Campus Update
Volume 25, Issue 31
April 22, 2005
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McKinley Avenue will be closed through Aug. 12
The university has been working with the city, neighborhood and the Indiana Department of Transportation to ease the inconvenience. FULL STORY
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Special achievements honored at staff recognition program
Retirees and award winners were honored at this year's Staff Recognition and Retirement Awards Program Thursday in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center. FULL STORY

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Invaders battle natives of the San Francisco Bay in broadcast May 10
Students will learn how non-native organisms can adapt quickly to new environments and how they affect their new surroundings. FULL STORY

Speech team concludes year by winning division, placing seventh overall
Ball State's speech team participated in 33 events with 11 students advancing to the quarterfinals and two participating in the semifinals. FULL STORY

Students partner with Hispanic families to break barriers
The Honors Colloquium course was designed to encourage a sense of community responsibility, as well as to create a more natural learning environment. FULL STORY

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Online teaching and learning professor receives award for innovation
Greg Siering was chosen for his work on faculty development programs such as Blackboard. FULL STORY
University develops working model for new core curriculum
The proposal will be considered by the university's governance next year and, if passed, could be implemented as early as the 2007-08 school year. FULL STORY
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Hubble's 15th anniversary observed by local officials, university
Two mural-sized images will be unveiled, followed by a question-and-answer session with a professor of physics and astronomy. FULL STORY
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Criminal justice professor wins national advising award
Among other efforts, Taiping Ho created a program that resulted in a 57 percent reduction of the number of criminal justice students on academic probation. FULL STORY

Ball State and Purdue Iron Egg Launch is all it's cracked up to be
Eighteen teams of high school students have each constructed a launcher and a container to protect an egg from cracking when fired at a bull's-eye. FULL STORY

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Ball State raises money for tsunami relief
The Ball State Indian Student Association, in conjunction with Christian Campus House, Center for International Programs and the South Asia Muncie Association, co-sponsored an Indian dinner for tsunami relief. FULL STORY
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Interns examining ways government agencies can be more efficient
Through Ball State's Business Fellows program, eight students have served as interns with local government organizations as part of the Excellence in Government Project. FULL STORY
In the News
Quoted: Amschler, Barker, Barkey, Hanley, Papper, Weller
Are elementary students catching their z's? Plus, how is advertising reaching college students? FULL STORY
On Campus -- Update
Top sports reporters coming to Ball State
Tenderloin Dinner to support Hoosier Burn Camp
Senior art students to display works April 23
Techpoint presents Indiana motor sports May 6
Student recommendations needed
Open enrollment period begins
TechPoint's Indiana entrepreneur boot camp comes to campus April 26
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