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Volume 25, Number 4

September 10, 2004

Remembering Sept. 11...
A professor is helping with the transformation of a rural Pennsylvania area forever linked with the attacks. Full Story
Insurance companies paid billions of dollars in damages after the attacks, and the industry survived. Full Story

Disaster response expert says Florida near breaking point
Robert Schwartz, a geography professor, spent several days in late August studying how the Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) responded to Hurricane Charley. Full Story

Graduates help student affairs degree program attain ranking
Ball State's student affairs administration in higher education program ranked 14th among 186 programs in a national study presented recently to the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators. Full Story

Electronic Field Trip program gets more funding, new look
The award-winning program offered by Teachers College is
now called E3 (Explore, Experience, Expand) Electronic Field Trips. With Best Buy's funding of $968,000, Ball State will be able to offer six field trips in 2004-05. Full Story

Experts added for next phase
of Middletown Media Studies

Industry Research Fellows for the Center for Media Design (CMD) during 2004-05 are Jim Spaeth and Bill Moult, two of the founders of Sequent Partners, a consulting firm. In addition to working with
the Middletown Media Team
on the study itself, the pair will occasionally conduct lectures and make classroom presentations. Full Story

 

Meet Ball State's recipients
of major scholarships for 2004
The university and the Ball State University Foundation are proud to welcome these new outstanding students whose efforts in high school and potential for success have earned them major scholarship awards. Full Story

Campus United Way campaign kicks off, continues to Nov. 5
Chairs for this year's campus campaign are Ramon Avila and Steve Avila, faculty and staff; Brian Scott, service staff; Ross Van Ness, retirees; Beverley Pitts, Pathfinders; and Sally Farber, students. Full Story

Italian Renaissance portraits topic of Petty Memorial Lecture
Larry Feinburg, curator of European Painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, will discuss Italian Renaissance portraits at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 in the Museum of Art's Recital Hall. Full Story

University police department seeks national accreditation
"Accreditation... is highly valued in our
field and should
assure members of the campus and Muncie communities that our department adheres to the highest standards," said Gene Burton, public safety director. Full Story

Outreach Services Site in Fishers to have grand opening
The site has a new mission and a new building, which will be unveiled at 4 p.m. Sept. 13. Full Story

Why does Lady Liberty weep? Also, big business in prehistoric artifacts and student furnishings. Learn More

Museum of Art events cover landscapes, impressionism

Film series takes viewers to Oz Sunday, 'Tom Jones' here Sept. 20

Visiting scholar speaks on Islamic fundamentalist perceptions of U.S.

Saturday Gym and Swim program for children begins Sept. 18

CAP exhibit features Indiana landscapes of past, present

Software Engineering Research Center featured at Tech Tuesday

Accomplishments of faculty and staff are listed in Update's Spotlight

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