Four decades later, Ball State remembers historic RFK visit Retired journalism professor Earl Conn played a pivotal role in bringing Robert F. Kennedy to campus in 1968. Forty years after the historic visit of the then-Democratic presidential candidate on the same day Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Conn and other Ball State faculty recall their involvement with a variety of emotions. FULL STORY
Ball State hosts copyright conference Fifth annual copyright conference to be held April 23 at the Alumni Center, focusing on how intellectual property can be used properly in educational settings. FULL STORY
Soaring on an Electronic Field Trip More than 60,000 schoolchildren will be "flying high" on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., while participating in a virtual visit to the annual Smithsonian Kite Festival as Ball State presents its next Electronic Field Trip. FULL STORY
Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton and former President Bill Clinton, meets with Ball State President Jo Ann M. Gora and students during a campaign stop at the university on March 25. Clinton was joined by actor Sean Astin. An estimated 800 to 1,000 people attended the informal question-and-answer session, during which Clinton explained her mother's political stance on issues ranging from health care and education to civil rights and college affordability.
Lecture features award-winning journalist The journalism department's Professionals-in-Residence lecture series will feature Lee Hill Kavanaugh, reporter for the Kansas City Star and winner of the 2008 Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award. FULL STORY
