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namesake were present. Mitch Whaley, dean of the College of Applied Sciences and Technology, said the return on the investment made by the Hunt family and Hunt construction group will be in the form of graduates who are ready for the marketplace. Gora said for Robert G. Hunt, whose funding helped make the project possible, it was always about the students. “It was not about having his name on a building, it
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The Robert G. Hunt Center for Construction Management in the Applied Technology Building opened Thursday after a ribbon-cutting ceremony, where former President Jo Ann Gora and the building’s
was not even about the building, even though that was his business,” Gora said. “He’s always ... all about the students and that’s what makes this a great project.” Gora was the one who began to cultivate the university’s relationship with Hunt. Former athletic director Tim Collins approached Hunt to see if he had any interest in athletics, but Hunt said he did not. However, Hunt came to Gora’s office a few months later in early 2007.
Hunt said before Gora, he never came back to Ball State for anything. Gora got him hooked into the university and the students, so he had to come back to see what Gora was talking about. Their relationship was a turning point for Hunt, and he served as a mentor for two immersive learning projects involving his comDN PHOTO REAGAN ALLEN pany, one of which involved The Robert G. Hunt Center for Construction Management was students from three differ- officially unveiled Thursday in the Applied Technology Building. Former ent colleges. President Jo Ann Gora started cultivating the relationship between the
See HUNT, page 8 university and Hunt.
Student shares story in light of
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efore coming to Ball State, Lauren Slaven said she was seen as “weird” and “different” from everyone else in school. The now-junior meteorology major would talk, learn and react to things differently than the rest of the “normal” kids. Because these differences weren’t overly apparent, it wasn’t until Slaven was 12 that she was diagnosed with high functioning autism spectrum disorder. One in 68 children in the United States have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), according to the 2014 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ADDM autism prevalence report. See AUTISM, page 7
A junior meteorology major and vice president of Alliance for Disability Awareness, Lauren Slaven is one of 40 students who has disclosed autism to the disabilities services office. She was diagnosed with high-functioning autism spectrum disorder when she was 12 and received an Individualized Educational Plan that helped her and the special education department identify what she needed and didn’t need throughout school.
BOARD TO PICK ChirpFest brings acts from LA, Texas SEARCH FIRM Founders of festival to graduate in May, ON APRIL 15 passes down event Trustees won’t interview company that brought in last 2 presidents
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The search firm that brought Ball State its previous two presidents will not be interviewed by the Board of Trustees for the upcoming search. Assistant Secretary and Trustee Matt Momper is leading the search committee for the new president. He said the board selected its top four options of search firms for interviews. On Wednesday, the board interviewed R. William Funk and Associates and Witt/Kieffer. It will follow up with interviews with Parker Executive Search and AGB Search Monday. The board will announce who it will use as a search firm on April 15 at its meeting, but Momper said there is no timeline set in place to select a new president.
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Last September, ChirpFest closed down Dill Street for one night of local EDM entertainment. After a year of planning and constant work, more than 3,000 people attended. ChirpFest is again closing down Dill Street, but will feature bigger acts and more production, featuring four large LED screens. From 7 p.m. today until 2 a.m. tomorrow, ChirpFest will feature 13 acts performing in the street in the Village, four more than September’s show. Though VIP tickets are already sold out, general admission tickets will still be avail-
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ChirpFest will be closing down Dill Street for local EDM entertainment from 7 p.m. today until 2 a.m. on Saturday. Last year was the first ChirpFest, but this semester, it’s bringing acts from Los Angeles and Texas.
able online and at the event, costing $10. Acts are coming in from as far away as Los Angeles and Texas. But organizer Chris Cammack said there is still an effort to make sure there is still a local connection, such
as DJ GNO. The festival is still organized by the two Ball State students who originally came up with it, Darius Norwood and Chris Cammack, both of whom will be graduating in May. Though they will no longer
be students, they hope ChirpFest will continue with the team of eight students who have been helping organize the event, which Norwood describes as “a family that will be there to help you out.” They have a balanced approach to the duties of organizing a festival. “[Our management approach] is based off of our strengths,” Norwood said. “[Cammack] does great with execution. I’m more of the strategist, figuring out how we get to where we need to go. And I just create the guidelines, he’ll learn them and he just executes them.” ChirpFest is determined to give back to the community. ChirpFest was originally conceived by Cammack and Norwood as a way to connect the Muncie and Ball State communities, bridging the “Town and Gown” divide. THE PULSE OF BALL STATE
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MUNCIE, INDIANA TODAY IN 1974, HANK AARON BROKE BABE RUTH’S RECORD WITH HIS 715TH HOME RUN.
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