Seven Fulbright scholars from Lebanon and Iraq spent 10 weeks this summer at the Miller College of Business, where they focused on research, teaching and community engagement. The scholars—six from Lebanon and one from Iraq—are junior faculty members at their respective universities. With either doctoral or masters degrees, the scholars are part of an international […]
A champion of lifelong learning, the Miller College of Business will soon offer educational courses to post-college adults seeking to advance their careers with in-demand business knowledge. The new Executive Learning Program will provide a variety of courses—ranging from blockchain to cryptocurrency to business analytics topics—to Ball State alumni and Indiana’s non-business practicing professionals. These […]
Sons and daughters of migrant workers from across Indiana were recently immersed in technologies that may someday lead to new careers in a variety of rapidly growing industries. For the second consecutive year, Teachers College was host to 50 middle school students and their teachers who participated in the Migrant Education S.T.E.M. Technology Summit. The […]
In seven years, the boy had never used words to communicate with another person. He had a non-verbal form of autism. But, he had also never communicated in writing. His parents and educators were worried he might also be illiterate, maybe forever. Therapy and school-based speech services hadn’t helped. Then, one afternoon at a summer […]
Through a Ball State immersive learning course, Caitlin Maloney of Bolingbrook, Illinois, helped create a reenactment video, virtual walking tour, virtual museum, and an in-depth marketing plan to celebrate, preserve and promote Indiana history. Maloney, a history major with minors in sociology and African American studies, worked with nine other students through this four-part course to […]
Remember all those movies from the 1980s and 1990s where some edgy principal or teacher would come in and turn around a gritty school with a serving of tough love? Well, a real-life version actually happened recently at Allen Elementary School in Marion, Indiana. There are some big differences though. This story involves not one […]
Ball State University are using dance to teach team-building and social skills to children in a Muncie school. The 14 students students are mixing dance with life skills at Longfellow Elementary School where children have an opportunity to learn while having fun, according to junior Hannah Bertrand of Lincoln, Nebraska. Bertrand, who is pursuing a […]
Ball State University graduate student Gabriel Shetterley of Pendleton is working to improve rental housing by educating tenants and landlords about issues and responsibilities, and he plans to apply what he’s learned to issues in his hometown. Nearly one of every three Muncie residents lives in a rental property. Shetterley is working with the 8-12 […]
Ball State University senior Mackenzie Park of Bluffton and 13 other students are creating design blueprints for an Indianapolis foundation that uses horseback riding as therapeutic treatment. The Children’s TherAplay Foundation offers physical and occupational therapies to Indianapolis children. With the implementation of hippotherapy, or the use of horseback riding as therapeutic treatment, the organization […]
