Events Listed As Speakers

You’re invited to the next event in the 2022-2023 Teachers College Dean’s Lecture Series, which takes place on Wednesday, February 8, 2023, from 3-4 p.m., in TC 1008, where Dr. Scott Hall will present: “How I Wrote A Textbook On Family Stress.”

Scott Stephan's sabbatical lecture, "President James Polk's Deathbed Conversion"

Students are invited to join Pathways for a movie night with snacks.

Kaitlyn is a 2012 alumna of the Ball State Entrepreneurship program and recently returned to the Midwest after a 7-year stint in the Silicon Valley startup scene. As an entrepreneurship senior, she traveled to represent the program and was an award winner in 5 national business plan competitions. Her post-graduation goal has been to explore as many career opportunities as possible and refuse complacency. This has earned her a diverse industry background, highlighting full-cycle roles in sales, marketing, and customer success management. Her experience in the rapid-growth organization enables her to take an advisory approach to her career. She currently serves as an Enterprise Customer Success Manager in the cybersecurity field. Kaitlyn focuses on finding a balance between her customer-centric corporate life and her new small business venture, Basic B Bakery.

This event will feature a panel of graduate students who will answer questions and discuss how they navigate life in grad school. Students who are interested in graduate school and students who will be starting graduate school in the fall are encouraged to attend.

Lathay Pegues graduated from Indiana University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. After graduation he worked as a reporter and anchor for various news stations in the Midwest, even winning a Regional Emmy Award. However, once his news station suddenly shut down operations, he and others were left scrambling for jobs. He decided to put his career on hold and chase another dream. He launched JohnTom’s Barbecue Sauce with two partners, inspired by his grandfather’s secret sauce recipe. Lathay moved his family back to his hometown of Muncie, Indiana, and started the business while also working for the Muncie Star Press. In February 2014, he decided to take JohnTom’s full-time! Since then, the sauce has been on shelves in numerous stores and even awarded “Best Sauce in Indiana” by Indianapolis Monthly Magazine.

Join the David Owsley Museum of Art for a panel discussion with several visiting artists as they share thoughts on their creative practice.

The Miller College of Business invites you to our “Cutting Edge Conversations” on March 29. During this webinar, you will hear from three exciting and innovative professors in the Miller College of Business. These professors will offer their thoughts and research on three different issues discussed today on social media, in newspapers, and on the airwaves. Professors Byun, Syed, and Yen will each talk for 15 minutes and explain the why and how behind phenomena that we read about in the mass media. Be entertained. Be amazed. Be enlightened.

Join Pathways and GSWI to unwind and get creative at their craft social.

Dr. Phelps-Ward, the Associate Dean of the Graduate School, will join Pathways to teach students how to organize their graduate school search to find programs that are right for them and discuss the basics of preparing a graduate school.