Campus Update
Volume 29, Issue 22
February 9, 2009
Golf swing
Fore! Initiative to analyze golf swings showcases the Biomechanics Laboratory's potential as well as its use of emerging media. WATCH VIDEO 
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Geothermal U.: Ball State pioneers converting campuswide heating and cooling
Board of Trustees approves plan for a geothermal energy solution to the university's long-term central heating and cooling needs. Removing outmoded boiler system will save up to $2 million a year in operating costs and cut Ball State's carbon footprint almost in half. FULL STORY
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Electronic Field Trip virtually enlists schoolchildren into Frontier Army
Ball State's use of emerging media will connect more than 18,000 students to an Electronic Field Trip, where they will interactively learn about the contributions made by Buffalo Soldiers, the first African-American men to serve in the Army during peacetime. FULL STORY
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggests 'Our Environmental Destiny'
Environmental advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will discuss the role that natural resources play in our work, health and identity as Americans during 2009's first lecture in the Bracken Environmental Speaker Series. FULL STORY
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Emerging media skills highly valued
Employees with emerging media skills are worth more in today's marketplace, says a survey of human resources managers. FULL STORY
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The snow is melting now, but the campus of Ball State proved to be a winter wonderland in January. The National Weather Service recorded a total of almost 13 inches of snowfall in Muncie on Jan. 28, forcing the university to cancel classes for the day.

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