Campus Update
Volume 27, Issue 35
May 21, 2007
Board of Trustees approves 2007-08 budget
Ball State's Board of Trustees has approved tuition and fee rates for the next two years, as well as a 2007-08 budget that provides funding for the university's educational priorities and salary increases for employees. FULL STORY


Greg Fehribach
Trustee Fehribach wins national award
Ball State Trustee Greg Fehribach was honored with the Unbreakable Spirit Award from the Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) Foundation on May 12. An article in the winter 2007 issue of Breakthrough, the OI Foundation newsletter, highlights Fehribach's achievements. FULL STORY


Trustees approve faculty tenure, promotions
Nine faculty members were promoted from associate professor to professor, 16 were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor and 21 were granted tenure. FULL STORY

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Francesca Hernandez
Fellowship takes student to Middle East
Landscape architecture student Francesca Hernandez is traveling to Dubai this summer to explore developments in the region as part of a fellowship with an international architecture and planning firm. FULL STORY

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YouTube
Gideon Yu, the chief financial officer for YouTube, shared some of his experiences working in the technology communications industry May 15 during a presentation to Ball State students and faculty at the university's Indianapolis Center. Yu joined YouTube, the video-sharing Web site, in 2006 and helped negotiate the firm's sale to Google.
Jo Ann M. Gora
Budget for 2007-08 propels strategic plan
President Jo Ann M. Gora notes competitive salaries and benefits for Ball State faculty members are critical to the university's long-term success and is an important part of the five-year strategic plan. FULL STORY

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IPR
IPR News staff wins 19 journalism awards
Indiana Public Radio News staff members Brian Beaver, Marcus Jackman and Stan Sollars recently earned 19 journalistic awards. FULL STORY
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road
Professor, students to produce documentary
Nancy Carlson, chair of the TCOM department, will coordinate a student team to create a documentary on the Indiana portion of the National Road. FULL STORY

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dinner theatre
Ball State Dinner Theatre presents 'The World Goes 'Round'
Broadway musicals inspire this year's Downtown Dinner Theatre production of "The World Goes 'Round," opening June 14 at the Cornerstone Center for the Arts. FULL STORY

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p3 award
Eco-lab project earns national recognition
College of Architecture and Planning students won the Green Building Initiative Award at the Environmental Protection Agency's P3 (People, Prosperity and the Planet) sustainable design competition. FULL STORY
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When is a kiss more than a kiss? Find out more. Plus, learn why student-written blogs are catching on as an admissions recruiting tool. FULL STORY
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