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  • In Print

    A Celebration of Creative Writers and Community: The Twentieth Anniversary of Ball State’s In Print Festival
    March 26, 2025 by

    A Celebration of Creative Writers and Community: The Twentieth Anniversary of Ball State’s In Print Festival (Smidebush, 2025) News & Notes Recently, Ball State’s English Department celebrated the twentieth anniversary of their In Print Festival of First Books, an annual two-day event that brings together recently published authors to share writing advice with current students. The […]

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  • Big Questions

    Opening Eyes and Hearts: The Palestinian Story
    March 10, 2025 by

    Opening Eyes and Hearts: The Palestinian Story (Walker, 2025) News & Notes The Big Questions, Big Ideas (BQBI) series hosted Hanan Qasrawi, Assistant Teaching Professor of Urban Planning, on January 22nd, 2025, to share her experience of living in Palestine during the armed conflict with Israel. Qasrawi began her talk by providing a historical and […]

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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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  • Chemistry Research Assistant Lauren Andrews
    April 23, 2021 by

    By: Lauren Andrews Lauren Andrews is a third-year Chemistry major with an American Chemical Society (ACS) concentration and a minor in biology. In her free time, Lauren volunteers with Muncie Mission, and also likes to take care of plants, draw, paint, embroider, and spend time outside. Lauren is an Honors College undergraduate research fellow in […]

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  • Odyssey Accepting Submissions Until November 2
    October 16, 2020 by

    By: Julia Tharp and Kallie Hunchman Odyssey is the Honors College’s creative journal, showcasing creative work from Ball State’s Honors students. With the deadline for Odyssey submissions quickly approaching, we caught up with two of the journal’s team members to learn more! About Odyssey Odyssey is a creative journal looking to bring the creative talents and […]

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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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  • Student Spotlight: Will Jay
    April 16, 2020 by

    About Will Jay I majored in Physics and German and minored in Math at Ball State. I served a term president of the Student Honors Council. This was in the days before DeHority and the Honors House, so everything was done on a much smaller scale. Nevertheless, we has did have a couple of nice […]

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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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