Leaving the Nest: Ball State introduces new retirement incentive package for professors
By Mackenzie Rupp / March 3, 2022Ball State is offering a one-time retirement incentive package for full-time faculty members.
Ball State is offering a one-time retirement incentive package for full-time faculty members.
Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) introduced an amendment Wednesday that would create an appeals process for lost representation of protected, or guaranteed, seats.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday Russian troops have taken the Ukrainian port city of Kherson, according to the Associated Press.
Ball State announced in an email Wednesday masks will be optional starting 5 p.m. Friday, March 4.
Ask Sergei Zhuk how he’s doing and he will respond with two words. "I'm surviving."
House Bill 1041, which would ban transgender girls from playing in girls sports in schools, was passed by the Indiana General Assembly Tuesday. The bill now moves to Gov. Eric Holcomb's desk for consideration.
Gov. Eric Holcomb issued Executive Order 22-08 March 1 in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, condemning the action and mapping out Indiana's response.
It’s the first day of classes at Ball State. Leo Caldwell, assistant lecturer of media design, is ready to welcome a new group of students to his classes, prepared to teach them all he knows about journalism and design. Students file into the classroom, filling the empty desks around the room and preparing themselves for what they are about to learn in Caldwell’s class. However, during Caldwell’s introduction, he includes a detail students may not know about him — Caldwell is transgender.
Ball State reported 17 positive COVID-19 cases among students and employees Feb. 21-27, according to the Ball State COVID-19 dashboard. Cases continue to drop for the fifth week in a row. This is a 26.1 percent decrease from the Feb. 14-20 positive case count, which was 23.
Most days, Sarah Hollowell wakes up around 6:30 – 7 a.m. and immediately begins working. Some days, she finishes around 2 or 3 p.m. On others, she does a few hours of work in the morning, a few in the evening and a few late at night.
According to an email sent at 1:55 p.m. Feb. 26 by Nick Campanella, residence hall director for Schmidt/Wilson Hall, the North Neighborhood currently has water after having been without it for nearly 12 hours due to a water main break.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced Friday it is relaxing its mask guidelines for counties with “low” or “medium” community levels, a metric based on new COVID-19 hospitalizations, new COVID-19 cases and hospital capacity.
Joey Glover didn’t know who he was or where he wanted to spend his college years until he found Ball State. For him, Ball State felt like home as soon as he stepped on campus, and Spectrum, Ball State’s LGBTQ support organization, was an opportunity for him to grow into himself as a person, he said.
Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane, three former Minneapolis police officers, were charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights Feb. 24.
President Joe Biden spoke from the White House East Room Feb. 24 about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, calling it a “premeditated attack” Russian President Vladimir Putin planned for months.
Access to the internet has made it easier for students to find job and internship postings, but busy school schedules can make it difficult to find time to sit down and fill out applications. While internships, job shadowing and fellowships are a few ways students try to reduce job-related stress, the Orr Fellowship gives college seniors a chance to make a two-year commitment to an Indianapolis-based company.
President of Delaware County Historical Society and Delaware County historian, Karen Vincent hosted a presentation in honor of celebrating the African American women in Muncie’s history Feb. 22.
While Ball State hosted 50th anniversary celebrations in 1968, minority students were working to propose discussions about discrimination among fraternities and sororities, as well as other social groups.
The RISE ticket, President Tina Nguyen and Vice President-elect Monet Lindstrand, won the 2022 Ball State Student Government Association (SGA) election.
The Muncie Community Schools (MCS) Board of Trustees approved lifting the school district's mask mandate Feb. 22, no longer requiring students, staff or visitors to wear a mask inside MCS buildings.
