For her decade of service, Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler honored President Jo Ann Gora with the Spirit of Chief Munsee Award.“I can’t think of anybody more deserving,” Tyler said.The outgoing Ball State president received a plaque for the highest award the mayor can give a citizen in a small ceremony Friday morning in City Hall.Gora was honored for “her caring of the citizens of Muncie ... her wisdom and council and her unselfish leadership to her community,” according to the inscription on the plaque.Tyler said the plans to give Gora the award began not too long ago.“I just started thinking about it a [few] weeks ago,” Tyler said.
Many medics, injured “victims” and ambulances came to campus Saturday for an emergency drill, but one element wasn’t on hand — preparation for the type of “active shooter” events that have devastated college campuses.
Ball State’s next president will inherit a university that has lost more than $15 million in yearly research funding since 2009, according to the Ball State Fact Book.
Episode two really breaks open the season for me, centering around one of my favorite Litchfield inmates: Taystee, played by Danielle Brooks.
Season two of “Orange is the New Black” picks up a month after the finale’s end, where Piper beats down Pennsatucky with such barbaric force that it’s hard to breathe — much like the start of this season.
Former Ball State pitcher Nestor Bautista was taken by the Miami Marlins with the second pick in the 32nd
Former Ball State outfielder Sean Godfrey has been drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 22nd
Former Ball State pitcher T.J. Weir has been drafted by the San Diego Padres with the 12th
The Ball State baseball team continues to be honored for its season, as Collegiate Baseball selected pitcher Zach Plesac, catcher Jarett Rindfleisch and outfielder Alex Call to its Freshmen All-America Team.Plesac finished the season ranked fourth in the nation with 12 wins and was previously named as the publication’s Mid-American Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year as well as to the All-America Third Team.
The Ball State men’s basketball team has added a new assistant coach.Danny Peters, former Arizona Wildcats’ assistant director of basketball operations, joins the team as the new assistant coach.
CUMMING, Ga. (AP) — A man armed with guns, explosives and other supplies shot and wounded a deputy today outside a Georgia courthouse and was equipped to take hostages once he got inside, officials said.
An investment adviser was sentenced Thursday to four years and three months in prison in a Manhattan federal court for defrauding Ball State.
Today is the 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings of Allied troops in Normandy, the largest amphibious invasion in history and a turning point in World War II.
SEATTLE (AP) — Seattle Pacific University has confirmed the identity of the student who stopped a gunman on campus, possibly saving lives.
Muncie Mayor Dennis Tyler honored Ball State president Jo Ann Gora with the Spirit of Chief Munsee Award this morning.
Ball State pitcher Zach Plesac has been named the National Freshman Pitcher of the Year by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.Plesac finished the 2014 season ranked fourth in the nation with 12 pitching victories, while recording 67 strikeouts in 85.1 innings pitched.
Governmental surveillance, data collection and where the line should be drawn were the center of discussion for professionals and Muncie citizens Wednesday.
Ball State had four members from its golf teams named to the Academic All-Mid-American Conference Team on Wednesday.
WHEN: Starts today at 7 p.m. and continues through Saturday WHERE: First two rounds (and two “competitive balance rounds”) from MLB Network Studio in Secaucus, N.J.
A student-created cellphone repair and personalization company is expanding.
