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Game Changers: Education and IT
further blurring the lines between traditional faculty and student roles. The emphasis
on emerging media across campus enhances these efforts while simultaneously
extending their reach. The integration of fieldwork with emerging
technologies is a powerful tool that prepares these students with an education
that readies them for the knowledge-based, global economy they will experience
after graduation.
Jo Ann Gorabecame the fourteenth President of Ball State University in August
2004. Under her leadership, the university has dedicated more than $25 million to its
emerging media efforts since 2008. In 2009, she earned the Mira Trailblazer Award
from TechPoint for her significant and lasting contributions to technology innovation
in Indiana.
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