News Articles in January 1

Why did he receive the honor? He student teaches in the Navajo Nation. He volunteers. He’s president of a student organization. And that only scrapes the surface of his commitment.

The new Ball State College of Health will offer degrees in counseling psychology, health science, kinesiology, nutrition/dietetics, nursing, speech pathology and audiology, and social work.

Diversity activist and co-star of “Breaking Bad” RJ Mitte and entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila C. Johnson are among the speakers at Ball State this spring.

Ball State students collect bottled water to send to Flint, Michigan, where thousands of residents have been exposed to lead contamination.

A new study by the Center for Economic and Business Research finds jobs are following employees to communities, a major change from several decades ago.

Research finds that adding a park or playground to a neighborhood reaps immediate health benefits for children and might provide long-term savings on health care.

A recent study finds that high schools around the country are taking measures to reduce violence but arming personnel is not one of them.

Former NAACP President Benjamin Jealous will speak at Ball State about “The Forgotten Origins and Consequences of Race in America” at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 20. His speech in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day is one of the events during the university’s Unity Week, Jan. 18-23.

The assistant professor of communication studies once would have only graded her teaching with a "C." Today, she's considered one of Ball State's best.

Landscape architecture students from Ball State have created an improvement plan for Muncie’s Whitely neighborhood, based in part on GIS data they gathered. The information also benefits ScoutMuncie, the city’s most comprehensive architectural survey in 30 years.