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Muncie, Ind. – The 2018 recipients of the Delaware County Lilly Endowment Community Scholarship will be named in December 2017. This change continues from the 2016-2017 academic year. Previously scholarship recipients were identified in March of the year they graduated from high school. This change affects the program for all Indiana community foundations. In selecting recipients for the Delaware County Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships, consideration is given to student activities and achievements, community and civic service, academic ability and potential…

 Additional $4 million in private funding will support improvements to the Muncie Campus in the East Central Region Muncie, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College East Central Region’s Muncie Campus will undergo a transformation over the next few years, thanks to the $39 million earmarked for the project in the 2017-2019 biennial state budget approved today by the Indiana General Assembly. The total cost of the project, about $43 million, will include $4 million in private funding to be raised…

Muncie, IN – A group of Ball State photojournalism students are coming together on Saturday, April 22, (Earth Day), to spend a 24-hour period documenting and celebrating acts of volunteerism and “giving back” in the Muncie, Indiana area. Shoot for Good Muncie uses documentary photojournalism as a celebration of community, volunteerism and positive human connections. The NPPA (National Press Photographer’s Association) Student Chapter at Ball State has been organizing the project and wants to reach out to local photographers, Muncie…

By: Mackenzie Schroeder— To celebrate Earth Day, Muncie non-profit ecoREHAB will pass out free LED light bulbs (two per family) from 5-8 p.m. during The Downtown Farm Stand’s 5th Annual Earth Day Celebration on Saturday, April 22, at the Farm Stand, 125 E. Main Street. The event will pair music and food with tips to realize savings through energy-efficient living.  Switching from incandescent to LED bulbs can save about $30 each year per bulb, said Craig Graybeal, ecoREHAB executive director….

By: PhyXTGears Media Team— Muncie Delaware Robotics, known as the PhyXTGears team 1720, is one of only 14 teams from Indiana to earn a spot at the FIRST World Championship Competition in St. Louis, Missouri. They earned their spot as the top-ranked team in Indiana after finishing as a finalist in the Indiana State Championship Competition this past weekend and winning the Rockwell Automation – Innovation in Control Award for the programming on their robot for the second time this…

Muncie, IN – The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and DJI, in collaboration with Fly-Robotics, will host an introductory small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) course, called UAS4PublicSafety, open to public safety officials from June 21 to 25 in Indianapolis, Indiana. UAS, also known drones, have quickly become a valuable tool for firefighters, police officers, search-and rescue-crews and other emergency responders, with at least 59 lives saved thanks to drones already, according to a recent report from DJI. Drones provide an aerial perspective on…

Let’s take a look back at some of the positive articles MuncieJournal.com has published about Muncie Community Schools and students since we launched on July 1, 2015. The Muncie Journal has always been  #Allin4MCS  In no particular order, here are a few headlines and stories you may or may not have missed. This is just a very brief sampling of MCS content from munciejournal.com Southside Middle School’s Panther Pantry Sends 9 Days of Food with 160 Students for Thanksgiving Break Photo…