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Aihua Li, Master’s in Data Science Professor, is Living Example

July 20, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

Aihua Li, assistant teaching professor of data science, uses herself as an example of what one can do with an advanced degree in data science. “If you are equipped with knowledge in data science,” she says, “there is a high chance that you can get a great job, no matter where you are in this […]

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Newman Works to Launch Online Delivery of Bachelor of Social Work

July 20, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

With the Ball State University bachelor of social work (BSW) now online, students at laptops world-wide can thank Adrienne Newman, among many others. Assistant professor of practice of social work, Adrienne spent months exploring what an online BSW would mean to the community, current and potential students, and, ultimately, the clients served by graduates. “The […]

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Faculty Make MBA Courses Interesting, Relatable, and Applicable

July 11, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

An electrical engineer for Marathon Petroleum Corporation and a student of Ball State’s online MBA program, Terry Pharaon admits he’s always on the lookout for efficient ways to complete projects, access energy, and limit waste. That’s why he chose logistics and supply chain management from the MBA’s eight concentrations. This concentration is a study of […]

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How One Graduate Found His Future in the Cloud

June 13, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

“Lots of electives. Lots of options. In addition to corporate, you can do project management or the more technical. I gravitated toward the technical side.” Nathan Hiscock, client innovation director for CleanSlate Technology Group in Carmel, Indiana is talking about Ball State University’s online master of science in information and communication science. “Lots of opportunities […]

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Timely Counsel with Faculty Helps Clemons Finish Bachelor’s

May 12, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

“When professors go out of their way to try to reach their students and understand them as individuals, it speaks volumes,” says Vonda Clemons, who—with consultation from faculty and advisors—recently earned her Ball State bachelor’s online in early childhood education. After earning an associate degree, Vonda left college for a few years before deciding to […]

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Nursing Alumna Nurtures Process Improvements

May 9, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

While working as a transplant nurse coordinator at University of California, Irvine (UCI), Samantha Sulkoske, then a Ball State master’s in nursing student, observed the wait time for patients scheduled for organ transplants. As part of a personal initiative supported by team leadership and physicians, she created a triaging tool to evaluate each patient […]

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Graduate Nursing Student Battled COVID as Brand-New RN

January 20, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

In her first year as an RN, bachelor of nursing alumnus Sabrina Manahan confronted COVID-19 when she prepped a patient for the ventilator. “I held his hand and cried with him as he said goodbye to his wife, not knowing if it would be his last,” says Sabrina, who is now in Ball State’s online […]

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Gruver Helps Open World of Sustainable Resources to Online Students, Too

January 4, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

Early in his online Food Systems course, Josh Gruver, associate professor for Environmental, Geology, and Natural Resources, asks his students to step away from their laptops and go interview someone who functions as a link in the local food system. From conversations with a chef, farmer, fisherman, food pantry manager, or truck driver, students learn […]

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TEACH Scholarship Making Degree Possible for Soanirina DeJong

January 3, 2022 by Jack W. Williams

After working as a certified nurse’s assistant, a front-desk receptionist, a Dairy Queen manager, and an instructor’s aide, Soanirina DeJong is on her way to a teaching career with the class she holds in highest regard. Soanirina is lead teacher at a child care center in Lafayette, Ind., and enrolled in Ball State’s online bachelor’s […]

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“I wanted to change their life trajectories:” Alumnus Jeremy Coleman

December 17, 2021 by Jack W. Williams

In his first job after college, Jeremy Coleman saw the world from the viewpoint of a correctional officer. “I met so many talented and hopeful young people that all shared a similar story of abandonment and abuse,” he says. “I wanted to dramatically change the life trajectories of the students most affected by economic inequality, discriminatory housing, and economic […]

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