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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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  • Allison Markoski: Where Fiber Arts and Law Meet
    May 15, 2019 by

    Allison Markoski is a graduate of the Ball State Honors College, summa cum laude, 2005. She graduated with majors in French and Political Science. While at Ball State, she restarted Pi Sigma Alpha to create a space that would welcome all political beliefs and foster open, dynamic discussion. She was the Vice President of Le […]

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  • Meet the team!
    April 10, 2019 by

    Meet the students behind the Honors Blog! The rebranding of the Honors social media and creation of the blog is a part of a fellowship headed by four Honors students. Below you can read about their interests, their tentative future plans, and what Honors means to them. 

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