Jack Hesser, president When he was four years old, the president of the Student Government Association made a contract with himself stating that after college, he would move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. And 17 years later, Jack Hesser, a senior microbiology and botany major, plans to keep that promise. “I’m going to do it because I don’t want four-year-old Jack to be disappointed in me.
For the second time, a Ball State freshman won a semester of free tuition by sinking a half-court shot.
This fall, four new majors will be added to Ball State’s course catalog after getting approval from the state.
For underage college students who may drink too much and end up hurt or in danger of alcohol poisoning, the Lifeline Law gives an opportunity to call for help without fear of repercussion.
Ball State University has the largest increase in on-time graduation rates over other universities in Indiana.
Ball State hired a new freshman retention and graduation specialist after former adviser Mitch Isaacs left in May.
Three former Ball State players in Colts training camp at Anderson University look to make a name for themselves and their alma mater. They're just a fraction of the seven former Cardinals in NFL camps across the nation.
Ball State athletic director Mark Sandy has named Brian Etelman the new head coach of the Cardinals' track & field and cross country programs.
Ball State’s Theta Chi fraternity is responding to the sudden hospitalization of one of its members after he went into cardiac arrest July 29.
The Midwest Writers Workshop is an annual conference designed to motivate writers and journalists with their writing. This year, MWW is taking place at the Ball State Alumni Center for three days.
Ball State has named Megan Ciolli Bartlett as the new head coach of the softball program.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana's unemployment rate has dropped below 5 percent for the first time since the national recession was starting in 2008.
The second week of the 89th annual National Aeromodeling Championships is underway at Muncie’s Academy of Model Aeronautics, the world’s largest model aviation society. The event draws upward of a thousand model aeronautic enthusiasts every year and features around 120 different aero model events ranging from races and time trials, to acrobatics and precision flying—ensuring plenty of excitement over the course of the month long event.
The proposal for a new health professions building was unanimously approved by the Board of Trustees.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The latest on the Chattanooga shooting
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence has directed the state Department of Health to investigate Planned Parenthood facilities in Indiana in cooperation with the Indiana attorney general to see if organs from aborted fetuses are being sold.
HOBART, Ind. (AP) — Byron Allen had been living in a motel near Gary's Miller neighborhood until his employer didn't pay him on time, and he got kicked out on the street. He drove up and down Broadway and finally found a homeless shelter, which didn't have room, so he hunkered down in his car in the parking lot, trying to get some sleep. A good Samaritan told him it wasn't the best idea, and he'd be safer if he parked outside the police station downtown.
On Saturday, the Ball State forward will hear his name called as he walks across the stage to graduate.
Two Ball State graduates will be opening their third technology repair shop next week in an effort to expand their burgeoning business.
After his first experience in Slovenia in 1995, Dom Caristi has gone on one more Fulbright trip to Greece, become a Fulbright ambassador and is Ball State’s Fulbright adviser. He has even applied to go on a third trip. “I’m their biggest cheerleader ... There are plenty of more prestigious Fulbrighters than me. There are members of the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives. There are captains of industry,” Caristi said. “They’re more famous and more accomplished, but there’s nobody who’s more enthusiastic about it than me.”
