Thursday, February 29, 2024
11 a.m.
Dan Wright photoDan Wright - Accutech Systems Corporation Dan Wright serves as Executive Director of Strategy for Accutech Systems Corporation, a financial technology company based in Muncie, Indiana. Dan began his career in health care, culminating in leading the information technology efforts of two Indiana hospitals. He went on to co-found and lead a custom software development company that created a variety of solutions for higher education and beyond, including a digital signage solution implemented in the White House. Prior to joining Accutech, Dan served as Provost of a college in downtown Newark, New Jersey and led the development and accreditation of its first graduate programs.
3:30 p.m.
Photo of Seminar Speaker Dr. Brett HopkinsLife as a Discovery Chemist in Industry: Corteva and Beyond
5:30 p.m.
Student RecitalThis recital will feature the voice students of Cynthia Smith. Program to be announced. This event is free and open to the public.
5:30 p.m.
David Owsley Museum of Art at Ball State University logoEnjoy a musical performance in DOMA's Sculpture Court.
5:30 p.m.
Reel Inclusion Fattitude CalendarFattitude is an eye-opening look at how popular media perpetuates fat hatred that results in a cultural bias and a civil rights issue for people living in fat bodies. Fattitude looks at how this systemic cultural prejudice results in fat discrimination. Informed by a post-modern, post-colonial, feminist perspective, Fattitude also examines how fat-shaming crosses the lines of race, class, sexuality and gender. It features a diverse variety of voices such as academic scholars, activists, filmmakers, actors and psychologists, including Lindy West, Sonya Renee Taylor, Virgie Tovar, Ricki Lake, and more.
5:30 p.m.
Reel Inclusion: FattitudeFattitude is an eye-opening look at how popular media perpetuates fat hatred that results in a cultural bias and a civil rights issue for people living in fat bodies. Fattitude looks at how this systemic cultural prejudice results in fat discrimination. Informed by a post-modern, post-colonial, feminist perspective, Fattitude also examines how fat-shaming crosses the lines of race, class, sexuality and gender. It features a diverse variety of voices such as academic scholars, activists, filmmakers, actors and psychologists, including Lindy West, Sonya Renee Taylor, Virgie Tovar, Ricki Lake, and more.
7:30 p.m.
Orchestra conductor and musicians on stage performingThe Ball State Symphony Orchestra is a flagship ensemble of the School of Music that performs orchestral music from a wide variety of backgrounds and time periods. Program to include music by Gabriela Lena Frank.
7:30 p.m.
two hands reaching for a coffee cup with a target on the lidAn ambitious group of editorial assistants at a notorious Manhattan magazine each hold hopes for a starry life of letters and a book deal before they turn thirty. When an ordinary humdrum workday becomes anything but, the stakes for who will get to tell their own story become higher than ever. Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts Box Office.