Ball State University

Recognizing educators, organizations, and programs that inspire and open doors for learners of all ages in ways that supply the future workforce and create economic opportunity for Hoosiers Now more than ever before, learning is happening beyond the classroom. Education doesn’t end when the bell rings or class is dismissed anymore; educators are sharing knowledge, […]

TechPoint recruits hundreds of the best and brightest young people from colleges and universities around the country every year for a chance to interview with fast-growing and influential Indiana tech companies. At stake for these students are full-time internships for summer 2022, free housing and a place in the elite and lauded Xtern program.  This […]

Can a philosophy major land a job in a fast growing technical field like software development? What about an English or art major, business, sciences or humanities student? Is there a place in tech for people who don’t hold computer science, engineering or other technical degrees?  Jim McAtee, assistant vice president and executive director for […]

For seven years now, the TechPoint Xtern program has become increasingly popular with college students across the U.S. Applicants have far out-paced the number of positions available from Indianapolis tech companies each year, even as companies outside the capital city wanted and needed young talent. More than 2,000 students from 222 universities and 43 home […]

The coronavirus pandemic has upended just about every aspect of life around the world and has caused global leaders to question how to manage through and beyond it. Here in Indiana, the 500+ college students and the 200+ Indiana tech sector coaches and advisors who took part in the TechPoint Summer Opportunities for Students Challenge […]

Last year, we posed a question to the Indiana tech community: can Indiana become the hub for the global esports phenomenon? While it wasn’t as clear then, recent movement in the industry is indicating that Indiana is, in fact, positioned well to become the esports capital, even in the midst of a pandemic.   In the […]

Editor’s Note: This series began before the COVID-19 pandemic. Response to the pandemic will have a significant impact on the number of students taking online courses and how schools are using technology to make coursework available. Indiana institutions like Ball State University are well positioned to adapt to this new normal. Ball State’s first response […]

Ball State houses the Security and Software Engineering Research Center (S2ERC), a multi-university center dedicated to an industry-university cooperative research initiative that spans the globe.