MUNCIE, Ind. - The area immediately to the west of Ball State University’s Ball Communications Building and the Art and Journalism Building, currently under construction, will be closed to vehicle and pedestrian traffic beginning May 8. The closure includes the west pedestrian walkway commonly called the cow path and vehicle access to the Ball Building.

The areas will remain closed until the beginning of the fall semester in August.

The closure is to allow grading and utility work associated with the Art and Journalism Building. The new facility will provide additional space and up-to-date technologies to the departments of art and journalism and will house a 400-seat dining area and the university bookstore.

(NOTE TO EDITORS: For more information, contact Kevin Kenyon, associate vice president of facilities planning and management, by e-mail at kkenyon@bsu.edu or by phone at (765) 285-1630.)