Ball State looks to renew accreditation
Since Ball State's last 10-year accreditation was in 2004, the university is preparing for the upcoming renewal in October.
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Since Ball State's last 10-year accreditation was in 2004, the university is preparing for the upcoming renewal in October.
The campus smoking ban took effect almost a month ago, and while students are adhering to the new rules, some are simply finding new places near campus to smoke, creating problems for residents.
The Board of Trustees hosted an executive session at the Ball State Indianapolis Center on Monday to discuss an individual’s “status as an employee.”
Matt King, a freshman telecommunications major, said president Jo Ann Gora and the rest of the faculty made him feel welcome.
Immersive learning is a leading issue Ball State President Jo Ann Gora has stressed during the beginning of the semester in two university convocations.
This will be the last year the university uses Gradebook and inQsit before moving to a Blackboard-only system.
The astronomy professor accused of teaching intelligent design will teach a full course load beginning this fall. Professor Eric Hedin, an assistant professor of astronomy, was at the center of the controversy. Joan Todd, executive director of Public Relations, said Provost Terry King and Professor Hedin have both reviewed the panel’s findings and are working together to ensure that course content is aligned with the curriculum and best standards of the discipline. “The university is particularly appreciative for Dr. Hedin’s active participation and cooperation during this process. His academic credentials are an asset to the university. He remains an important and valued member of our physics and astronomy department,” Todd said. The university also received some criticism for its method of reviewing Hedin and his classes, particularly from the Discovery Institute, an intelligent design organization that supports Hedin. Discovery Institute said appointing a panel to review him and his courses was inconsistent with a similar case concerning George Wolfe, a music professor who received allegations that his political ideas were being pushed into his class in 2004. Todd said the university’s responses to the Hedin and Wolfe cases are “fundamentally no different.” “It is my understanding that at that time Provost [Beverly] Pitts reviewed the concerns and determined they required no further action in the Wolfe matter,” she said. “The process in the Hedin [case] at this point are very similar in that they both involved reviews to determine the validity of the concerns, and they both are likely to be resolved informally.” Todd said the panel reported its findings to King, who then met with Hedin to gain his perspective. While previous statements indicated that very little information could be shared due to the case being a personnel matter, Todd said the university doesn’t plan to release any information regarding the review. Ball State President Jo Ann Gora said intelligent design is not a science and has no place in a science course in her statement on the case. “Intelligent design is overwhelmingly deemed by the scientific community as a religious belief and not a scientific theory,” Gora said. “Discussions of intelligent design and creation science can have their place at Ball State in humanities or social science courses.” She also said academic freedom, which had become a key word for both sides of the controversy, wasn’t an issue in this case.
The Comedy Moshpit will soon restart with a new venue and a new name.
The three summer interns at the David Owsley Museum of Art celebrated their hard work at a public presentation on Wednesday.
The Ball State Federal Credit Union will open its doors in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center today as it plays its part in the Village redevelopment.
Hoosiers are preparing to fight over HJR-6, a house joint resolution that would amend Indiana’s constitution to define marriage as between a man and a woman, and Ball State will be part of the battleground.
The controversial professor who will join the astronomy department in the fall has released a statement that pledges not to discuss intelligent design in his classes.
Kyle Pierce, a sophomore political science and pre-law major, started on July 1 as the student member of the Board of Trustees. After a being nominated by the university, he was formally appointed to the position by Gov. Mike Pence on June 28.
Ball State has made a controversial move in hiring a prominent intelligent design scholar to teach in the department of physics and astronomy.
Fences have gone up around the University Square block as plans for demolition move forward.
Those staying in Muncie without plans for the Fourth of July need not worry- here is everything you need to know for a successful Independence Day.
Universities are seeing more students stray from a traditional path after high school of immediately attending college in a continuous, full-time time period.
A program at the David Owsley Museum of Art welcomes anyone to bring their lunch and discuss the visual elements of artwork on Friday.