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Nine professors selected as
Diversity Associates for 2004-05
The Diversity Policy Institute's program was designed to increase
awareness and knowledge of diversity-related scholarship and to
integrate these issues into Ball State's curriculum.
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Morrison to oversee human resources in new position
 Thomas
A. Morrison has been named associate vice president for human resources
and state relations. Morrison is currently director of state fiscal
relations. He will continue in that role and also assume responsibility
for the human resource and employee relations offices.
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Online photo directory
of faculty, staff upgraded
Profile, the online directory of faculty and staff photos, has been
upgraded and integrated with Ball State’s Web site search engine. Anyone
who uses the university’s search function to look up individuals or
department
rosters can now access photos, as well as contact information, for
faculty and staff.
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Study finds computers fully integrated into students' lives
 Computers
are becoming a regular part of college life, changing the way students
learn and interact with others, says a study from Ball State. A survey
of 253 freshmen and sophomores living in Ball State residence halls
found 94 percent had access to a computer in their living quarters and
75 percent reported using computer technology more than five hours a
week, said Sherry Woosley, a senior analyst for the Office of Academic
Assessment and Institutional Research.
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New police gear part of effort to offer comprehensive protection
University police have purchased equipment designed to
provide individual officers with an additional less-than-lethal force
option, as well as new equipment appropriate for crowd control.
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Washington trip for Reagan
rites full of irony for Wessel
 During
the brief visit, Roger Wessel found himself in exactly the right place
at the right time to view the historic events. He reflected that his
day's events unfolded in such an unusual way.
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Orientation video shows today's students value
family ties more
Ellen Mauer, associate director of Ball State's counseling center,
sought views from both students and parents to update a summer
orientation video originally made 10 years ago.
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Fourth of July promises to be loud,
dangerous to the ears
 Marching
bands, exploding fireworks and other types of noise pollution commonly
found during the holiday weekend may lead to permanent hearing loss,
said David Coffin, a professor of speech pathology and audiology.
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Student captures grandfather's
memories of D-Day on eSpace
Kelli Ramey, an education major who will teach in an Indianapolis
elementary school this fall, created an oral history lesson on D-Day and
World War II through the eyes of her grandfather, Adrian Ramey, on
eSpace.
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News industry editor to head
journalism ideas institute
 Warren Watson, a
vice president at the American Press Institute and a 26-year veteran of
American newspapers, has been named the director of the Institute for
Digital Education, Activities and Scholarship (J-Ideas).
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Ball State to offer in-state
tuition to some Ohio residents
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees authorized the
university's participation in the plan, which allows students from
certain counties in Indiana and Ohio to pay in-state tuition rates when
they cross the border to attend a college or university.
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