Indiana rated four stars under M.A.D.D. report
By Rebecca Brumfield / January 23, 2015Indiana was given four out of five stars for lawmakers' efforts to curb drunk driving, in the Mothers Against Drunk Driving report released Thursday.
Indiana was given four out of five stars for lawmakers' efforts to curb drunk driving, in the Mothers Against Drunk Driving report released Thursday.
Schools may soon be able to monitor communication between students and school personnel, if a new bill passes in the Indiana Statehouse.
The decision to prosecute a former Ball State employee involved in a $13.1 million fraud is still in the air as a member of the state house pressed Ball State’s president for an update last Wednesday.
After two weeks into the new year, Indiana Governor Mike Pence is set to present his vision for the state for the upcoming year during the annual State of the State Address
The Indiana General Assembly is back in session for 2015. Here are some of the laws that senators and representatives have proposed that could impact Ball State students. Education Senate Bill 109- Education support What it says: Child support for education will not be required after the child turns 19. Why it matters: Students receiving money from child support to help with education may not get funding after they turn 19. Senate Bill 259- STEM program What it says: I-STEM Resource Network and the state would establish a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) associates degree program at five universities within the state. Why it matters: High school students would have the option to get an associate’s degree in a STEM related field at one of five universities before they graduate.
If a proposed bill by Indiana Governor Mike Pence becomes law, one Ball State student said life for Indiana families may become difficult.
Economic growth in East Central Indiana will be below the state and national level through 2015, according to the 2015 forecast.
A class project is taking a different approach to immersive learning by incorporating students' thesis projects to archive state history.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Peter Kassig first experienced the Middle East as a soldier, then returned as a student and, finally, as a humanitarian intent on helping those whose lives were upended by the brutal civil war in Syria, whatever their allegiance. It was while delivering relief supplies for an aid group he founded that he was captured in eastern Syria on Oct.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ? An Indiana man who fatally stabbed and shot a fellow Purdue University student earlier this year has been found dead from an apparent suicide in his prison cell, state correction officials said Wednesday.The Indiana Department of Correction said 24-year-old Cody Cousins was pronounced dead about 30 minutes after being found unresponsive Tuesday night at the Indiana State Prison with self-inflicted lacerations to his neck and arms.Investigators said the Warsaw, Indiana, man entered a classroom filled with students on the West Lafayette campus Jan.
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education has expanded the ScholarCorps program to 20 universities in Indiana.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Indiana for a full day but licenses are still being held from same-sex couples looking to marry in Muncie.The Delaware County Clerk’s office is waiting to receive word from state officials before issuing licenses, the office said Tuesday, and had not issued any yet.
The Department of Education released winners for its new $75 million program, which includes two Indiana colleges that aren’t Ball State.Indiana State and Purdue received $1.6 million and $2.3 million respectively from the DOE’s new “First in the World” four-year grant program.
The Delaware County Clerk’s Office said it has not received word from the Attorney’s General allowing same-sex marriage licenses to be issued.
As the deadline for voter registration for general elections arrives, here are a few tips to keep in mind.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has turned away appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions.
PRINCETON, Ind. – "Soft" is how one Ball State student described President Barack Obama's hands.
Since September is National Hunger Action Month, one Ball State student is challenging Greek organizations to wear orange today.
An immersive learning to promote awareness about unsolved murder cases won the 2014 Best Community Initiative award at the Crime Stoppers USA conference in Austin, Texas.
