Education

By: Tyler Bracht, Ball State Architecture Digital Fabrication GA— Muncie, IN— There will be an Opening Celebration as part of the Maring-Hunt Public Library, the Muncie BY5 initiative Nature Play Days and Indiana Children and Nature Network on FRIDAY, June 16th from 1-5 pm, sponsored by the Maring-Hunt Library, the Community Garden, and the College of Architecture and Planning. Event location: 2005 S. High St., Muncie, IN, 47302 We’ll have lots of fun activities planned in our community garden. Games in the Garden, Nature Walk around the…

By: Tom Farris— The U.S. News & World Reports magazine and website organization recently announced its comprehensive evaluations and rankings of the 21,500 high schools in the U.S., also ranking the 736 high schools (public, private and charter schools) in Indiana.  The high schools in Delaware County achieved very high rankings – in state and national comparisons, emphasizing why many families are considering re-locating to Delaware County – because of the quality of education being produced by our area school systems, teachers,…

By: Stephanie Wilson, Governor’s Office— Indianapolis, IN – Governor Eric J. Holcomb today announced 15 additional Indiana counties are now eligible to participate in On My Way Pre-K, making prekindergarten available in 2018 to 4-year-olds from low-income families in those counties. Earlier this year, the Indiana General Assembly expanded the program from five pilot counties to 20 counties in House Enrolled Act (HEA) 1004-2017. The new counties added to the On My Way Pre-K program are Bartholomew, DeKalb, Delaware, Elkhart,…

Muncie, IN—The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc., has announced the following students as recipients of the 2017 Arthur D. and Josephine M. Robling Scholarship.  Recipients must be residents of Delaware County, be of good moral character and display good citizenship, and must have maintained at least a 2.5 cumulative grade point average in high school. Hannah Abrell, of Muncie Central, plans to attend Butler University to study pre-pharmacy. She is the daughter of Amy and Tom Abrell….

By: Shawn Carmichael— Dual credit students within Ivy Tech Community College’s East Central Region earned approximately 24,980 college credits; resulting in nearly $3.4 million in college tuition savings Muncie, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College’s East Central Region continues to see growth in its dual credit program serving approximately 4,700 students in 2016-17. These students earned an estimated 24,980 college credits, which could save families nearly $3.4 million in college tuition costs. Ivy Tech serves 95 percent of traditional public…

By: Karen Standish— A Honor Roll Eighth Grade: Samuel D. Coffman, Amya L. Hatcher, Andrew M. Shrock, and Madison R. Thompson Seventh Grade: Sydni D. Buck, Kloee I. Felton, Drayden S. Gates, Hailey E. Hagaman, Lucas S. Herbst, Ashland Janelle Kahalekomo, Krystal I. Richman, Kevin Patrick Robinson, Isaac X. Shreve, Emma Gabrielle Stanley, and Luke William Willmann Sixth Grade: Corbin M. Adams, Payton S. Baker, Reese B. Baker, Tyler D. Cadle, Lily G. Carpenter, Coralee J. Dargo, Grayson J. Davis,…

Congratulations to the following scholars – Samantha Floyd and Harlee Williams are recipients of the 2017 Janice Paige Hughes Scholarship.  Floyd is a Ball State University students majoring in special education: mild interventions, all grades.  Williams is a Ball State University student majoring in special education: intense and mild interventions. Austin Gable and Richard Sprung are recipients of the Ross Family Autism Scholarship.  Gable, a student from the Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities, is the son of Wendy…

By: Ana Pichardo—  Muncie, IN— Muncie Central senior Cory Cooper has been named a Finalist in the National Merit Scholarship® Program. Cooper advanced from a group of 16,000 Semifinalists, and he will be considered for a National Merit Scholarship® to be offered in 2017. Cooper has waited several months and has jumped through quite a few hurdles to reach this point in the competition. First, he qualified as a Semifinalist by earning one of the highest Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test…

Muncie, IN—The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc. has announced Madalyn Kline, Mathew Phillips, Olivia Reed, Sophia Rees, Isaac Smith, and Isabella Willitzer are the recipients of the Robert and Wanda McKibben Scholarship. The Robert and Wanda McKibben Scholarship was created by Robert McKibben in memory of his wife and their life together. During his life, he planned for the establishment of the scholarship fund and established the criteria, which would be realized through his estate plan. Because…