Communities 2/25/2021, 10:00am What to consider while exercising during the COVID-19 pandemic to stay safe and healthy By Staff Reports By February, 80 percent of people don’t continue with their New Year’s resolutions, according to U.S. News and World Report.
Campus 2/18/2021, 12:00pm Ball State associate professor of English combines creative skills through film literature By Taylor Smith Matt Mullins said he discovered film literature through “a series of happy accidents.”
On the Clock 2/18/2021, 10:00am On the Clock: Ball State student desk staff workers balance school, on-campus employment By Grace Duerksen As students open the front door to their residence hall, letting the cold winter air rush in behind them, they walk past the front desk, scan their ID and head up to the warmth of their dorm.
Communities 2/11/2021, 10:00am Muncie fitness coach offers specialized programs for pregnant, postpartum women By Nicole Thomas “‘You make me feel so empowered.’” It’s rewarding every time Brittany Scott hears this phrase from one of her clients after a workout to rebuild connections between their minds and bodies.
Intern Spotlight 2/4/2021, 10:00am Intern Spotlight: Ball State senior traveled to Kodiak, Alaska to photograph island's surfers By Rebecca Slezak When I shared I’d be spending my summer on an island with a grizzly bear every square mile, I told everyone, “I hope this doesn’t turn into one of those stories of ‘Whatever happened to …’ and I get eaten by a bear.”
Campus 1/28/2021, 10:00am Plant parenting: tips to help you take care of your indoor plants By Staff Reports Looking out their windows this winter, students can only see bare tree branches, brown grass and frosted fall leaves.
Communities 1/27/2021, 10:00am Ball State alumna gives away 50-year-old plant cuttings for community members to start their own plant families By Sumayyah Muhammad After graduating from Ball State, Ann Heintzelman and her husband were looking for their first home when her grandmother gifted her three 20-year-old tropical plants — a snake plant, a spider plant and a philodendron.
DIY 1/21/2021, 12:00pm How to make hot chocolate bombs to dissolve away winter blues By Nicole Thomas As cold temperatures and snowy days continue to appear in the weather forecast, students can cozy up with a piping mug of hot chocolate.
Campus 1/21/2021, 10:00am Finding focus: how to get motivated to do classwork after winter break By Staff Reports After spending nearly two months at home due to an adjusted fall and spring academic calendar in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, some students may be feeling unmotivated to pick up their pencils and open their textbooks again as they’ve returned to Ball State’s campus this semester.
Alumni Spotlight 12/10/2020, 10:00am Discovering self-love: Ball State alumni come together to create the poetry art book 'TubLove' By Nicole Thomas On a windy, late spring day in Chicago, Jacob Barnes met fellow Ball State alumnus Mason Pippenger for lunch at Montrose Beach, overlooking the waters of Lake Michigan.
Campus 12/9/2020, 12:10pm Ball State music majors, professors reflect on performing, practicing, learning during COVID-19 pandemic. By Iris Tello Throughout the fall semester, sophomore music education major Aiden Cangany brought his trombone, music stand and sheet music to Ball State’s parking garages for a wide, open area to practice.
Campus 12/3/2020, 12:00pm Packing tips for coming back to campus after your month-long winter break By Sophie Nulph Every winter, most college students must leave campus after finishing their fall semester.
Alumni Spotlight 12/3/2020, 10:00am Ball State alumnus, friends create award-winning mockumentary 'Smokestack' By Kristine Strosser Wearing shorts, a T-shirt and a face mask in the summer heat, Brandon Townsend, 2018 Ball State alumnus, spent nearly three months in his hometown of Connorsville, Indiana, loving every minute behind the camera filming “Smokestack.”
Campus 11/24/2020, 3:00pm David Owsley Museum of Art celebrates women artists for 100th anniversary of 19th amendment By Mary Stempky In the David Owsley Museum of Art’s (DOMA) galleries, Lillian McClung, a senior ceramics and art history major, and Robert LaFrance, director of the DOMA, set up Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics, the pattern glaze matching the pattern of Perle Fine’s painting “Impact” hung on the wall.
On the Clock 11/19/2020, 12:00pm On the Clock: David Owsley Museum of Art student workers provide visitors with a cultural education By Mary Stempky An hour before the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) opens to the public, senior art history and studio art major Marie Dickison arrives to flip on all the museum’s lights across its galleries.
Campus 11/19/2020, 10:00am Ball State senior creative writing major shares her passion for storytelling By Savannah Jordan As someone who’s been writing for as long as she can remember, Mia Marrero, senior creative writing major, said one of her biggest challenges when writing is trying not to think about others’ opinions.
Communities 11/12/2020, 3:00pm EcoREHAB aims to educate, employ the Muncie community with sustainable construction opportunities By Sophie Nulph and Seth Stegall From working with college students to lifelong Muncie residents, Jason Haney’s key focus is education.
Communities 11/12/2020, 10:00am 5 socially distant ways to show someone you’re thankful for them By Staff Reports November has arrived, and the season of giving has officially begun. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, traditional ways of counting our blessings and showing our gratitude have changed.
Alumni Spotlight 11/5/2020, 12:00pm Ball State alumna joins Porchlight Music Theatre’s ‘New Faces Sing Broadway 1987' By Nicole Thomas When Devon Hayakawa, a 2019 Ball State alumna, returned to theater for the first time in eight months, she said, performing on stage felt electric.
Alumni Spotlight 11/5/2020, 10:00am Ball State alumnus shares his struggles with violence, drug abuse in new book By Sumayyah Muhammad Raised by a single mother who was the “backbone” for him and his eight siblings, Marwin Strong, a 2011 Ball State alumnus, said he wasn’t “born with a silver spoon in his mouth.”
news 5/29/2021, 12:00pm Muncie high school students build 'ReFreeGerator' to relieve local food insecurity
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