Category: BSU Engaged


  • Photo courtesy of Garrett J. Tur [link to https://www.garrettjtur.com]

    Place-Based Learning: The Education and Social Sciences Living-Learning Communities at the Indiana State House and Museum

    Guest blog by Garrett J. Tur, Area Coordinator Living-Learning Communities Feature photo courtesy of Garrett J. Tur [link to https://www.garrettjtur.com] The Living-Learning Community Program at Ball State is within Housing and Residence Life. A key element in the design of this program is to create clusters of majors (Living-Learning Communities or LLCs) within the Residence Halls. These […]

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  • Dialogue Days: Connecting Ideas, Building Futures at Miller College of Business

    Guest blog by Tammy Estep di·a·logue: an exchange of ideas and opinions. At the Miller College of Business, we bring this concept to life each fall with our signature event: Dialogue Days. This unique experience gives students an invaluable, hands-on introduction to professional development, networking, and in-depth discussions on relevant business topics. It’s often their […]

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  • Ball State Career Center Sets New Records in Indiana Connection Lounge

    Guest Blog, Career Center Ball State Career Center Smashes Records With Year’s First Indiana Connection Lounge Experience  Ball State University’s Career Center has done it again! In the second week of the year, the Indiana Connection Lounge Experience hosted representatives from TechPoint and Ascend for a one-of-a-kind, all-campus extravaganza.  TechPoint and Ascend are two of […]

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  • Are College Students StayingIN?

      April 2024 by Jeff Eads Have you thought about StayingIN?  This is the question that Ball State students from our student-run media sales and strategic communications agency in the School of Journalism and Strategic Communication have been asking their peers across the state.   Jeff Eads, Director of Industry Engagement, has enlisted the students […]

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  • Connecting Talent to Industry

    Connecting Talent to Industry by Ball State Career Center  January 2023, Guest blogger: Jim McAtee  This January, Ball State University Career Center’s Jim McAtee took to LinkedIn to highlight some innovative programs at Ball State University’s Career Center. Originally a series of four posts, we’ve collected the whole series here for your enjoyment. This is […]

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    Customer Experience Excellence (CXX) Workshops

    January 2024, Industry Engagement Upcoming Projects for Business and Executive Programs Since early 2022, Director of Business & Executive Programs Greg Zirkle has been building out content in the area of Customer Experience Excellence (CXX). These engagements range from public workshops for small businesses to multi-day consulting arrangements within a company.  So far, community sessions […]

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  • Employers – Internship Insights

    October 2023 Industry Engagement Ball State University is adding to its visibility in northeast Indiana through the Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly, a business newsmagazine produced by the area’s Chamber of Commerce, Greater Fort Wayne, Inc.  For quite some time, Dr. Michael Hicks from the Center for Business & Economic Research has maintained a weekly […]

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