Category: BSU Engaged

Preserving Fairmount’s Historic Heart

February 7, 2025 by Chrystal Pearson

Guest blog by ECAP Ball State’s Center for Historic Preservation recently took on an exciting project in Fairmount, a small town with an outsized cultural legacy. Best known as the hometown of Hollywood icon James Dean and Garfield creator Jim Davis, Fairmount’s historic downtown tells the story of a community shaped by ambition, adaptation, and resilience. First settled in […]

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

December 19, 2024 by Chrystal Pearson

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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Blown Away: From the Colosseum to Spontaneous Switzerland

December 18, 2024 by Chrystal Pearson

Guest blog by Isaac Rogers [link to https://www.irogmedia.com/], Marketing Major, Study Abroad Fall 2024 Hi! I’m Isaac Rogers, a third-year marketing major at Ball State University and County Ambassador for LaGrange County with a passion for photography, videography, travel, and hiking. When I’m not snapping photos or exploring trails, you’ll probably find me planning my […]

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

November 21, 2024 by Chrystal Pearson

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

October 14, 2024 by Jeff Eads

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 4, 2024 by Jeff Eads

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

January 14, 2024 by Jeff Eads

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 4, 2024 by Jeff Eads

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 22, 2023 by Jeff Eads

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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