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Proposal complete for health college
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Provost must present plan to university senate for approval JACQUI SCHLABACH STAFF REPORTER | jtschlabach@bsu.edu An academic task force aims to bring a new college to the university in Fall 2016. The College of Health Sciences will incorporate various health majors, such as nursing, health education and exercise science, accounting for about 4,000 students. The final list of majors is not yet confirmed, but Terry King, provost and vice president for academic affairs, provided the Daily News with a preliminary list in October. The academic planning task force for Ball State consists of a group spread across the university that examines what the academic programs will look like 15 to 20 years down the road. Mitchell Whaley, co-chair of the task force and professor of exercise science, said the task force’s job is complete regarding the proposed college. “We have a task force that has been working over the past two years and they have made a recommendation for a new college to the provost and president,” Whaley said. “The next step for the provost is to take the recommendation to the university senate. That step could take place next fall [2016].”
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SOFTBALL
Cardinals to play in NCAA tournament
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ric Patterson joined the Ball State football program in 2011 with fellow freshmen Jahwan Edwards and Willie Snead. Snead left for the NFL after his junior season and signed a free agent contract with the New Orleans Saints. Edwards and Patterson went undrafted in this year’s draft, but Edwards signed a deal on May 3, with the San Diego Chargers. Patterson became the final member of the group to make his dream a reality, signing a contract with the defending Super Bowl champions New England Patriots on May 8.
Ball State will open regional against No. 16 Notre Dame JAKE FOX SPORTS EDITOR | @fakejox3
The Ball State softball team isn’t worried about the name on the other team’s jersey. The Cardinals will travel to South Bend on May 15 to take on the No. 16 Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the first round of regional play as part of the 64team NCAA Division I Softball Championship. “We talk a lot about ourselves and our team,” head coach Tyra Perry said. “We do film and things just to make sure we are prepared, but how we play is the most important thing ... We aren’t really concerned with who we’re playing.” Ball State finished 12-16 in non-conference play in what was a “roller-coaster” year. The team competed against multiple nationally-ranked teams. A 9-2 start in Mid-American Conference play pushed the Cardinals to the top of the standings, finishing with the No. 2 seed at the end of the regular season. Ball State then earned an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament with a 4-0 record in the MAC Tournament and its first title since 2010. “It is incredible,” senior Loren Cihlar said. “I was actually telling the team after we won how incredible it is that we can put all of our hard work to use and finally win the MAC Tournament.” Ball State had won three consecutive MAC regular season titles prior to this season, but hadn’t played in the regional since 2010.
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“Me, Quake [Edwards] and Willie [Snead], we came in together,” Patterson said. “And that was just our bond … best friends. We talk mostly every day.” Patterson played in seven games as a freshman for the Cardinals. He earned his first letter, but totaled just 16 tackles for a 6-6 team. The trio’s talent was on display over the next two seasons, as Ball State won 19 games and made two bowl appearances. Patterson made his impact known as a big-play defensive back, with three interceptions and 87 tackles over his sophomore and junior seasons. See PATTERSON, page 3
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BOARD APPROVES NEW DEGREE PROGRAMS
Areas of study pending state approval, could become majors by fall ROSE SKELLY CHIEF REPORTER | rmskelly@bsu.edu
The potential addition of new majors to Ball State will bring the university on trend with the economic state of the world, said chairperson of the department of modern languages and classics, Guohe Zheng. CONTACT US
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PROGRAMS OF STUDY APPROVED BY THE BOARD BACHELOR’S DEGREE PROGRAMS
The Board of Trustees approved the addition of four new bachelor’s degree programs and two master’s degree programs at its May 1 meeting. The master’s programs are quan-
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ing to Ball State’s offerings follows the trend of increasing business with China, Zheng said. “The emerging power of China and increased influence of China, that’s the big picture,” Zheng said. “Commerce, personnel exchanges … visitors from the U.S. to China, because of that, there is an increase in demand also in the industry, demand for educated people who can fill those positions so the United States can do business with China.”
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