Campus Update
Volume 28, Issue 1
August 20, 2007
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Immersive learning, Honors College benefit from major foundation gift
The George and Frances Ball Foundation gives $10.5 million toward the university's efforts to expand immersive learning opportunities and the Honors College. FULL STORY
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2007 Outstanding Faculty Awards
Faculty earn top honors
Awards presented to eight faculty members during Aug. 17 ceremony. FULL STORY
President Gora's fall 2007 convocation speech
Jo Ann M. Gora discusses "The Challenge of Distinctiveness." FULL STORY
Provost Terry King's remarks
Provost highlights priorities for the coming year and recognizes faculty accomplishments. FULL STORY
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Lugar
Lugar presents award to Ball State Council on the Environment
Ball State President Jo Ann M. Gora accepts the award on behalf of the council which provides leadership for environmental initiatives at Ball State and the surrounding community. FULL STORY

Ball State President Jo Ann Gora
Ball State commits to 'climate neutral' campus
President Gora commits Ball State to sharply reducing and eventually eliminating all of the university's global warming emissions by signing the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment. FULL STORY
Woodworth Commons
Dining set to offer new services
Dining staff members are in high gear with the opening of the renovated Woodworth Commons, and they are preparing to provide many new services at Scheumann Stadium. FULL STORY
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Board of Trustees OKs new work agreement, revised construction estimates
New conditions of cooperation between Ball State and the bargaining unit representing hundreds of campus service employees were approved by the university’s board of trustees during a public meeting on July 20. FULL STORY

Nathan Bogert
Ball State student named 2007 Yamaha National Young Performing Artist
Nathan Bogert, an Honors College student majoring in saxophone performance, has been named the 2007 Yamaha National Young Performing Artist. FULL STORY

National student concrete competition
Through the Department of Architecture, Ball State participated in the inaugural 2007 National Concrete Masonry Association Student Design Competition. FULL STORY
Letterman mother and Gora
New building named after David Letterman
Ball State Board of Trustees approves naming of new communication and media building after favorite son and late night television host David Letterman. President Jo Ann Gora announces the news along with "Dave's Mom," Dorothy Mengering. FULL STORY
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Annual US News rankings tout first-year programs at Ball State
Ball State included on annual US News & World Report list of first-year "Programs to Look For." FULL STORY
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Carla Earhart
Carla Earhart earns national honor
Carla Earhart, director of the residential property management program, has been awarded the Apartment Career and Education (ACE) Award by the National Apartment Association Education Foundation. FULL STORY

Wireless Research and Mapping earns ESRI award
Ball State's Office of Wireless Research and Mapping (OWRM) and its spin-off company, afterimage GIS, were recently recognized with a Special Achievement in GIS award. FULL STORY

michael hicks
Ball State appoints BBR director
Michael Hicks, a well-known researcher on the economic impact of Wal-Mart and an economics professor at the Air Force Institute of Technology, has been appointed the new director of Ball State's Bureau of Business Research. FULL STORY

Child Study Center earns national accreditation
The National Association for the Education of Young Children has accredited Ball State's Child Study Center, where university students provide high-quality child care under the auspices of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences. FULL STORY

Lawrence Smith
Professor Garfield Foundation
Lawrence Smith, elementary education professor at Ball State, was recently appointed as CEO of the Professor Garfield Foundation. FULL STORY

Professor wins Society of Manufacturing Engineers award
Alan Leduc wins the Sargent Americanism Award, which recognizes faculty who develop significant and innovative course work that helps students understand manufacturing-related business skills. FULL STORY
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WWII comes to life through a live interactive broadcast on WIPB
Ball State and WIPB will produce a live 60-minute interactive educational program showcasing one of the most celebrated American units of WWII, the 1st Infantry Division, aka the Big Red One, on Sept. 27. FULL STORY
On Campus -- Update
Parking Services 'oops' voucher now offers more coverage
Beloved Ball State sportscaster creates scholarship
Coffee aficionados prepare
I want to be a giant checker
Vending machine snack prices to increase
Alumnus to perform opera recital
Area students receive Ed's Warehouse Scholarships
Marketers reaching college students via cell phones
Study ranks consumer magazines
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In the News
Quoted: Bellaver, Cahoe, Cheng and more…
Forget Nashville, when it comes to high-tech postproduction technology, Ball State's the place. And, learn more about how to make reluctant readers more enthusiastic. FULL STORY
Spotlight
Job Postings
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