CCIM Digest

News and stories from the College of Communication, Information, and Media

Category: Department of Media

  • Ball State Foundation Top 100 Students

    Meet this year’s Top 100 Students from CCIM
    March 13, 2025 by

    Twelve students from the College of Communication, Information, and Media were recognized by the Ball State University Foundation’s annual Top 100 Student Awards. These awards recognize outstanding undergraduate students who represent Beneficence both in and out of the classroom and excel in academic excellence, campus leadership, and community impact. On March 22, these students who […]

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  • Text Overlay saying Good News, Fall 2024 on a picture of Frog Baby at sunset

    Good News Fall 2024
    December 2, 2024 by

    CCIM’s Fall 2024 Semester has been filled with a wide range of events and a collection of amazing accomplishments from CCIM students, faculty, staff, and alumni.   Throughout the months of September, October, and the beginning of November, members of the CCIM community published and presented research, welcomed prospective students and alumni to campus on […]

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  • Text says, "Ball State University CCIM Spotlight Grace Ping Senior in Media Production" towards the left of the image. Towards the right is a photo of Grace Ping in circle. The background is a grayscaled photo of Ball State's Letterman Building.

    Student Spotlight: Grace Ping
    October 18, 2024 by

    Meet Grace Ping, a senior Media Production Major in the Department of Media. This past summer, she put her technical skills to work as a Public Affairs Officer (PAO) intern in Fort Knox, Kentucky.   Each day, she took on a new challenge in documenting activities at the army installation and participated in friendly competition […]

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  • Photo taken high up of families and students leaving the 2024 CCIM Dean's List Ceremony with faculty and staff exiting stage.

    2024 CCIM Dean’s List Ceremony
    October 9, 2024 by

    On Oct. 5, the College of Communication, Information, and Media honored students’ academic excellence during the 2023-24 academic year.  Congratulations to all of this year’s Dean’s List honorees!  COMPUTER AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY  DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION STUDIES  DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA  SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION  

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  • Text reads, "2024 CCIM Faculty Awards" and shows photo of nine faculty award winners posing with their plaques.

    2024 University and CCIM Faculty Awards
    August 28, 2024 by

    On Friday, Aug. 16, just before the start of the Fall 2024 semester, faculty and staff gathered for the Fall Opening Convocation and departmental meetings. During the convocation, President Geoffrey Mearns and Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Anand Marri presented the annual University Faculty Awards, three of which went to faculty from […]

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  • 2024 Hall of Beneficence Awards
    August 20, 2024 by

    At the end of the Spring 2024 semester, the College of Communication, Information, and Media hosted its annual Hall of Beneficence Awards ceremony. Each year, these awards allow the college to recognize and express gratitude toward individuals and organizations that enact the mission of CCIM and display the endearing values of Beneficence: Excellence, Innovation, Courage, […]

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  • Good News April and May 2024
    May 22, 2024 by

    The end of the Spring 2024 semester was full of celebration and excitement in the College of Communication, Information, and Media. We invited prospective students to campus by participating in events like Ball State’s Preview Days and Admitted Student Day, allowed middle and high schoolers to explore their interests within the scope of our college […]

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  • Quinton Zielke

    Alumni Spotlight: Quinton Zielke
    May 22, 2024 by

    Meet award-winning ESPN Associate Producer Quinton Zielke, a 2019 alumnus of the Department of Media’s Sports Link program. While Quinton is from Aurora, Illinois, coming to Ball State and being a sports production major uniquely prepared him to “come to the biggest sports media entity in the world and succeed and thrive at a high […]

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  • Good News March

    Good News March 2024
    March 29, 2024 by

    During the month of March, the weather struggled to decide if we had officially left winter behind and entered spring, but the hard work, accolades, and exciting events within the College of Communication, Information, and Media remained consistent. Read more about some of the most recent work and accomplishments from across our college and be […]

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