Office of Community Engagement

Author: Michelle Kinsey

  • Headshot of a smiling woman in a blue shirt with black glasses. She is standing against a tan background.

    A new way to ‘Experience Muncie’ offered at E.B. Ball Center
    March 13, 2023 by

    The E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center is offering a new way to “Experience Muncie.” Beginning March 29, the center will offer an “Experience Muncie” course specifically created for the English language learner. This noncredit class was designed to provide stimulating intellectual opportunities to English language learners through presentations, conversations, and field trips to familiarize […]

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  • Suzie Jones sits at a table with three children who are coloring Charlie Cardinal

    Charlie Cardinal gets a makeover
    February 21, 2023 by

    Preschoolers participate in annual Charlie’s Coloring Challenge Charlie Cardinal, the Ball State University mascot, has never looked better. Or more colorful. The children at United Day Care Center took some time on a recent afternoon to color in their feathered friend as part of the annual Charlie’s Coloring Challenge. Scarlett Reed, 4, was putting the […]

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  • EB Ball with windows glowing yellow in the fading light.

    Community invited to learn more about DEIAB
    February 17, 2023 by

    Ball State University’s Office of Inclusive Excellence is offering Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Access, and Belonging (DEIAB) sessions at the E.B. and Bertha C. Ball Center beginning in February. All classes are free and open to the public (age 18 and older). Reservations are required. Brandon Million, assistant director in the Office of Inclusive Excellence, has […]

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  • Participants speaking to each other at a table in the main conference room at the 2022 event.

    A Sure Bet
    January 24, 2023 by

    IDEA Conference will have a “full house” Organizers of the eighth annual Neighborhood IDEA Conference will have a “full house” at the free March 4 event on Ball State University’s campus. Registration for the event, as of Feb. 13, is at capacity. “The IDEA Conference is my favorite day in Muncie,” said Heather Williams, program […]

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