Author: azeid

Headline: Meet the 2023 Cohen Grant Recipients

February 7, 2024 by azeid

The Benjamin V. Cohen Peace Grant, designed to allocate funds to Ball State faculty and graduate students engaged in research contributing to a more peaceful world, recently supported two graduate students. Despite the difference in their project focuses, a common theme unites them: the resolution of issues for the betterment of the world. Aashna Banerjee […]

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Exploring the GOLD Program: Workshops and Opportunities for Graduate Students

October 25, 2023 by azeid

For the first time at Ball State, the Graduate School offers graduate students a holistic professional development program. Launched in August 2023, the Graduate Opportunity and Leadership Development Program (GOLD) aims to provide current and future Ball State graduate students with the community, resources, skills, and wellness strategies to maximize their educational experience. The […]

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Meet the 2023-2024 Pathways Team: Rebecca Adu-Boahene

September 13, 2023 by azeid

Rebecca is a first-year master’s student in Student Affairs and Administration in Higher Education and a graduate assistant for the Graduate School’s Pathways Mentoring Program. Q: What is your hometown? A: So, I’m from Ghana. My whole town is the Ashanti region and is called Kumasi. Q: Can you tell me about your undergrad experience? […]

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Meet the 2023-2024 Pathways Team: Dushani Eshwaran

September 13, 2023 by azeid

Dushani is a first-year master’s student in Student Affairs and Administration in Higher Education and a graduate assistant for the Graduate School’s Pathways Mentorship Program. Q. What’s your hometown? A: I am from Sri Lanka. Q: Where did you go for undergrad and what did you study? A: My degree was a bachelor’s in education […]

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Reintroducing The GSWI Ambassadors Program

August 30, 2023 by azeid

After being on hiatus due to the pandemic, the Graduate Student Wellness Initiative Ambassadors Program has returned in time for the 2023-2024 school year. Fifteen students from various departments will work alongside GSWI Graduate Assistants. The Ambassadors are: College of Communication, Information, and Media Sunny Clark, Emerging Media Design and Development MA College […]

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Meet the 2023-2024 Graduate Student Wellness Initiative Team: Staci Mannella

August 23, 2023 by azeid

Staci is a first-year Doctoral student in the Counseling Psychology Program and a graduate assistant for the Graduate School’s GSWI program. Q: What’s your hometown? A: I’m from Randolph, New Jersey. Q: How did you find Ball State? A: So, I am visually impaired. And I was a skier growing up. So, I skied very […]

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Meet the 2023-2024 Graduate Student Wellness Initiative Team: Ellie Jarosinski

August 14, 2023 by azeid

Ellie is a first-year master’s student in the Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and a graduate assistant for the Graduate School’s GSWI program. Q: What’s your hometown? A: Greenwood, IN Q: What degree program are you currently pursuing and why? A: I’m in the MA Clinical Mental Health Counseling Program and then will eventually continue […]

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Amanda Nelson, 2022-2023 Graduate Assistant of the Year Winner

July 17, 2023 by azeid

Prior to hearing the reading of the nomination for Graduate Assistant of the Year, Multicultural Center Graduate Assistant Amanda Nelson didn’t think she was going to win when she attended the Benny’s. Benny’s is an annual award ceremony hosted by the Division of Student Affairs honoring those in student support roles. “They started reading part […]

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From Past to Present: Exploring Spectrum’s History and Ball State’s Support for LGBTQ+ Students

June 27, 2023 by azeid

On June 21, Ball State Graduate School had its first pride picnic at West Quad. This picnic served as the department’s way to honor and celebrate our LGBTQ students as well as commemorate Pride Month. How Pride Came to Be The first pride march was held on June 28, 1970, the one-year anniversary of the […]

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PhD Candidate Gbemisola Bamiduro awarded A&WMA scholarship and IAS grant

June 1, 2023 by azeid

Environmental Chemistry, PhD Candidate Gbemisola Bamiduro, was recently awarded a scholarship of Excellence and Professionalism from the Air and Waste Management Association, an international scholarship that helps fund tuition for the 2023-2024 school year. Bamiduro was also awarded a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) grant by the Indiana Academy of Sciences. This grant helps support […]

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