College of Health

Author: Sam Allen

  • Dr. Sarah Shore-Beck leads students in personal training during EXSC 305 course
    April 17, 2024 by

    To transition from sitting in a classroom being lectured to entering the professional workforce has a decent-sized learning curve. Students are faced with a massive life transition and have to make sense of brand-new expectations and different workloads. In response to this potentially tumultuous transition, Ball State offers professional experience and immersive learning courses from […]

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  • ROTC Seniors Prepare to Soar
    April 17, 2024 by

    As the semester comes to a close, we say goodbye to hundreds of graduating seniors leaving the nest to follow their chosen career path. As part of their final semester in Army ROTC at Ball State, Military Science minors are given their branch assignments, which are determined partly on the student’s preference and their educational […]

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  • Research Highlight: Dr. Kalyn Renbarger
    February 9, 2024 by

    College of Health faculty research not only bolsters undergraduate and graduate students’ education and their futures in healthcare service, but strives to highlight potential gaps in access to health services, address stigmas and propose a range of advancements from infrastructure to specific health practices and procedures. One such researcher is Dr. Kalyn Renbarger, who is […]

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  • Making Waves: ROTC students travel to North Carolina and Jordan
    October 24, 2023 by

    Over the summer through Project Go, a national program offered to qualified ROTC students for fully-funded language education and study abroad opportunities, two students received unique cross-cultural experiences studying Arabic language and culture. CDT Hadessah Vandaveer, who traveled to Jordan, and CDT Elizabeth McClure, who completed a study at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, […]

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  • Grant awarded to form a Rural Health Network
    October 24, 2023 by

    The College of Health strives to provide not just the highest quality education for its students, but opportunities to extend professional health services into our community—particularly when the community is in need. Ball State already houses four interprofessional health clinics on campus for the Muncie community and plans to continue this work away from home. […]

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  • Celebrating the Health Professions Building’s Birthday
    October 24, 2023 by

    After the annual Ball State Homecoming Bed Races on Friday, students, faculty and attendees flooded to the Health Professions Building lobby to celebrate its fourth birthday. Attendees enjoyed refreshments, free College of Health swag and a special performance of “Happy Birthday” from a barbershop quartet, featuring vocal performance majors, Abigail Storm, Jaylen Bryant, Spencer Bethers, […]

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  • Safe in the Smog: Canadian wildfires, climate change, and how we stay healthy
    August 2, 2023 by

    Beginning in late-April, smoke pollution from western Canada’s wildfires drifted southeast—now largely impacting the midwestern United States and Great Lakes region. As wildfires grow in number and severity, air pollution levels increase and cause negative health impacts. With a careful eye on the Air Quality Index, weather, climate, and healthcare professionals make recommendations for maintaining […]

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