R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning
A team of Ball State construction management students placed in the top four in the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) annual competition. These four teams have been invited to the MCAA’s 2020 national convention March 15-19 in Hawaii to present their proposals in front of thousands of representatives of mechanical contractors, usually in top positions.
Last Fall, students received project documentation, including drawings and specs, for an actual project constructed by one of the member companies. Teams created proposals to complete the mechanical scope of work, including establishing a virtual company, a full estimate, detailed schedule, and a logistics plan, among other technical and financial deliverables.
Events
A new exhibit, “Masters of Modern: Bauhaus Masters and Shu,” is in the Architecture Building, room 121. It can be viewed Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Roberto de Leon, a co-founder and principal of de Leon & Primmer Architecture Workshop in Louisville, Kentucky, will speak at 4 p.m. Monday, February 17, in the Architecture Building, room 100. Mr. de Leon lectures on the studio’s work and methodology. In 2012, he served as a panelist for the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD), a national advisory conference for U.S. mayors on current planning issues. His lecture is free and open to the public.
Awards for CAP Faculty and Staff
Assistant Professor of Architecture Daniel Overbey was selected as one of the Indiana Recycling Coalition’s Recycling Rock Stars.
Janet Fick, associate lecturer of construction management, and Bob Koester, founding director of Ball State’s Center for Energy Research/Education/Service (CERES), won an Indiana Green Building Merit Award from the Indiana U.S. Green Building Council. The honor recognizes the teamwork on the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (LEED-EBOM) certification of the David Letterman Communication and Media Building through the LEED Lab program.
College of Communication, Information, and Media
The 2020
Women Working in Technology Conference “Find Your Balance—Drive Your Growth” will be Friday, March 20, at the Alumni Center. This professional conference is valuable to any member of the Ball State community—women and men—working in or with technology. Ball State early registration cost is $50 (before March 1).
The lunch keynote speaker is Karen Mangia, vice president, customer & market insights at Salesforce. Her session, “Enter Stage Left: Get Discovered” will provide practical tools and inspiration. Ms. Mangia is a 1999 alumna of the Center for Information and Communication Sciences (CICS) and telecommunications. Michelle Shaw (CICS ’00) will lead a breakout session on “Negotiating with Empathy to Get to Win-Win,” and CICS’s newest faculty member Dr. Anna Stumpf will facilitate a breakout session on “Finding Your Value.”
College of Fine Arts
The School of Art’s 85th Annual Student Exhibition runs until March 18 in the Griner Art Gallery in the Art and Journalism Building. The opening reception will be 6-8 p.m. Saturday, February 22.
On Thursday, March 12, visit the David Owsley Museum of Art for the
Edmund F. Petty Memorial Lecture, featuring Dr. Gregorio Luke, an expert on Mexican and Latin American art and culture. He will speak on DOMA’s Spring special exhibition,
Mexican Modernity: 20th-Century Paintings from the Zapanta Collection. A 5 p.m. reception in the museum’s Sculpture Court will precede the 6 p.m. talk in the Frank C. and Elizabeth B. Ball Recital Hall of the Fine Arts Building.
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents the Indiana premiere of
This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing by Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer from February 21-27 in Strother Theatre. A fable appropriate for the entire family, the story explores what happens when triplet sisters take different paths in life and reconnect 20 years later. Tickets are available at 765-285-8749 or
bsu.edu/theatredance.
The School of Music’s
Women in Music Conference on March 12-14 will feature papers, lecture-recitals, and performances pertaining to all aspects of women in music from performers to composers to entrepreneurs. The keynote speaker is Marian Wilson Kimber, and the keynote performers are the Limitless Collective. Paid registration is required.
College of Health
Events
Ball State’s School Nurses, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Progressive Programs Conference will focus on the numerous challenges school nurses and personnel face when providing services to students with autism spectrum disorder. The conference will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, February 22, in the Health Professions Building. This conference is sponsored by the Northeast Indiana Area Health Education Center, the Ball State University School of Nursing, and the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The College of Health Interprofessional Poverty Simulation (COHIPPS) will be 5-8:30 p.m. Monday, March 23, in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Ballroom. It is important for health professions students to understand how poverty affects someone’s treatment and/or compliance regimen. Students will explore living with significant financial constraints, limited time, and high stress by role playing as a family challenged by a specific set of conditions. The event is presented by the College of Health and Northeast Indiana Area Health Education Center and facilitated by Second Harvest Food Bank.
Award for COH Professor
Dr. Lawrence Judge was awarded the Kevin McGill Legacy Award by USA Track & Field. This award recognizes a veteran coach with 25+ years of involvement who has shown an exceptional level of passion and initiative in coaching education.
College of Sciences and Humanities
Events
Moliere Than Thou finds Moliere left without a cast. Rather than refund the precious box office income, the playwright offers to perform a “greatest hits” of sorts and leads the audience through a hilarious succession of favorite speeches. Come to this one-man show at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 25, in Pruis Hall. Admission is free, and the event is open to all. This event is co-sponsored by a number of departments including Modern Languages and Classics, English, and others.
For over a decade the Creative Writing Program’s
In Print Festival of First Books has brought three authors who’ve published their first books and a literary editor/publisher to campus for a two-day event featuring a reading, classroom visits, and a panel discussion on literary editing and publishing. This year's festival features poet Jake Skeets, fiction writer Hadley Moore, creative nonfiction writer Noam Dorr, and editor/publisher Eric Obenauf. This event, sponsored by the Department of English, takes place at 7:30 p.m. March 18-19 and is free and open to the public.
Awards for CSH Faculty
Kevin Nolan, director and senior archaeologist in the Applied Anthropology Laboratories (AAL) in the Department of Anthropology, and John Fillwalk (co-project director), senior director of hybrid design technologies in the Office of Information Technology, received a
$99,996 award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Digital Humanities Advancement Grant to develop and test a prototype of an interactive 3D simulation of the Newark Earthworks in Ohio. Using today’s technology, this project will allow people to view the impressive mounds and walls that were constructed 2,000 years ago by Hopewellian people.
English Professor
Jill Christman is one of 36 writers who will receive a fiscal year 2020 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts. These fellowships allow recipients to set aside time for writing, research, travel, and general career advancement. Fellows are selected through a highly competitive, anonymous process and are judged on their artistic excellence.
Governmental Relations
During the legislative session, the Office of Governmental Relations produces a weekly legislative update to provide interested Ball State employees with information on what is happening at the Statehouse. To sign up for the updates or view the archive, please
visit the Office of Governmental Relations website.
Athletics
Each Friday is #ChirpChirpFriday as Ball State Athletics encourages fans to wear Cardinal Red and white to spread school pride. Snap a photo and share to social media using #ChirpChirpFriday. You may win a prize.
Many Ball State sports, including gymnastics, men’s and women’s tennis, track and field, and men’s volleyball, have free admission.
View a composite calendar. Mark Saturday, April 18, on your calendars for the annual football spring game at Scheumann Stadium. Admission is free, and don’t miss the other sports action, with baseball and softball scheduled to play that day as well.
For the basketball games listed below, you can get tickets at
ballstatesports.com or call 888-BSU-TICKET or 765-285-1474.
- On February 25, the men’s basketball team will host Western Michigan at 7 p.m. for Faculty/Staff Appreciation Night. At halftime, stay in your seats and enjoy the annual Deans’ Shootout free throw competition, presented by Central Indiana Orthopedics.
- At the annual #MuncieOut game, men’s basketball hosts Eastern Michigan at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 22. Tickets begin at $5, parking is free, and A-Team Concessions will be serving up $1 hot dogs. Plus, enjoy fun for the whole family including face painting, balloon artistry, and games for the kids, along with craft beer for the adults.
- At women’s basketball Senior Day, the Cardinals will welcome Central Michigan at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 29. Plus, enjoy face painting, balloon artistry, and games for the kids along with craft beer for the adults. Check out the Indiana Pork Plan which features game tickets, food, and a beverage for one low price.
