Rican plants. Beehive cubbies. A chocolate tree and an eastern box turtle. Much like the tropical banana plant that now touches the conservatory ceiling, the Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse is growing. Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony It was standing room only June 17 in the new Environmental Education Center that is connected to the […]

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New Immersive Learning Project Promotes Sustainable Opportunities

November 10, 2021 by Andrew Walker

An Immersive Learning project is underway at Ball State University that will utilize the talents of students and faculty at two colleges to promote awareness of sustainable activities in Indiana. Faculty mentors Dr. Adam Kuban, an associate professor of Journalism at the College of Communication, Information, and Media, and Dr. Adam Berland, associate professor of […]

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Ball State’s Storm Chasing Class Offers Hands-on Learning for Meteorology Students

August 20, 2021 by Landa Bagley

Ball State University’s Storm Chaser Class gives students hands-on opportunities to study the atmosphere, forecast severe storms, use radars, and chase storms in the Great Plains. Talk about the weather to Ball State University student Ky’lie Garland-Yates, and it’ll quickly cease being a mere topic of chit-chat in casual conversation. Clouds, sunshine, light rains, big storms, wind, temperature, humidity—Ms. Garland-Yates is fascinated […]

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Ball State’s Applied Anthropology Laboratories Digging Into Muncie’s History

July 15, 2021 by Dan Forst, '85

Ball State’s Applied Anthropology Labs embarks on a project, with the support and involvement of Muncie’s leadership and historical societies, to create a public educational program for all ages, based in archaeology and history, about the heart of downtown Muncie and the creation of Delaware County.

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Ball State Program Verifies Voting Machines

July 9, 2021 by Jake Williams

With so much discussion and debate about federal, state, and local voting laws in America, the certification of voting machines and electronic poll books has become even more important. Ball State University plays a key role in this process in Indiana, as its Bowen Center Voting System Technical Oversight Program (VSTOP) approves voting machines in […]

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Celebrate Ball State Orchid’s Collection’s 50th Anniversary On March 20

March 1, 2021 by Dan Forst, '85

The 50th anniversary celebration of the Ball State orchid collection, now housed within the Dr. Joe and Alice Rinard Orchid Greenhouse, is set for Saturday, March 20. Originally planned as a regional orchid conference (Mid-America Orchid Congress) to be held at the Ball State Alumni Center, the 50th anniversary celebration was to be complete with […]

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