Campus Update
Volume 27, Issue 7
October 2, 2006
Motion-analysis technology
Biomechanics lab partners with new clinic
Ball State students are using motion-analysis video technology at a one-of-a-kind health facility that could provide new insight into the rehabilitation of injuries. FULL STORY
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Kip Shawger
Professor leads Kennedy Center group
Ball State assistant professor of theater takes on duties as the national chair of design for the Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival's National Executive Committee. The role will require extensive travel to regional festivals across the country. FULL STORY

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TCOM student finalist in national video contest
A Ball State student is a finalist in a national competition that allows participants to create a 64-second short film about their experiences at the recent Austin City Limits Music Festival. FULL STORY
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Eight Hoosier women to be honored Oct. 18
For the eighth year, Ball State's College of Sciences and Humanities is sponsoring the Indiana Women of Achievement Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions by Hoosier women. FULL STORY
PDA
PDAs give nursing students quick access to life-saving information
PDAs are allowing sophomore nursing students to thumb through five textbooks and access many databases to quickly find the life-saving information they need. FULL STORY

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Ball State receives national diversity award
Ball State was recognized as a university committed to diversity at Minority Access' National Role Models conference Sept. 19 in Las Vegas. FULL STORY
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New institute to study future of news media
Ball State has created the News Research Institute to allow faculty, students and industry professionals to study the future of the news industry in an immersive environment. FULL STORY
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Center for Media Design
Michel Bloxham
Study finds good and bad news for advertisers
A new behavioral study from Ball State's Center for Media Design paints a complex picture of TV ad break behavior; from watching the ads to channel changing, leaving the room, talking, reading, using the electronic program guide and more. FULL STORY

On Campus -- Update
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In the News
Quoted: Albrecht, Doyle, Gora and more...
Find out what some schools are doing to prepare students for the ISTEP exam. Plus, learn more about the possibility of full-day kindergarten for Indiana children. FULL STORY
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