Category: Featured


  • Fellowship Award Winner: Micah Ross!

    Where is your hometown? My hometown is in Evansville, Indiana. What are a few of your favorite hobbies? In my free time, I enjoy cross stitching, drawing, playing video games, and watching tv shows or movies. Where did you obtain your bachelor’s and/or master’s degrees, what were your major(s)? I am currently obtaining my bachelor’s […]

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  • Fellowship Award Winner: Zahra Dehghan!

    Where is your hometown? I am originally from Iran, but my family and I immigrated to the US in 2013. We spent five years in Omaha, NE, and since 2018, we’ve called Muncie, IN, our home. What are a few of your favorite hobbies? I very much enjoy exploring nature with my family and engaging […]

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  • Innovative Fisheries Management: A Deep Dive into Data-Driven Approaches

    Josef Hrabowski, a doctoral candidate in Environmental Science at Ball State University, is pioneering advancements in fisheries management through cutting-edge data collection techniques. With academic roots from Texas A&M and the University of Rostock, Hrabowski’s research at Ball State harnesses big data approaches to revolutionize the way we understand and manage fisheries.   “If you think […]

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  • Meet the 2023 Cohen Grant Recipients

    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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  • Amanda Nelson poses with her award in front of a red and white Ball State background.

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

    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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  • Meet the 2023 Three Minute Thesis Finalists

    The Graduate School invites you to help us celebrate Ball State’s outstanding student researchers by attending our fifth annual Three Minute Thesis competition this Thursday, February 23, at 6 p.m. at Emens Auditorium in the Ball Brothers Hospitality Suite. This competition challenges students to convey the essence and importance of their master’s thesis or doctoral […]

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