Second man serving time in Ball State fraud scandal
A Brooklyn, N.Y., man was sentenced to three years in prison for his role in an investment fraud scheme that cost Ball State University $13.1 million.
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Ball State bilked in 2nd scheme for $5 million
Ball State University lost $5 million in an investment fraud scheme in addition to the $8.1 million scheme announced last week.
Ball State says feds asked for quiet about fraud
A top Ball State University administrator said the school kept quiet for more than two years about an $8 million securities fraud at the request of federal law enforcement authorities.
Can Ball State University keep its vibrancy?
Incoming President Paul W. Ferguson must escape harsh realities to continue the university’s impressive gains.
UPDATE: Ball State chooses new president from Maine
Ball State University’s trustees on Thursday named Paul W. Ferguson, the president of the University of Maine, to lead the 19,000-student campus in Muncie.
Ball State prepared to pick new president
The new president will replace Jo Ann Gora, who is retiring in June after 10 years leading the 18,000-student university.
Ball State challenges ruling on transcripts
Ball State University is asking the Indiana Supreme Court to hear its challenge of a court ruling that would require it to release transcripts of students who leave the school with unpaid tuition.
Ball State down to five presidential finalists
The new president will replace Jo Ann Gora, who plans to retire in June after 10 years leading the 18,000-student university in Muncie.
Ball State prepares to idle its coal-fired boilers
Ball State University officials are preparing to stop burning coal at the campus steam plant as the school pushes ahead with its partial conversion to geothermal energy.
Indiana charter school backers fret about losing movement’s edge
State lawmakers inadvertently made it too easy for poor-performing schools to stay open, some advocates say.
Ball State-birthed big-top musical graduates to big time
“The Circus in Winter,” which began its theatrical life as a student project, is headed for an East Coast theater considered a stepping stone to Broadway.
Ball State starting search for new president
Ball State University's trustees have hired an executive search firm for $150,000 to help them find a replacement for outgoing school President Jo Ann Gora.
Colleges go social in quest for young alumni donors
University and foundation leaders throughout the state are trying to find ways to target donors 35 and younger, through online tools that could be critical to future fundraising strategies.
Study: IU, Purdue rank best in return on investment
Big budgets used to rule in college rankings. But that could be changing. A new report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education is the latest effort among several nationally to score universities on their bang for the buck.
HILL: Too much money blown on energy fixes
More than one homeowner has been convinced to cut home energy bills by replacing windows or installing radiant barriers in their attic.
Gora to retire in June as Ball State president
During Gora’s 10 years leading the university, Ball State raised its academic standards and completed more than $520 million in construction and renovation projects.
Ball State president rewarded with pay raise
Jo Ann Gora is getting a 3.5-percent pay hike months after her salary drew attention when deferred compensation and incentives pushed it to nearly $1 million.
Firm passed over for Ball State planetarium cries foul
Bowen Technovation President Jeff Bowen says the university unfairly favored his Florida-based competitor to install a sophisticated audio-visual system for its new planetarium, but Ball State maintains there was nothing wrong with its process for awarding the nearly $2 million contract.
Ball State wins state approval for new planetarium
The State Budget Committee on Wednesday approved the new $4.6 million planetarium and the $1.35 million greenhouse upgrade. School fundraising campaigns will pay for the projects.
Sharper minds coming to TV production truck?
Ball State University next month will launch what’s believed to be the nation’s first-ever digital sports production major.