Education

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 emergencies that was previously expensive, dangerous or simply impossible to obtain, and public safety agencies have expressed a clear need…

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 Gallery: Special Needs Prom Held at Muncie Central High School Meet Some of the New Principals At Muncie Community Schools…

By: Dee McKinsey— Who: The Delaware County Prevention Council and members of its PRIDE Team, county first responders, prosecutors, judges, members of the sheriff’s department and municipal police and other professionals. What: Annual “Living Proof Presentation – a simulation of a fatal car crash involving alcohol. When: 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.., April 5th and 6th. Tours every 10 minutes, with the last tour at 8 p.m. Where: Muncie Central High School “Living Proof” is free and open to the public for parents and youth over the age of 13. Youth under the age of 13 are discouraged from attending because…

By: Shawn Carmichael & Mike Rhodes— Muncie, Ind. – Ivy Tech Community College East Central Region’s Gardens of Ivy project is nearing completion in time for spring planting. On April 4th at 3 pm, a major milestone in construction was reached when the Ivy Tech Totem was set in the center of the garden. This raised bed garden located at the Muncie Cowan Road Campus was designed and constructed by students in the Agriculture, Design, Building Technology, and Welding Programs. The garden will serve students, many of whom live in a food desert, by providing a source of fresh vegetables. Beds will be…

By: Mike Rhodes— Yorktown, IN—Holly Stachler, Director of eLearning and Curricular Innovation for Yorktown Community Schools has been named a winner in the Consortium for School Networking’s  (CoSN) Next Generation Leaders program.  The program is in its second year. Winning educators were officially announced and recognized during CoSN’s annual conference in Chicago on April 4th. Five winners were selected from 30 semi-finalists from across the United States, based on a national poll conducted by EdScoop that pulled in more than 11,000 votes. “CoSN’s NextGeneration Leadership Program gives school districts the opportunity to formally recognize the accomplishments and potential of their future leaders,”…

By: The PhyXTGears Media Team— Muncie, IN— Delaware County’s own PhyXTGears robotics team 1720 finished runner-up at the FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition in Science and Technology) Perry Meridian district robotics tournament  in Indianapolis, earning the team a spot in the FIRST Indiana State Championship competition in Huntington, Indiana, April 7-8 while competing with their robot, Spitfire. PhyXTGears is a team of 29 students and 14 mentors who built a robot in six weeks to compete with and against other robots in a steampunk-themed game created by FIRST, called STEAMworks. After their second district event at Perry Meridian High School, the team…

By: BSU News— MUNCIE, Ind. — Students soon could have two new degrees to consider with today’s approval by the Ball State University Board of Trustees — a bachelor of architecture and a master of social work. The degrees were created in response to a defined need and student demand, said Interim President Terry King, and are pending approval by the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.The five-year, 154-credit-hour bachelor of architecture provides a professionally oriented undergraduate education resulting in an accredited professional degree, a necessary requirement for licensure, King said. What’s more, this bachelor of architecture degree program also provides…

By: Krystal M. Geyer— The Ball State University Entrepreneurship Center is celebrating 33 years of rich entrepreneurial history, over 500 alumni, and the future of entrepreneurship in Indiana and beyond on April 21. The program, the first of its kind and one of the oldest collegiate entrepreneurship programs in the country, has a tradition of excellence and has aided in the establishment of dozens of local businesses and has a strong economic impact. The Senior Banquet honoring Dr. Kuratko will be held April 21st at the Horizon Convention Center. The event will honor the founder of the Ball State Entrepreneurship Program,…

By: Holly Ford— Muncie, IN —Muncie Central junior Casey Myers earned a Silver Key in the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. According to the organization’s website, “the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards has grown to be the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiative for creative teens, and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers.” Myers’ artwork was chosen from over 2,800 submissions in the Central and Southern Indiana region. Only 105 Gold Keys and 182 Silver Keys were awarded. Those earning Silver or Gold Keys have the opportunity…