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Committee begins presidential search process, holds forum
Ball State’s 13-member presidential search committee met for the first
time Dec. 9 to establish the search process and to begin identifying the
qualities and qualifications it will seek in the next president.
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New book says international community failed in Bosnia
 In her
upcoming book “Bosnia-Herzegovina: A Polity on the Brink,” Francine
Friedman examines how various governments miscalculated the events in
the early 1990s that led to the dismantling of
Yugoslavia and the subsequent fighting in the Balkan
nation.
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Lilly Endowment awards grant
for internship development
Ball State will receive $1.5 million from Indianapolis-based Lilly
Endowment Inc. to provide students more Indiana internships and
incentives to keep them in the Hoosier state upon graduation.
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Work force development programs boost local economy
For nearly 20 years, Ball State’s
Center for Organizational Resources (COR)
has been offering training for more than just college students. COR’s
work force development training programs have been helping boost
Indiana’s economy by increasing employee productivity and preparing
unemployed Hoosiers to re-enter the work force.
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Federal grant boosts Muncie-Ball State broadband initiative
Ball State will use a $600,000 federal grant in an effort to develop
a high-speed broadband network for on- and off-campus research and
development. The funding has been approved by the U.S. House of
Representatives and is expected to pass the Senate, according to a
statement from Rep. Mike Pence.
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Baseline data now available
for Ball State charter schools
Ball State has completed a yearlong study of its public charter schools
that provides baseline data for future evaluations.
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Music Instruction Building topping out ceremony Dec.
17 President Blaine A. Brownell and benefactor Mary Jane Sursa, wife
of the late David Sursa whose name will grace MIB’s performance hall,
will speak during a brief ceremony in front of Emens Auditorium.
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Tickets on sale for Montgomery Gentry
concert at Emens
 Montgomery
Gentry, one of country music’s hottest duos, hits the stage at Emens
Auditorium Friday, Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry,
Lexington, Ky., natives, performed in clubs for years before getting
their big break in 1998.
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WIPB-TV begins offering daily news and weather
updates
WIPB-TV is broadcasting news and weather segments produced by NewsLink
Indiana, the convergence news project of Ball State’s iCommunication
initiative, which is funded through a $20 million grant from Lilly
Endowment Inc.
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Walking recommended to help keep the holiday pounds
off
 A typical
person may gain a few pounds during the holidays because of an abundance
of food combined with cold weather that restricts many outdoor
activities, says Lenny Kaminsky, director of the Adult Physical Fitness
Program.
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Students produce videos, help area Hispanic
community
To help Indiana’s growing Hispanic population better understand
America’s laws and culture, Ball State students
wrote and produced four mini-dramas on DVD. The students spent several
months in Noblesville acting as interpreters and liaisons.
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Reception, gallery talk planned for close of Jim
Dine exhibit
The Museum of Art will host a closing reception for the “Jim Dine
Prints: 1985-2000” exhibit at
2 p.m. Dec. 14. The reception, which is free and open to
the public, will feature a Gallery Talk, “Jim Dine: Themes and
Variations.”
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