The Ball State Board of Trustees in between committee meetings Dec. 15 at the Student Center. The board will meet again Jan. 24, 2024. Daniel Kehn, DN
BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Momper honored as trustee emeritus

It marked the end of a 16-year stint on the board for the Fort Wayne resident. His time saw three separate Indiana Governors and achievements like a new geothermal heating and cooling system, launching the village revitalization project and selecting the university’s 17th president, Geoffrey Mearns in 2017, where Momper chaired the search committee. “Wow, I’ve been thinking about this day for a long time,” Momper said. “It’s really an honor to serve on this board the last 16 years… it was a lot of hard work, as you all know, but it was so fulfilling, the opportunity to work with you, my fellow trustees, and all you, the Ball State family. It’s just unbelievable. It’s [an opportunity] I’ll never forget.”


Ball State University President Geoffrey Mearns holds up a 'chirp, chirp' sign with Charlie Cardinal in a YouTube video inside Bracken House. Mearns confirmed in the video, which published Dec. 13, that he had dislocated his left ankle and fractured it in three places over Thanksgiving Break. Ball State Marketing and Communications, courtesy
PRESIDENT MEARNS

President Mearns to be in attendance for Board of Trustees Meeting, Commencement despite ankle injury

Ball State University President Geoffrey Mearns confirmed Wednesday an ankle injury that he sustained over Thanksgiving break.  "I actually dislocated my left ankle and fractured it in three places playing ping pong with my son in the basement here at Bracken House," Mearns said in a YouTube video posted Wednesday. "The good news is, I am pleased to report I am on the mend."



Senator Jackson Phenis presented a budget request for the Student Engagement Committee in the L.A. Pittenger Student Center Cardinal Hall B Dec. 6. The budget request was for three prize baskets for a tabling event. Madelyn Bracken, DN
STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Ball State Student Government Association denies budget request, approves two new senators

Jack Correa presented with points on improving the hours for dining halls and the recreational facilities on campus as well as working to improve campus safety. Correa was approved on a vote of 29-0 with one abstention. Viktoriia Budiad had points dealing with diversity and inclusion, aiming to improve the general cultural knowledge of the Ball State University population. Budiad was approved on a vote of 29-0 and two abstentions.


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JOE GATTO COMING TO EMENS

Joe Gatto to perform at Emens Auditorium

Best known for his appearances in hit TV shows "Impractical Jokers" and "The Misery Index," comedian Joe Gatto will make an appearance at Emens Auditorium March 2, 2024, afer extending his current 'Night of Comedy' tour, Ball State Marketing and Communications announced via email Dec. 5.



Trustee William “Craig” Dobbs posed in a headshot. Ball State Marketing and Communications, Photo Provided
CRAIG DOBBS NAMED TO BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Holcomb appoints a new member to Ball State Board of Trustees

Ball State University graduate, William “Craig” Dobbs, was appointed as the newest member of Ball State’s Board of Trustees by Gov. Eric Holcomb Dec. 4. The head of The Dobbs Group, a financial consulting firm in Carmel, Indiana, Dobbs earned his bachelor’s degree in Finance in 1986 from Ball State and his Master of business administration at Notre Dame.



Indiana Academy junior Ella Robinson (left) and sophomore Ayesha Khan (right) attend s duel credit class Nov. 17 at the Indiana Academy. Robinson says that duel credit classes offered from Ball State make her secondary education dreams more achievable. Olivia Ground, DN
DUAL CREDIT PROGRAM

Ball State’s dual credit program: Unlocking high school success with college opportunities

Imagine you could complete 30 hours of college credit before ever even graduating high school. To some, it might seem like an unimaginable concept on top of the workload they already have to satisfy their current academic requirements. To others, it’s a chance to possibly graduate from college early and either get a headstart on their careers or embark on a higher education.


Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter at the Democratic Convention June 26, 2004. Olivier Douliery/ABACA, Tribune Content Agency
ROSALYNN CARTER

AP: Rosalynn Carter, outspoken former first lady, dies at 96

Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humanitarians, has died at the age of 96. The Carter Center said she died Sunday after living with dementia and suffering many months of declining health. The statement said she "died peacefully, with family by her side" at 2:10 p.m. at her rural Georgia home of Plains.







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