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Category: Honors Inclusive Excellence

  • What Does it Mean to be a First-Gen Student?
    October 4, 2023 by

    What is First-Gen? When applying for college or scholarships, there’s often one question that pops up, “Are you a first-generation college student?” While you may think the answer should be a simple ‘yes’ or ‘no,’ the actual definition of what a first-generation student is, is actually less black and white. Students at some universities are […]

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  • Alumna Spotlight: Jordyn Blythe
    August 31, 2022 by

    Thursday, September 15, 2022 in WB 144 from 7-8PM, Ball State alumna Jordyn Blythe will speak both about her experiences as a campus leader on issues of Inclusive Excellence and her Honors thesis, “Hustle”: Deconstructing Pressure and Workload for Black Undergraduate Women.” Blythe will also discuss the ways in which her diversity, equity, and inclusion […]

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  • Honors College Diversity Fellow LeAndrea Rainey
    April 30, 2021 by

    By: LeAndrea Rainey LeAndrea Rainey is a third-year nursing major and is pursuing minors in Spanish and American Sign Language. LeAndrea was born in Chicago, IL but she currently lives in Hammond, IN. She is a middle school sweetheart and got engaged last November. LeAndrea loves steak tacos, Jesus, painting (for relaxation), and cheesecake. She […]

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  • Antiracism, Intersectionality, and Empowerment: A Campus Conversation
    October 3, 2020 by

    Join the Student Antiracism and Intersectionality Advisory Council (SAIAC) in their campus wide conversation on Antiracism, Intersectionality, and Empowerment on Thursday, October 8 from 7:00-8:30pm via Zoom. Please register for the conversation here and circulate the flyer among your friends if you are interested. SAIAC is dedicated to developing strategies that will cultivate understandings of […]

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  • Finding H.O.P.E.: How Honors Helped Me
    September 18, 2020 by

    By: Kimberly Ingold About the author: Kimberly Ingold is a third year Honors College student double-majoring in Psychological Science and Criminal Justice and minoring in Women’s and Gender Studies. About the organization:  H.O.P.E. Mentoring is an organization that pairs incarcerated juveniles with college mentors who support the student in an effort to reduce recidivism rates […]

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  • Help Diversify the Honors College
    January 25, 2020 by

    The application deadline for the Honors College’s Diversity Project has been extended to midnight on Monday, January 27. Apply today! The Honors College Diversity Project is a student-led committee, intent on bringing our Strategic Plan for Inclusive Excellence to life through programming and advising. On the project, Diversity fellow, Le Andrea Rainey states… “The Diversity […]

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  • #FirstGenBSU: Elizabeth Dalton
    December 3, 2019 by

    Elizabeth Dalton, Associate Professor of Honors Humanities, has been a Ball State faculty member since 1991. Her fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction essays have appeared in a number of literary journals, including Clockhouse Review, Glassworks, and Adanna. She lives on a homestead near Mooreland, IN, with her husband, John, two dogs, two cats, and eight […]

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