As a child, Lourenzo Giple saw a civil war affect every aspect of his life and community. Giple spent the first nine years of his life in Liberia and fled the country at 11 years old with his younger siblings — joining his father in Indianapolis while his mother stayed in Liberia for an additional seven years.
Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) met once again Sept. 22. Two new senators were voted in to the senate, and three articles of legislation were brought before the SGA body.
The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots.
A quarter of the fall 2021 semester has already passed, and many students, especially freshmen, could be feeling homesick. With a little more than two weeks to go until fall break, Ball State is giving families an opportunity to reconnect at its annual Family Weekend Sept. 24-26, complete with a home football game, Emens Auditorium show, children’s events and other activities.
Ball State will host its first in-person family weekend since the COVID-19 pandemic began Sept. 24-26, with one kickoff event Thursday night. Here's the list of events, as well as locations open for self-guided tours.
Weather Forecaster Hope Kleitsch tracks the rain showers into the night and gives an update as to how long they will stick around.
Weather Forecaster Rachel Stinger has the latest on excessive rainfall and cooler temperatures for the start of Fall.
Weather Forecaster Kerstin Cox brings you the afternoon weather update on a rainy start to Fall.
Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and Ball State Alumna Tiara Thomas spoke with Associate Professor of Journalism Gabriel Tait about her time at Ball State and her career since then.
Weather Forecaster Morgan Taylor has an update on the milder temperatures and rain to come in the coming days.
For Toni Werner, teaching was what she was meant to do with her life. After getting her degree in elementary education from Ball State in 1999, Werner spent 23 years teaching in an elementary school for DeKalb Central Schools.
TikTok star and viral sensation “Sister Cindy” Smock visited Ball State Friday afternoon to spread her message to the student body. With a Bible in one hand, a sign reading “Slut Shaming Time” in the other and wearing a shirt emblazoned with the message “Be a ho no mo,” Smock spent almost four hours on campus preaching her signature brand of evangelical Christianity.
Weather Forecaster Vanessa Hintz is tracking warmer temperatures on the way for your weekend as well as rain chances to start next week.
Weather forecaster Ryan Crump has an update on warmer than average temperatures this weekend, and rain chances next week.
Interaction has become the focus of Ball State’s newest undergraduate minor: counseling.
Located on East Centennial Avenue, Connection Corner, a branch of the Muncie Public Library, is a resource center open to the public, offering technological resources.
Almost a week and a half after a water main broke at Ball State's Bracken Library, officials are still assessing the lower level after flooding closed the building for more than a week.
Assistant Chief Weather Forecaster Natalie Fitzpatrick talks about the hot weekend ahead, more Fall like temperatures next week, and a possible soggy start to Fall.
Ashley C. Ford, 2018 Ball State alumna and fall 2021 writer-in-residence, read a chapter from her book, “Somebody’s Daughter,” in front of a crowd of students, faculty and community members Sept. 15 at Pruis Hall.
Ball State’s Student Government Association (SGA) met in Room 175 of the Art and Journalism Building Sept. 15 to participate in a student senate retreat, where they participated in a “blitz” — going outside and seeking student perspectives on what they want fixed at the university.
