Ball State student walks to New Orleans Ball State junior Ben Poor walked from Indiana to New Orleans and raised more than $11,000 for Emergency Communities, a nonprofit organization that provides community-based disaster relief for Hurricane Katrina victims. FULL STORY
For Ball State student Ben Poor, an 820-mile trek to Louisiana was a labor of love. See more in this video about Ben Poor's walk
911 txt msg srvic Microsoft supports Ball State's efforts to create its own emergency text messaging service, which costs less than $10,000, will extend beyond the campus and is faster than systems costing 10 times more. FULL STORY
BeneFacta Day set for Oct. 2 BeneFacta Day recognizes faculty and professional personnel who have received grants and those who submitted applications in the past year. FULL STORY
O'Neal Smitherman leaving Ball State, Phil Repp taking over in interim O'Neal Smitherman, vice president for information technology, has taken a leadership position with Hudson Alpha Institute of Biotechnology. Phil Repp, associate vice president of information technology, to assume duties on an interim basis.
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Oh say can Jill sing Ball State's own Jill Burleson is set to sing the national anthem during the Colts Oct. 7 game. FULL STORY
Ball Bearings wins top award Ball Bearings won first place in the online category for the 2007 Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Student Magazine Contest. FULL STORY
Quoted: Avila, Zygmunt-Fillwalk, Gabbert and more. . . Find out about wireless network systems to increase communication at Ball State. And, learn about state education leaders' discussion on Indiana campus funding based on student retention and graduation rates. FULL STORY
