news 6/11/2021, 12:00pm Ball Brothers Foundation begins funding Project Sybertooth By Sam Shipe Within the last few months, two cyber attacks have crippled entire industries in the United States. One attack threatened a gas shortage on the East Coast and another threatened a meat shortage across the country. With cybercrime on the rise, many people, including Muncie locals and Ball State students, wonder how it can affect them.
news 6/10/2021, 7:40pm PathStone holds its annual community partnership event By Maya Wilkins PathStone Corporation of Indiana held their annual community partnership event June 10 over Zoom, where the corporation gave awards to individuals and organizations in the community. Guests also heard from keynote speaker, Karen Hemberger, vice president of the United Way of Madison County.
news 6/10/2021, 1:00pm Ball State president elected MAC chair, named to NCAA Board of Directors By Staff Reports As of June 9, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) elected Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns the MAC's Chair of the Council of Presidents.
news 6/8/2021, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press The Boston police commissioner is ousted over domestic abuse claims, people protest Enbridge oil pipeline, the Biden administration threatens legal action against Texas on shelter closures, water polo players get $14 million in a sex abuse settlement and the Supreme Court agrees to hear second 'state secrets' case make up this week's five national stories.
news 6/7/2021, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press A train crash in Pakistan kills 40 people, France fines Google for unfair online ads treatment, Mexico president appears to hold majority in elections, the daughter of an imprisoned ex-president leads Peru's election and a Seoul court rejects a slave labor claim against Japanese firms makes up this week's five international stories.
news 6/5/2021, 1:00pm Ball State jazz group performs at Indianapolis District Theatre By Iris Tello After a long year of live performances on hold, a jazz group from Ball State performed at the District Theatre in Indianapolis June 4. "The Jacob Smith Quartet" was formed by senior jazz bass performance major Jacob Smith and his group of friends that he met in the School of Music.
news 6/4/2021, 3:30pm Muncie YART hosts first ArtsWalk since COVID-19 pandemic began By Lauren Clark Downtown Muncie celebrated its first ArtsWalk since the COVID-19 pandemic began June 3. One of many DWNTWN Muncie events that night, community members gathered to admire and purchase art from local vendors.
news 6/3/2021, 10:30pm Muncie Pride hosts first in-person kickoff event By Sam Shipe With a buzz of traffic noise around them at Cornerstone Park in downtown Muncie, participants in the Pride Kickoff event created a meaningful experience the evening of June 3 to celebrate and uplift the LGBTQ community in Muncie.
news 6/2/2021, 3:00pm Ball State freshman orientation staff share summer 2021 changes By Grace McCormick Every weekday from the beginning of June through mid-July, Ball State’s campus will again see groups of people sporting cardinal red drawstring bags filled with information on campus offices and resources, as freshman orientation welcomes new students in person this summer.
news 6/1/2021, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press Hundreds gathered at a historic Tulsa church's prayer wall, the United States celebrated Memorial Day as the nation slowly emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, California hopes to use shuttered malls and stores for new housing, more U.S. citizens have been apprehended for moving drugs over the Mexico border and a manhunt for three shooters in Miami continues make up this week's five national stories.
news 5/31/2021, 12:00pm Indiana to reintroduce work-search requirement for unemployment benefits By Staff Reports Hoosiers applying for unemployment benefits will again be required to provide proof of actively searching for work beginning June 1, per a May 11 executive order from Gov. Eric Holcomb.
news 5/31/2021, 10:00am Five international stories of the week By Associated Press China is easing birth limits to cope with its aging society, Turkish agents capture nephew of a US-based cleric overseas, the United Kingdom is vaccinating more people to fight the variant from India, Czech police call for indictment in the premier's fraud case and Germany and Slovakia arrest two people in trafficking raids make up this week's five international stories.
news 5/29/2021, 12:00pm Muncie high school students build 'ReFreeGerator' to relieve local food insecurity By Sam Shipe Imagine going through an intense leadership program, growing through a pandemic, creating and executing a project that will aid the community, and it disappears overnight.
news 5/28/2021, 1:30pm CANPACK to build new factory plant in Muncie, employ hundreds by 2023 By Clayton McMahan CANPACK Group, a company specializing in aluminum can and glass bottle manufacturing, announced May 25 it will be opening a new factory in Muncie, Indiana.
news 5/27/2021, 3:30pm Local vegan bakery Sea Salt and Cinnamon to open storefront in downtown Muncie By Lauren Clark After years of steady customer growth and community expansion, President of Sea Salt and Cinnamon Amanda Reninger is ready to take the next step — a storefront in downtown Muncie.
news 5/27/2021, 11:59am Ball State to host summer 2021 graduates in Worthen Arena By Staff Reports In a campus-wide email sent Thursday morning, Ball State President Geoffrey Mearns announced plans for a July 24 commencement ceremony at Worthen Arena for summer 2021 graduates.
news 5/26/2021, 8:00pm Indiana Chief Equity, Inclusion and Opportunity Officer Karah Herring shares her progress in first four months of position By Iris Tello In November 2020, Karrah Herring was appointed as the Indiana government’s first-ever chief equity, inclusion and opportunity officer by Gov. Eric Holcomb, a position she stepped into in February of this year. On May 26, 2021, she reflected in a Zoom presentation on her goals to build diversity and foster an inclusive environment within the state government to better provide services to every state citizen.
news 5/26/2021, 6:00pm Ball State announces new mask guidance outdoors effective June 1 By Staff Reports In a campus-wide email sent Wednesday afternoon, Ball State Vice President for Business Affairs Alan Finn and Vice President for Student Affairs Ro-Anne Royer Engle announced fully vaccinated people on Ball State's campus will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors effective June 1.
news 5/26/2021, 12:00pm MCS teachers to receive unprecedented pay raises By Staff Reports Less than a month after approving $1,000 stipends for all active school district employees for the additional work required due to COVID-19, the Muncie Community Schools (MCS) Board of Trustees is boosting teachers’ pay again. The board approved salary increases for all teachers ranging from $2,400 to $5,200 annually. It has also raised starting teacher pay to $42,000, up from $38,500.
news 5/25/2021, 10:00am Five national stories of the week By Associated Press Moderna announces its COVID-19 vaccine works in kids as young as 12, a key impeachment witness sues former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, activists plan a festival in Minneapolis in honor of George Floyd, the agency that grants citizenship eyes improved services without a plan to pay for it and the western fire season starts much drier than it did in 2020 make up this week's five national stories.
news 7/13/2021, 3:00pm Indiana DNR asks Hoosiers to remove bird feeders amid reports of dying songbirds By Kellyn Harrison
news 7/8/2021, 4:00pm Ball State alumnus shares goals for local composting organization ScrapCycle to reduce waste in Muncie, beyond
news 7/24/2021, 6:15pm Summer 2021 graduates discuss future plans after Ball State commencement ceremony
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