It's a given that any sort of identification picture, whether it's a passport, license or Ball State University ID, will be terrible. The photographer may take it a couple times if your eyes are half-open, but regardless, the pictures are lousy. My Ball State ID? Terrible hair at a terrible angle.
Ball State University will be receiving a grant for more than $210,000 to study diabetes, endocrinology and related metabolic research. U.S. Congressman Mike Pence made the announcement Monday on behalf of the Department of Health and Human Services. "I want to commend Ball State University on earning this grant award for neurological research," Pence stated in a press release.
INDIANAPOLIS-¡ - Representatives of state universities testified Tuesday morning in front of a conference committee tasked with negotiating a compromise between the House and Senate versions of the state budget. The House Democrat's version of the budget contains a 2 percent increase for higher education.
Ball State University students will have to wait another month to find out what they will be paying for tuition. The Ball State University Board of Trustees will likely set tuition for the 2009-2010 school year at its meeting July 24, Anita Kelsey, the board's recording secretary, said Wednesday.
The midnight movie premiere is a summer staple for movie lovers. A late-night marathon to be the first to see the biggest and best summer films is a notch on the belt for many fans. I have had my fair share of opening nights including "Dark Knight," "Wall-E," "Watchmen" and "Transformers.
After being at Ball State University for less than four months, offensive lineman coach Jason Eck has already started to distinguish himself from every other coach at university - at least in terms of using technology. Of the more than 10 Ball State coaches and assistant coaches, Eck is the only Ball State football coach to have jumped on board the latest fad in social Web sites, Twitter.
The dean of Ball State University's Teachers College will be honored with a reception from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. today at the Museum of Art. The event, which will be held in the Sculpture Garden at the museum, will mark Roy Weaver's approaching retirement as dean.
Construction for Ball State's geothermal heat pump system can finally begin, according to an announcement made last week that awarded a contractor the first leg of the project. Messer Construction, also the contractor for the renovation of the L.A. Pittenger Student Center, received the bid for the first location of construction.
A construction worker was brought to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after a construction accident at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ball State University.
var uslide_show_id = "ae0e4718-a54d-4d76-99df-5f9bd0d2d903";var slideshowwidth = "350";var linktext = ""; After three days of competition, Ball State University's power soccer team placed fourth in the national finals. In the team's first year of existence, the Cardinals advanced to the semifinal game Saturday, before losing 4-1 to the Circle City Rollers from Indianapolis.
Pence announced Monday afternoon that Ball State was awarded a $210,520 grant by the Department of Health and Human Services for diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic research.
The Cardinals released their 2009 schedule Tuesday morning and will play their season opener against Miami (Fla.) - a 2008 NCAA Tournament team.
The current Senate version of the state budget has more modest decreases for Ball State University than the governor's proposed budget. Ball State's operating appropriation is $130.4 million for the 2009 fiscal year, which ends on June 30. The budget advanced by the Senate Appropriations Committee would decrease this to $125.
I was 8 years old when a middle-aged couple walked into my house in Ohio with a Bouvier puppy (a type of Belgian sheepdog) in their arms. He was a black puppy with expressive elegant brown eyes and enormous pupils popping out. His name was Buford, named after a type of hamburger.
I don't know about you, but I love taking a good morning walk around the Ball State University campus this time of year. It's especially lovely to walk down McKinley Avenue, by the duck pond adjacent to the tennis courts. The past week, in addition to the regular company of mallards and crows around the pond, I've stopped to enjoy the company of many of our crimson colored mascots, the Northern Cardinal.
At the mid-point of the offseason for the Ball State University women's volleyball team, sophomore attacker Jennifer Boyd decided to spend a week undergoing a different kind of training. Boyd left her home outside of Pittsburgh, Pa., for the campus of Colorado State University in Ft.
Last week, Congressman Mike Pence's recent self-imposed ban on earmarks came into the spotlight. As a result of this ban, certain projects at Ball State University lost a likely source of funding as a result. An earmark refers to any part of a spending bill, which lays out the budget for the government, which allocates money for a specific project or institution.
A fledgling urban garden downtown has high hopes of helping to provide affordable food to locals. North Street Urban Garden - the brainchild of Colby Gray, a landscape architect from Ball State University and Jason Donati, the director for the Department of Stormwater Management - is working to provide a sustainable source of vegetables by offering their abandoned house lot for cultivation.
A Ball State University student will be competing in the preliminaries of the Miss Indiana Scholarship Pageant this week. Junior urban planning major Lauren Petersen was crowned as Miss Ball State 2009 earlier this year. In preparation for the pageant, Petersen has trained with pageant director Carol Kosisko and with piano experts to help her with her talent routine.
Minnetrista continued their celebration of 125 years of the Ball Jar with their Can You Can It? competition last Saturday. Competitors entered in three categories - fruits, vegetables and spreads - and were judged on presentation, not taste. All entries had to be canned in a Ball Jar.
