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  • Student Spotlight: Jonathan Isbill
    March 20, 2020 by

    About Jonathan Isbill As a 21st Century scholar, I naturally found Nutrition and Dietetics at Ball State University with a warm welcome visit. Within my first year on campus, my life was changed in opportunities given to me by the Honors College, such as sponsored research with Dr. Jay Kandiah who had been preparing for […]

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  • Student Spotlight: Sara Sorrell
    March 9, 2020 by

    Sara Sorrell is the Assistant Dean of Clinical Skills and Simulation and an Assistant Professor at Khalifa University in the College of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is also a Consultant Physician at Intercare Health Center. While at an undergraduate at Ball State, Sara majored in Biochemistry and minored in Spanish. Sara went on to receive […]

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  • All the World’s a Stage
    February 21, 2020 by

    By Grace Goze Grace Goze is a junior Creative Writing student with minors in History and French. In Fall 2019, she studied abroad at Keele University in England through Ball State’s exchange program. Many years before I embarked on a semester abroad in England, my room was somewhat of a shrine to the United Kingdom. […]

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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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  • Professor Jason Powell
    December 9, 2019 by

    Dr. Jason Powell is currently an associate teaching professor of Honors Humanities at Ball State University. He also serves as Vice President for the Beneficence Family Scholars.  What goals do you have for your courses? I guess the goal of my courses is to incite opportunity for transcendence. I know this sounds cheesy, romantic, even […]

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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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  • Professor Obed Frausto Gatica
    November 11, 2019 by

    Dr. Obed Frausto earned his PhD in Philosophy of Science; Social Studies of Science and Technology at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Dr. Obed Frausto has completed research fellowships at Harvard University in the United States, Cardiff University in Wales, and l’Université de Paris VIII Vincennes-Saint-Denis in Paris, France. In his doctoral dissertation, he worked […]

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  • Sophia Hoffert: Picture Perfect Meal Swipes
    November 1, 2019 by

    Sophia Hoffert is a Ball State Honors College student with a double major in Spanish and Public History. This semester, Sophia is working with Honors College faculty member Dr. Obed Frausto to produce a lecture series about the democratic decolonization of science and technology. In her spare time, Sophia runs the @perfect_8.80 Instagram account.

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