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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

    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

    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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  • 2024 Hall of Beneficence Awards

    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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  • Quinton Zielke

    Alumni Spotlight: Quinton Zielke

    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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  • CCIM Class Spotlight: COMM 380 students bring events, opportunities to campus through immersive practicum course

    Throughout the Spring 2024 semester, a group of students in the Department of Communication Studies were hard at work creating events and opportunities for students, faculty, staff, and alumni in their department and beyond. The goal of the COMM 380 Practicum in Communication Studies class is to provide practical experience in intercollegiate debate, individual events, […]

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  • Good News March

    Good News March 2024

    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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  • Christine Sprunger, Department of Communication Studies Administrative Coordinator

    Staff Spotlight: Christine Sprunger

    Meet Christine Sprunger, the Department of Communication Studies administrative coordinator for the past 14 years.  Christine has been a trusted and organized professional in the department since she started in 2010. She loves getting to know the Communication Studies students and helping out however she can. Christine is a valued and appreciated part of the […]

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  • Text reads: CCIM SPOTLIGHT Max van Dongen ASSISTANT LECTURER DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA Photo of Max van Dognen

    Alumni and Faculty Spotlight: Max van Dongen

    Meet Max van Dongen, a two-time alumnus of Ball State University and current Assistant Lecturer in the Department of Media. He graduated with his bachelor’s in 2020 after studying telecommunications and minoring in both political science and film and screenwriting, and in 2023 he earned his master’s in media. As an undergraduate, he was heavily […]

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