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  • Alicia Herder Sundance

    Alicia Herder: From Ball State to Sundance
    February 27, 2020 by

    ’14 TCOM alumna Alicia Herder accomplished something that very few filmmakers can claim. The film she produced right after college—La Leyenda Negra—was selected to have its world premiere at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival. CCIM Associate Dean Tim Pollard was one of Alicia’s professor at Ball State. When he heard about her accomplishment, he was […]

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  • Good News January
    January 30, 2020 by

    January flew by and we have some exciting news to share! Ball State put the spotlight on two of our faculty members in their Achieving Academic Excellence video series: CICS’ Becky Hammons and TCOM’s Chris Flook. CCIM offers a new class introducing students to drone operations and applications. The inaugural class, led by TCOM faculty […]

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  • Benny and drone

    TCOM 299x: We Fly (Drones)
    January 27, 2020 by

    In recent years, drone technology has taken off in more ways than one. Television stations, filmmakers and production houses have embraced unmanned aerial systems (UAS)—also known as drones— to capture exciting footage at a fraction of the cost of a full-sized aircraft. To address this shift, CCIM is offering a new series of classes that […]

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  • Lionel Some receives award

    My Experience at the Secure the Future Competition
    January 24, 2020 by

    Recent CICS grad Lionel Somé was one of the ten finalists invited to Palo Alto to take part in Secure The Future—a national competition on Cyber Security hosted by Palo Alto Networks. He shared what the 4-month long process looked like for him. In an ever-evolving digital landscape, cyber-attacks against business systems are increasing at […]

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  • Ball State Day at the Statehouse
    January 10, 2020 by

    This month at Ball State Day at the Statehouse, our faculty, students, and staff from various academic colleges and organizations visited the Indiana Statehouse to show their Ball State pride and speak with their representatives. The College of Communication, Information, and Media was represented by students and faculty who worked on recent projects or are […]

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  • CCIM alumni and President Mearns

    Happy Holidays from CCIM
    December 21, 2019 by

    Hello, World! For our very first blog post—and coincidentally, our last post of the decade—we are happy to bring some holiday cheer with two videos featuring some of the people who make CCIM. First off, our holiday video titled A Stop-Motion Story takes you inside the CCIM snow globe, and on a journey through the Letterman, […]

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