A few years ago, when my son was rushed to the NICU by ambulance at four days old, my husband and I were thrust into tough conversations about our work and caregiving roles. Our frayed emotional attention was torn between mounting bills we hadn’t budgeted for in my 8-week unpaid maternity leave, the expectations we […]
Dr. Will Price joined the Department of Geography in 2018, bringing his expertise in tourism and human geography to Ball State University. We asked Dr. Price a few questions and to get to know him a little better! How are you enjoying being a faculty member here at Ball State? Ever since I first arrived […]
Dr. Mellisa Holtzman Congratulations to Dr. Mellisa Holtzman on the publication of her qualitative study, “Bystander Intervention Training: Does it Increase Perceptions of Blame for Nonintervention?” in the journal Sociological Inquiry. The study examines the degree to which college students hold bystanders accountable for preventing sexual assault. Check out the abstract to her article! John Anderson Congratulations to […]
Welcome to the inaugural Department of Geography newsletter! 2020 was an unusual year, to say the least. We all wish for a 2021 that brings us a sense of hope, peace, and satisfaction. The Department of Geography continues its quest to bring quality educational opportunities to our students, a continued pride in our alumni, and […]
The College of Sciences and Humanities would like to congratulate the 2020-2021 calendar year retirees from the Humanities departments. In this unusual year, their goodbyes have been without the fanfare retirement should foment, but we are thankful for their years of excellence and service to Ball State University and to our college. Paul Ranieri, Associate […]
Surprised to hear this from a history major? You shouldn’t be. I oversee a few different business management programs and there’s constant shifting between competing priorities. A lot of my week involves project planning and compliance, budget reviews, policy review and application, and supervision. Michelle Haas graduated in 2001 from Ball State University with a […]
Find your true north in Compass Creative The Brief Backstory PR Interns: 2010-2016 The English department at Ball State started developing a communications team in 2010 after students in Dr. Jackie Grutsch McKinney’s ENG 435 class created a WordPress blog and a Facebook and Twitter account for the department along with a strategic plan. They […]
The College of Sciences and Humanities boasts many successful alumni who are using their Ball State skills to contribute to professions within their field. We celebrate their successes and the preparation of a Ball State education in our Cardinal Directions series. Meet Jenny Sunday Hi, I am Jenny Sunday. I attended Ball State from 2011 to 2013 […]
What a tumultuous year this has been for all of us – for our Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies alumni and friends, our students, our staff, and our faculty. While the details of the ways that we’ve been tested are different, the overall pattern of the things we’ve had to confront are similar. Work […]
Meet Brandon My name is Brandon Coppernoll. I graduated from Ball State University in 2005 with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science. My main focus of study was information systems. This allowed me to partake in a lot of business courses at Ball State and get a well-rounded education. Tell us about […]