Tag: Ball State University

News Roundup

Professor Who Called Police on Black Student Won’t Teach for Rest of the Semester

Ball State University (BSU) decided on Wednesday that professor Shaheen Borna, who called the police on a Black student last month, won’t teach for the rest of the semester, reported The Daily, quoting a university spokeswoman. Kathy Wolf, the university’s vice president of marketing and communications, told the publication in an email the decision was […]

February 13, 2020

African-American

Ball State Faculty Want Tenure Review of Professor Who Called Police on Black Student

Several Ball State University faculty last Thursday said they want a post-tenure review of a professor who called the police on a Black student because he didn’t switch seats in the classroom.

February 2, 2020

News Roundup

More Pizzagate Fallout: Purdue Takes Name Off Building, Offers to Return $8M Gift

The John H. Schnatter Center for Economic Research will soon revert to its old name as the Purdue University Research Center in Economics, and the school is offering to return $8 million Schnatter once donated following revelations that the Papa John’s founder used the n-word during a conference call in May, ABC News has reported. […]

August 6, 2018

News Roundup

Standardized Tests Now Optional at Indiana School

Students who want to go to college but don’t perform well on standardized tests – or just hate taking them – might be delighted by a new policy at an Indiana school. Ball State University in Muncie has become the first public four-year university in the Hoosier State to make the SAT and ACT optional […]

July 30, 2018

Home

Study: Violent Behaviors, Weapon Carrying Down Among Black Youth

Violent behaviors and weapon carrying have decreased among African-American adolescents, but homicide rates continue to rise, according to a new report from Ball State University.

April 18, 2018

Home

Study: Blacks Much Less Likely to Take Part in Health Research Studies

Racial and ethnic minorities, especially African-Americans, are significantly less likely to participate in health-related research than Whites, according to a new study from Ball State University.

April 10, 2018

Students

13 Ball State Fraternities to Go Alcohol-free Until 2018

MUNCIE, Ind. — More than a dozen fraternities at Ball State University won’t have events that include alcohol for the rest of the year. Interfraternity Council President Trevor Holland said the decision was made with the university for the safety of their members and the community. “It was a joint decision between chapter presidents and […]

October 24, 2017

Students

Activist Angela Davis to speak at Ball State

MUNCIE, Ind. — Social activist Angela Davis is coming to Ball State University to discuss institutional racism in the nation’s prisons. The 73-year-old academic who’s known for her work on economic, racial and gender justice will speak Sept. 22 at Emens Auditorium in a free event open the public. Davis was a University of California, […]

September 12, 2017

Students

Ball State University Enrollment Spikes Due to Autism Degree

MUNCIE, Ind. — Enrollment in Ball State University’s Teachers College has hit a record high due to demand for analysis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder. The Teachers College expected 150 students at most when it began offering an online-only master’s degree in applied behavioral analysis with an emphasis in autism six years ago, The […]

March 26, 2017

Leadership & Policy

Email Reveals Rifts Between ex-Ball State Chief, Board Chair

MUNCIE, Ind. — A newspaper has obtained an email revealing rifts between former Ball State University President Paul Ferguson and the Indiana school’s governing board chairman months before the president’s unexplained departure. The (Muncie) Star Press reported Sunday that it obtained the email written by Ferguson to university officials in March 2015, 10 months before […]

December 19, 2016