The Ball State University Student Rights and Community Standards began sending newsletters to all off-campus students through e-mail Sept. 4, and will continue to do so during the semester.
David Fried, director of Student Rights and Community Standards, said the newsletters will be published two more times during the Fall Semester and twice during the spring.
The newsletter is sent to all Ball State students who do not live in residence halls, which is about 11,000 students, Fried said.
The newsletter is another way to communicate with students off campus and inform about important topics and events, Fried said.
"We highlight important issues such as commuter lockers and the emergency aid fund," Fried said.
This is the second year the university has sent the newsletters, Fried said.
The newsletter also includes important dates to remember, family resources and emergency absence notifications.
The newsletters include things such as an easy recipe for quick cooking ideas. The most recent newsletter included a recipe for shrimp rice to serve four to six people.
Sophomore Joe Vella said the newsletter told him things he did not know were available to students who live off campus.
"I didn't know that students could use the lockers on campus, but the newsletter explained about that," he said.
Fried said Student Rights and Community Standards met periodically last year with Student Government Association to discuss important issues off-campus students need to know about and what they could do to better inform students who commute.
Commuter students can also stay connected through the Office of Student Rights and Community Standards' Web site, which has a calendar with important events and links to community resources, Fried said.
"The off-campus students are a much bigger community and it's difficult to stay connected," he said. "They have other issues to worry about such as city regulations and resources."
The Web site also includes dates for Ball State sporting events and information on ways of transportation to campus and around Muncie.
"Students can view the newsletter on the Web site which also has city regulations and all kinds of links to community resources," Fried said.
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