At the end of Jo Ann Gora’s 10 years as president of Ball State, she will leave behind a focus on immersive learning, more than $520 million worth of construction and renovations and a renewed interest in athletics. But mostly, Gora will leave behind big shoes to fill. The goal for the 2008 Ball State Bold campaign was $200 million by 2011.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Penn State said Monday it is paying $59.7 million to 26 young men over claims of child sexual abuse at the hands of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, a man once revered as a university icon who is now serving what is effectively a life prison sentence.
The Cardinals reached into the playbook in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win over the University of Akron with a trick pass play from senior wide receiver Jamill Smith.
Layout was not the only new aspect of the Fan Jam 2013 in Worthen Arena. In previous years, fans were able to remain on the court and interact with the men’s and women’s basketball teams as they shot around.
With just one conference game left the in the season, the shuffling atop the Mid-American Conference has started to shake out tournament seeds. In a league full of parity, Ball State (10-5-3, 5-3-2 MAC) jockeyed with five other teams for a top-four finish and the first round home game that accompanies it for its first 10 MAC matches.
Maybe it’s in the genes. Ball State women’s volleyball outside hitter Alex Fuelling has carried her team’s offense this season, just one attack attempt shy of 700 and leads the team in kills with 285. For her, it isn’t just practice that’s brought her to where she is today.
Tarantulas are the heaviest, hairiest, scariest spiders on the planet. They have fangs, claws and barbs. They can regrow body parts and be as big as dinner plates, and the females eat the males after mating. But there are many people who call these creepy critters a pet or a passion and insist their beauty is worth the risk of a bite.
Ball State’s Japanese Animation Society has powered up TVs and video players for 21 years to get together and enjoy anime.
Two Ball State students took the stage at Pruis Hall Saturday for a chance to compete in the Miss Indiana Pageant.
Retirees in Indiana will receive less money per month from their pension following a change to an Indiana Public Retirement System policy.
The Board of Trustees approved a roughly $800,000 increase in funding for construction on the new planetarium Saturday. Based on construction bids from Oct.
ADEN, Yemen — A large explosion followed by heavy gunfire was heard late Monday near the U.S. Embassy in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, security officials and residents said.
Ball State President Jo Ann Gora hosted a press conference Oct. 28 about her impending retirement. Here are some tweets from the event.
The search for the next Ball State president is in its infant stages but it will most likely be a closed one, President of the Board of Trustees Hollis Hughes said. Hughes said the board hasn’t had much time to begin preparing for the search and will likely know more at their monthly meeting in December. Gora said she was a part of a closed search when she was hired by Ball State in 2004 and it allows the best pool of candidates.
The Ball State men’s tennis team competed in the Texas Invitational this weekend at the Penick-Allison Tennis Center in Austin, Texas. In A32, senior Austin Smith beat Air Force’s Jack McCullers in singles competition, 6-2, 6-0.
In a crucial matchup for conference tournament seeding Central Michigan University topped Ball State 1-0 in double overtime.
The Ball State field hockey team traveled to Bloomington, Ind., on Sunday to face IU in the final nonconference match of its season. The Hoosiers beat the Cardinals 6-1 to improve to 9-8 overall with a 1-4 Big Ten record.
Sophomore wide receiver Jordan Williams has had multiple “breakout“ games this season. From the season opener against Illinois State University, where he caught six passes for 64 yards and scored a touchdown, to a road game against the University of Virginia, where he caught a then season-high nine passes, Williams has proven himself to be a viable threat opposite 2012 All-Mid-American Conference junior wide receiver Willie Snead.
The process for finding a new university president is still unknown. The Board of Trustees has not announced its plans for hiring a president following the announcement of Jo Ann Gora’s retirement in June 2014.
Immersive learning defines Jo Ann Gora’s 10 years as Ball State president, some faculty said. “Out of all the presidents I have worked under [for the past 45 years], Jo Ann Gora has been the best one,” said Joe Trimmer, director of the Virginia B.
