FRESHMAN CONNECTIONS PROGRAM

2005-2006

This archived page preserves the basic information for the 2005-2006 Freshman Connections program.  If you have any questions, email us at the link to the left.

• 2005-2006 Teams
• 2005-2006 Events
• Freshman Common Reader
  • The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
2005-2006

This page archives information given to new students in their first year at Ball State in 2005-2006.  It also archives the results of any special contests held during that year. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to use the email link to the left.

• "Connect with Your Community Passport" Information
  Passport Award Winners 2005-2006
     Christine Welage--Lunch with Three Friends and President Gora
     Brittany Walls--Spring Semester Parking Pass (see photo above)
     Evan Meltzer--Tour to the Top of the Bell Tower
     $100 Gift Certificates to the Ball State University Bookstore:
       Michael Copley
       Rachel Hein
       Ester Holmes
       Shelby Larkin
       Mallory McCullough
       Dan McElroy
       Evan Meltzer
       Haley Minix
       Natalie Parker
       John Pietzak
       Merdith Redden
       Dustin Reoch
       Ashely Smith
       Adriene Taylor
       Alicia Weddle
       Jaquelyn Wetli
       Tia Wible
       Sarah Windlan
       Johna Picco
• Freshmen--Free Ticket to the "Caucasian Chalk Circle"  Play dates are November 10-13, 16-19 at 7:30 p.m. (Nov. 13 at 2:30 p.m.).  Pick up your free ticket at the University Box Office (located directly opposite the south exit to Bracken Library).  The box office is open from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Further details are available at http://www.bsu.edu/theatre/boxoffice/.  For a look at this play's director's original notes, see http://www.bsu.edu/freshmanconnections/playnotes
  
• Freshman Connections Photography Contest for 2005
  Thanks to all those who submitted their work.  Entries are currently on display in Bracken Library in the Bistro area (where the vending machines are located).  The winners were, as follows:
  • First Prize: Shannon Evers with "I've Been Poked"
  • Second Prize: Jennifer Hasting with "ipod, MyPod"
    

Two key passages in Ball State's chapter occur at the beginning and end:

• "The answer to how this unique focus on first-year students came to be can be found in the extraordinary leadership of a core group of formal and informal campus leaders, the institutionalization of services to first-year students . . . , the partnerships between academic and student affairs, and the institution's ability to embrace teaching as a primary component of the institution's mission" (p. 299)
• "Ball State is doing so much that is right that the major challenge is simply to continue the status quo" (p. 322)

For more information about this book and to read further excerpts, follow this link to the Jossey-Bass website.