Spotlight on students: Ball State University annual report, 1987-1988
Video annual report for Ball State University for the academic year 1987-1988 featuring President John Worthen. The video highlights new technology in the University Libraries to provide access to library materials; the development of the Writing Competency Program and the Center for Academic Assessment; the opening of the Edmund F. Ball Building; the unveiling of the Teaching Environment Model of the Campus of the Future Project; the groundbreaking of the Health and Physical Activity Complex; faculty research; the development of the Wings for the Future capital campaign; and testimonials with architecture student Monte Antrim, football player and business major Herb Jackson, and dance student Holly Stults. The video also highlights the University's operating budget.
The Ball State University Historic Films and Videos collection provides online access to digitized videos and films that document significant developments and events, noteworthy scholarship, and student life throughout the institution's history.
Significant events from Ball State history that are documented in this collection include inauguration and retirement ceremonies for important Ball State figures, groundbreakings and building dedications, and speeches by and interviews with notable campus visitors. Documentation of scholarship in this collection includes footage of interviews with and speeches by both Ball State and visiting scholars. Films and videos depicting campus life, including footage of sporting events, festivities, and campus scenes are also included.
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