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Volume 25, Number 5

September 17, 2004

Scholars organization claims library clerk as honorary member
Danny Taylor makes you feel like you've been friends with him for years. His friends include members of Ball State's chapter of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars who consider the periodicals/reserve clerk one of their own. Full Story

Computing improvements will encourage Internet innovation
Ball State is enabling tomorrow's Internet innovators by offering improved personal Web site access and expanding the university's digital storage capacity by more than one-third. Full Story

Ivan showing RPM students  importance of disaster plan
Ivan is a timely reminder of the importance of disaster planning in apartment management, says Sue Whitaker, who teaches in Ball State's residential property management (RPM) program. Full Story

Former Ball Corp. official to speak in leadership series
Sponsored by the Miller College of Business, the event provides students with an opportunity to hear from successful, seasoned business professionals. Full Story

BeneFacta Day to focus
on community partnerships
Keynote speaker is David Cox, professor and executive assistant to the president at the University of Memphis. His topic will be "Community-Higher Education Partnerships: Defining Today's University." Full Story
Proposals sought for Improving Teaching Quality Partnership

Visiting Writers Series opens with Minnesota novelist's talk
Fiction writer Julie Schumacher will read at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 in Bracken Library, room 225. Schumacher is the inaugural reader in the 2004-05 Visiting Writers Series. Full Story

 

 

 

 

Indiana Academy counselor's music becomes tribute to friend
Daniel
Reck's latest work, "Of Dreams Eternal," premieres Sept. 19 at DePauw University. The work evolved into a musical tribute to the life of Reck's friend who was killed in February in an automobile accident. Full Story

Home is where the pallet is; students will build shelters
For four days, a group of Ball State architecture students will learn how to build shelters from pallets for refugees left homeless by catastrophes. Full Story

PEP program leads employee
to scholarship, eventual degree

Angel Silvers received the Vivian Z. Conley Memorial Re-Entry Scholarship during the "Women's Equality Day" celebration at Muncie's City Hall last month. The scholarship is awarded to a non-traditional student who is enrolled for less than 12 hours. Full Story

Evening of dancing and music
to benefit public television
WIPB-TV's fourth annual Fall Dance Oct. 2 at
the Horizon Convention Center will spotlight the musical talents of the Indianapolis band Zanna-Doo. All proceeds from the dance go toward the public television station's programming and operating costs. Full Story

Enhanced Provost Initiative funding available for projects
EPI awards, ranging from $7,500 to $20,000, are for projects that build on existing university strengths and potentials. Full Story

It's an ill wind that blows some good in Florida. Also, where not to show your tattoo. Learn More

EAC plans trip to see 'Phantom
of the Opera' in Indianapolis

State university research focus
of Life Sciences Videoconference

Free library workshops provide
instruction on using research tools

Blood pressure, cholesterol screening set for Sept. 24

Planetarium visitors can venture
'In Search of New Worlds'

International center collecting items to aid Caribbean hurricane victims

On-campus interviewing starts
Sept. 27 at Career Center

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