President Jo Ann M. Gora discussed Ball State's growing national reputation Feb. 21 during an interview with WIBC-FM's Mike McDaniel. Listen to a portion of the interview, which was broadcast throughout Indiana.
J-Ideas hosts seminar J-Ideas, a national First Amendment institute housed in the Ball State University journalism department, is hosting "Scholastic Partnership for the First Amendment," a seminar to take place Feb. 26 at the Freedom Museum in Chicago. FULL STORY
Interim report finds telecom reform working Ball State's Digital Policy Institute (DPI) reports that Indiana is prospering 18 months after the intrastate telecommunications industry was deregulated. In a new white paper, DPI finds that $516 million has been invested in capital improvements and more than 2,200 jobs were created in the last 18 months. FULL STORY
Kids get a whale of a lesson during Electronic Field Trip More than 50,000 schoolchildren will get the chance to follow gray whales during their annual migration from the cold Alaskan waters down to the warm waters near Mexico. Students will take this virtual trip from the comfort of their own classroom through Ball State's Electronic Field Trip (EFT) program. FULL STORY
Trade mission to Mexico benefits from CAP dean's participation Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco, dean of the College of Architecture and Planning, strengthened relationships with key universities during a trade mission to Mexico with Indiana Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and other Indiana leaders. FULL STORY