Education

By: BSU News— MUNCIE, Indiana – As part of an effort to help transform the Muncie community, the George and Frances Ball Foundation is committing $150,000 to a scholarship fund for first-generation Muncie Central students who plan to attend Ball State University. The gift by the Muncie-based foundation brings the Mearns/Proud Family Endowed Scholarship Fund to about $430,000. The scholarship was announced during Ball State President Geoffrey S. Mearns’ installation on Sept. 8. President Mearns and his wife, Jennifer, are committing $100,000 to establish the scholarship. The couple named this scholarship in honor and memory of their parents, who highly valued…

By: BSUNews— Muncie, IN – Ball State University President Geoffrey S. Mearns told the audience at his installation today that he is taking personal responsibility for helping transform the Muncie community by creating and funding college scholarships for local high school students. President Mearns and his wife, Jennifer, are committing $100,000 to establish the Mearns/Proud Family Scholarship to benefit Muncie Central graduates who are first-generation college students. President and Mrs. Mearns have named this scholarship in honor and memory of their parents. “Muncie continues to face some significant challenges, primarily because of the adverse impacts caused by external economic forces,”…

By: Richard Morris— As President of the Liberty-Perry Alumni Association (LPAA), I am very proud to write about an upcoming historic event that is most impressive, especially in our local community.  I am referring to the 89th Annual Center High School Alumni Reunion Banquet being held on Saturday, September 9, 2017.  Center High School has been long razed.  The school building was located on the southeast corner of county roads 600 south and 600 east, approximately 1 mile away from where the banquet will be held in the fellowship hall at Harris Chapel on Gates Road.  The last graduating class…

By: Ana Pichardo— With the tragic events in Charlottesville, VA and the continued unrest in our nation, we need to step back and take a look at what we are doing in our schools and classrooms to model inclusiveness and acceptance of others. MCS has been striving to be a leader in creating more culturally aware and sensitive students for more than a decade. Here are the activities that are currently occurring: Currently all MCS schools reported anti-bullying lessons with students in the last week. Some are conducting such lessons at the beginning of the school year and again at…

By: Gail Werner— Muncie, IN —Ball State University is ready to open the doors of its newest renovated residence hall when classes resume for the fall semester Aug. 21. Schmidt/Wilson Residence Hall will be home to more than 500 students. It includes lounge spaces, a computer lab, laundry room and semi-private bathrooms. As home to the university’s theater and dance and design living-learning communities, the eight-story building features several unique amenities catering directly to students majoring in the arts. These included a black box (experimental) theater for staged performances, movie screening and performance lounge, dance studio and design studio with…

By: BSUNews— Muncie, IN—The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics and Humanities, a residential high school at Ball State University, has been ranked No. 17 in the nation in the latest report released by Niche.com, a website that profiles and ranks American high schools and colleges. The report shows where each of Indiana’s public high schools ranked based on an analysis of key statistics and reviews from students, parents and teachers. In the report, the Indiana Academy’s teachers were also rated No. 4 in the nation, receiving high marks for preparing their students for higher education. The full rankings may be found: https://www.niche.com/k12/indiana-academy-for-science-mathematics–and–humanities-muncie-in/rankings/…

By: Richard Morris— The Liberty-Perry Alumni Association (LPAA) is proud to announce the completion of the Liberty- Perry Schools Alumni Engraved Brick Walkway on July 25, 2017. The engraved brick walkway is the first of its kind at any high school in East Central Indiana and is intended to pay respect and honor alumni and employees from Wapahani, Center, and Selma high schools. Parent high schools Center and Selma celebrated their last graduating class in 1967. In 1967, Center and Selma high schools consolidated to form Wapahani high school, which began its 50th year school year on August 7, 2017….

By: BSUNEWS— Muncie, IN—Smokestacks — the last vestiges of the coal era at Ball State University —are coming down. Workers from the Gerald Chimney Company, a St. Louis, Missouri firm, are slowly dismantling the two smokestacks, which were rendered obsolete with the university’s installation of the nation’s largest closed-loop geothermal energy system. The university began installing the geothermal system in 2009, shutting down the coal-fired boilers used to heat and cool the campus in 2014. Work on the removal of the stacks began July 26 and should be completed by Aug. 26. The west stack is 180-feet tall while the east…

By: Kallie Sulanke, Community Engagement Officer— Muncie, IN—The Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, Inc., has announced the recipients of the 2017 McDonalds Restaurants of Delaware and Madison Counties Scholarship. Awarded from the Robert A. and Beverly D. Terhune Fund at The Community Foundation, this scholarship is given to employees of the Terhune McDonald’s restaurants in Delaware or Madison Counties. Koltan Northcutt plans to attend Purdue University to study computer engineering. Ethan Nunley plans to attend Purdue University to study construction management. Caitlyn Ruth plans to attend Indiana University East to study nursing. Kendra Saunders plans to attend Anderson…