After watching many students underprepare for job interviews after college, a Ball State faculty member created an app to help, even if it is awkward at first.Jonathan Huer, director of emerging technologies and media development, created Be Employed When You Graduate: The App, an application to help students practice for job interviews.
A team of current and former Ball State students released a social media app this summer, combining aspects of Instagram and Tinder.Anthony Sparks, a senior communication major, and former student David Rogers, came up with the idea and created Noria LLC.Noria is a social media application that allows users to post and view photos.
Shouts of “Get away from me!” and “Stop!” filled the air of the Park Hall multipurpose room as eight girls, two “creepers” and two instructors practiced defense mechanisms against sexual assault during Elemental.
Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher says the league’s new 13-year
Scott Secor said he blacks out every time he lines up to kick a football.The process of his kicking motion comes naturally for Secor.
Move-in week arrests are up this year despite a tweet from @ExcisePolice to warn students about patrols.
Vehicles full of furniture and houseware filled the Village Promenade parking garage as residents of the apartment complex moved in Saturday.
For President Paul Ferguson, the class of 2018 is special. Ferguson welcomed the freshmen to campus Sunday afternoon during his first freshman convocation, describing them as “his class.”
With its season opener against IPFW scheduled for Friday, the Ball State soccer team faced off against IUPUI in an exhibition match.Though the Saturday match ended in a 1-1 draw, head coach Craig Roberts chose to focus on what his team learned about itself in gameplay.“It was a great way to get a look at our team’s strengths and weaknesses that we haven’t been able to completely see during the preseason,” Roberts said.
Towering over the state fair skyline, the rotating contraption appropriately named Speed causes passersby to stop on their way to trampoline shows and food stands, shield their eyes and watch the attraction as it launches its riders into the cotton candy-colored sky.Dorothy Kouroupis and Tiffany Dove, guest services employees for North American Midway Entertainment, the company providing the 53 Midway rides for the Indiana State Fair, sit at an information booth most of the day, helping fairgoers with any questions or concerns.
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Four members of the Ball State Athletic Department accepted an ice bucket challenge from Muncie Star Press reporter Thomas St.
The Ball State women’s golf program has added University of Iowa transfer Allison Lindley to its roster. Lindley, who was ranked as the second-best player from Indiana in the class of 2013, will be a sophomore this season.“Allison is a tremendous athlete and golfer,” Ball State head coach Katherine Mowat said in a statement.
President Paul Ferguson welcomed the class of 2018 to Ball State today at his first freshman convocation.
The Ball State soccer team began its 2014-15 season today with a 1-1 draw against IUPUI in an exhibition match at the Briner Sports Complex.
While some incoming students worry about difficult classes and strict study schedules in college, cultural obstacles can be a major concern for others.“Some of the unique challenges for underrepresented students is that a lot of times, they find themselves being the only one in a classroom or in a group setting, and they might have not ever experienced that before coming from the community they came from,” Ro-Anne Royer Engle, Multicultural Center director, said.During the 2012-2013 school year, students that did not identify as white made up 11.9 percent of the undergraduate population and 8.1 percent of the graduate population, according to the university’s website.One way to lessen diversity challenges from this cultural gap is through participation in one of the multicultural campus organizations.Kirsten Davenport, Black Student Association president, said BSA helped her as a freshman.“Even though I went to an all-white school growing up, Ball State provided that extra push of knowing where I came from, knowing my background and being able to fit in with others like me,” she said.Still, addressing diversity is a challenge for Ball State, Engle said.“I think with what people call PWIs [predominantly white institutions], or historically white institutions, anytime you’re bringing students from underrepresented populations, there is always that, ‘How do you create that environment where people feel comfortable being themselves?’” Engle said.
The Ball State women's volleyball team will host its annual alumni match at
Papa John’s will start serving personal-size pizzas, breadsticks and wings in the Atrium by mid-September.
For four days at the Indiana State Fair, rabbit breeders, novice pet owners and parents descend on the Poultry and Rabbit Building to showcase a year’s worth of preparation.Most people entering the barn immediately see the action table, where 4-H members volunteer to answer questions and let visitors pet their rabbits and baby ducks.
Ben “Gump” Meyer is the quintessential Iowan cowboy.He’s painfully courteous, not afraid to splatter his denim shirt with a bit of mud and he never quite gets past the “n” in words ending with “ing.”He also travels with Three Hills Rodeo and manages the care of the 30 bucking horses and 19 bulls used in its show, feeding them, watering them and cleaning up their mountains of excrement with the help of eight other hands.
