Category: People

Ball State Alum Stephen Beard’s Second Pulitzer-Winning Effort Hits Close to Home

September 9, 2021 by Jake Williams

Winning a Pulitzer Prize is truly a special event in a journalist’s life. Stephen Beard has been fortunate enough to be part of not one, but two Pulitzer-winning efforts. But it’s the most recent award that literally hit home for the Ball State graduate. Mr. Beard, a graphics journalist with USA TODAY, was part 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 Student Covers Tuition by Creating, Selling Blankets

June 23, 2021 by Jake Williams

They say necessity is the mother of invention. For Ball State University sophomore Lydia Greene, that sentiment holds true. Ms. Greene, a marketing student, decided to get creative to help cover tuition costs, so she turned to her entrepreneurial spirit to pay for school. And of all things, she turned to chunky blankets. “I started […]

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Ball State Urban Planning Students Continuing To Build Framework For Muncie’s Future

May 17, 2021 by Dan Forst, '85

There’s a wealth of expertise and energy within Ball State’s students. And the University has always looked for ways to share those attributes for the benefit of the local communities it serves. One of the latest and most visible examples took flight last August when students in Ball State’s Urban Planning program, a part of […]

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Ball State Grad to Run in Carmel Marathon, Hopes to Make an Olympic Team

April 2, 2021 by Landa Bagley

Elite marathon runner and Ball State University graduate Sophia Liu (Liu Ziyang) hopes her participation in the April 3 Carmel Marathon, will help get her dream of competing in the Summer Olympics back on track.

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BSW Students Give Back in Large Way

March 31, 2021 by Ball State Staff

A total of 56 students volunteered for Social Work 200. The students volunteered in a wide variety of areas that included the Ross Center, Muncie Habitat, YWCA, Muncie Mission, Motivate Our Minds, Cure Hunger, Lifestream Inc, Boys and Girls Clubs, and many more. Each student was required to volunteer a total of 18 hours, but […]

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Spring BSW Graduation Celebration

March 30, 2021 by Ball State Staff

This Spring, 45 BSW students completed 18,000 hours of practicum in 35 agencies, organizations, and schools throughout Indiana. We celebrated these outstanding students in a face-to-face Commencement on May 8. Four students addressed the mental health needs of children, youth or adults. Substance use disorder intervention and program development were the focus of two students. […]

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Dr. Stephen M. Young Returns to BSU Community as BSW Faculty Member

March 29, 2021 by Ball State Staff

Stephen M. Young, PhD, LCSW, is delighted to return to his home community to serve as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work. After graduating with his diploma from Anderson High School, he earned his BSW and MSW from Indiana University and his PhD from the University of Georgia. Dr. Young is also […]

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TCOM grad Alicia Herder (’14) co-produces a film selected for premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival

March 15, 2021 by Dan Forst, '85

Alicia Herder, 2014 Ball State TCOM alum, remains grateful, euphoric, and still somewhat in a state of disbelief that the film she co-produced with boyfriend Marcel Perez in 2018, La Leyenda Negra was selected to premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in America.

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