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Volume 25, Number 15

December 3, 2004

Students search for little green men during Electronic Field Trip
Eighth graders at Burris Laboratory School created a model of NASA's Mars rover to coincide with the E3 Electronic Field Trip “Where Are the Little Green Men?” The field trip will be broadcast to nearly 15 million students Dec. 7. Full Story

New Web service to assist students with majors, careers
Quest, offered through the Career Center, assists students with identifying majors and careers that relate to their interests. Full Story

Students to present laboratory designs to Indianapolis hospital
A group of architecture students is helping the Indiana Center for Rehabilitation Sciences and Engineering Research envision its new research laboratory that is proposed to be built on the Indiana Rehabilitation Hospital's 38th Street campus. Full Story

Task force asks employees, students about child care issues
The child care survey is the product of two years of work by the College of Sciences and Humanities Task Force on the Status of Women.  Full Story

Women's tennis team wants toys, food for Salvation Army
Coach Kathy Bull asks every member of the Ball State community to donate unwrapped toys or nonperishable food items. Full Story
Library accepting donations to Marine Toys for Tots program

New federal funding received for three university programs
Ball State will receive $650,000 in federal funding that will boost the university's efforts to create viable small firms and expand existing research in physiology and in digital research and development. Full Story

No matter how festive the office party, it's still about business
The office party is not the time to end a job with the company or ruin a career with behavior that can be deemed inappropriate or illegal, said Tara King. Full Story

Women and Hi Tech meeting includes holiday networking
The Dec. 7 meeting will consist of holiday networking from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at Barnes and Thornburg in downtown Indianapolis. Full Story

 

From 'Sleeping Beauty' to the garage, we know how to Dance!
"If you're going to give yourself a Christmas present this year, dance is a wonderful gift," said artistic director Lou Ann Young. Full Story

Indiana Society of Chicago
to honor Ball State Dec. 4
President Jo Ann M. Gora will lead a delegation of university officials, alumni and supporters attending the organization's 99th annual fellowship dinner. Full Story

Program offering parents
night out for holiday shopping
Let Recreation Services take care of the kids Dec. 10.
Full Story

Digital media artist's work honored at international festival
John Fillwalk, artist-in-residence at the Center for Media Design, and Kevin Blue, a music technology graduate student, had their work, "Three Transpositions," juried into CYNETart_04. Full Story

Student radio station captures international broadcast awards WCRD-FM staff members received seven Communicator Awards, including five in sports.
Full Story

Center for Historic Preservation to study metal truss bridges
The study, financed by the Efroymson Fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, will provide the information needed to nominate many of the bridges to the National Register of Historic Places. Full Story

Santa should bring students
ties, shirts, professional clothing

Shoes, jackets, belts and socks can add the right touch to a professional wardrobe, said James Mitchell. Full Story

Freshman programs cited in USA Today. Also, are you a bagel or a doughnut? Learn More

Variety of ho-ho-holiday concerts offered by School of Music, Emens

Architect-engineer Joe Burns
to present CAP lecture Dec. 6

E.B. Ball Center hosts holiday concert, Friday Forum lunch

University seeks candidates to apply for national scholarships

Tickets on sale for Hometown Christmas concert at Emens

Faculty can apply for Global
Media Network course funding

Area students receive Ed's Warehouse scholarships

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

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Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism

Assistant Professor, Department of Telecommunications

Assistant Professor/Lighting Designer and Teacher, Department of Theatre and Dance

Director, School of Music

Distinguished Professor of Telecommunications, Department of Telecommunications

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