Dense, muggy forest. Clouds of mosquitoes. Crawling ticks. Stinging nettles. Poison ivy. This is the workplace of a summer ecologist aide managing Ginn Woods, one of the Ball State University Field Station’s protected and preserved properties. Student ecologist aides are the unsung heroes of the Field Station, laboring to maintain University land for educational and […]
By Kaylin Kieft On Saturday, October 19, 2024, the Indiana Chapter of the American Meteorology Society (AMS) will host the Central Indiana Severe Weather Symposium from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. at Pruis Hall on Ball State’s campus. For the first time ever on a college campus, Ball State students of any major are welcome […]
The Ball State University Department of Biology hosted a second ALS Day on Friday, September 13, 2024, in the Foundational Sciences Building. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a progressive, terminal neurodegenerative disease that causes a decline in motor neurons in the nervous system, resulting in a loss of muscular function and control. There is no […]
This story was co-written by Nathan Herbst and Monet Lindstrand. As the field of biology advances, so too does the technology associated with it. For students in particular, this new technology will allow them to learn in labs built for the future. For many educational institutions, the price tags of new technology can hinder their […]
Beginning college is exciting, but also a little scary. It’s a lot different than high school. You come to a new campus, and don’t know anyone or where anything is. Your life changes in a day after moving into a new space. Jump Start at CSH is here to help you make the jump to college. […]
Anna Gick, a second year psychology student at Ball State, is the first student to enroll in the Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP) Master of Arts in Psychological Science. Accelerated Master’s Programs allow students to begin their graduate studies while completing their bachelor’s degree. “So far, it’s been really easy to apply to,” Anna said. AMP’s seamlessly […]
The following letter was written by Dr. Paul Gestwicki on the successful launch of the first student-designed video game in the new Game Design and Development concentration in the Department of Computer Science. Dr. Gestwicki is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Ball State University. Much of Dr. Gestwicki’s teaching, research, […]
Written by Adriana Flores The Department of Modern Language and Classics is filled with unique and extraordinary staff and they would love to share their stories. One of these amazing professors is Dr. Marie-Line Brunet. Dr. Brunet teaches a wide variety of French classes, including French 101, French 202, and French 388: French for the […]
Caleb Whitcomb worked in a retail store when he first heard about the total solar eclipse that would cross the nation in 2017. The chance to see this rare celestial event roused his interest in physics and astronomy—subjects he had not thought about since leaving college many years earlier. “I remember in my youth […]
For five years, Eaton Corporation had a manufacturing problem with their biggest electric breaker box, costing the company $350,000 every year. No one at Eaton could find a cost-effective solution. This past summer, Lindsey Herrera, a Ball State senior in the Dual-Degree Engineering program, went to Eaton for an internship. She solved the problem in […]