Education

By: Jennifer Gasiorek— Muncie, IN—Ivy Tech Community College has been awarded a $1 million Upward Grant from the United States Department of Education. The five-year grant will help prepare 60 ninth through twelfth graders from Muncie Central High School for college. The goal of the grant is equip high school students from low-income families, potential-first generation college students and students who have a high risk of academic failure with the skills necessary to achieve academic success. “We are focused on preparing…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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….

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…

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…