Education

By: Chris Taylor— Muncie, IN—The program for the first annual Ball State Sports Link Sports Media Summer Camp in July has been announced featuring guest instructors from the Big 10, the NFL and opportunities to produce content with Ball State Football coaches and student-athletes. Rising high school students (to-be freshmen through seniors) with an interest in sports and digital sports media are encouraged to apply. Each three-day workshop, hosted on Ball State’s campus, includes hands-on instructional sessions on digital sports production, sports broadcasting, sports writing, social media and more.  There are still seats available to register for BOTH Camp #1 and Camp #2. Along with…

By: Shawn Carmichael— INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College has appointed Alex D. Huskey as Chancellor of the Marion Campus as part of the College’s new organizational structure. The new structure will better align with community needs at the campus level and empower campuses to be responsive and nimble in meeting local needs. Prior to the change, multiple campuses reported to a regional or bi-regional leadership, including the College’s East Central (Muncie, Anderson, Marion and Henry County campuses) and Richmond regions reporting to a single chancellor, a role held by Huskey. The Marion campus will now be a self-sustaining location with…

Congratulations to the following scholars – Jonathan R. Serf, Jr. is the recipient of the Ollie Mae Hammond Scholarship. Serf, son of Jonathan and Faith Serf, is a senior at Muncie Central High School. He plans to attend Ball State University to study economics and political science. This scholarship, established by Martin and Helen Schwartz in memory of Ollie Mae Hammond, is awarded to a graduating student who is an active member of the youth group of Antioch Baptist Church in Muncie. Dennis Kimble is the recipient of the 2017 East Central Opportunities Scholarship.  This scholarship is awarded to displaced…

By: Jud Fisher— MUNCIE, Ind.—Students attending Muncie Community Schools (MCS) and Burris Laboratory School will benefit this year from several curriculum additions supported by two Ball Brothers Foundation grants. Of the more than $3 million distributed by the foundation in its first grant-making cycle of 2017, the local schools shared $580,000—MCS receiving $305,000 and Burris, $275,000—to introduce and strengthen innovative and digitally rich programming. “At a time when education budgets are tight, these funds will expand opportunities within Muncie’s urban core,” said Jud Fisher, president and chief operating officer of the foundation. “This is part of our internal Central City…

By: Ana Pichardo—  Muncie IN—A new partnership has formed between Muncie Community Schools, the YMCA and the Boys & Girls Club of Muncie. The organizations will be providing before and after school childcare services to students in the Muncie Community Schools. The operational hours of the child care services will be 6:00 a.m. to 7:15 a.m. and 2:45 to 6:00 p.m. MCS will provide transportation to and from their home schools to the childcare sites for all K-8 students that attend. The YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club will be responsible for the supervision of students during their care….

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 Community Garden, Sand and Water Play in a Nature Play Pocket, Storytelling Circle Time, Nature Art in the Gateway to…

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, administration and students.  When our area high schools rank from the top 1.7% to within the top 16% nationally (that’s…

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, Floyd, Grant, Harrison, Howard, Kosciusko, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, St. Joseph, Tippecanoe and Vigo. Participating local providers in these counties will…

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. Bailee Allen, of Delta, plans to attend Taylor University to study chemistry. She is the daughter of Paul and Susan…