As  the new academic year, is underway, here at Ball State, it’s time to restart the Ball State Update with the school’s 17th president, Geoff Mearns.

Mearns brings us up to date on fall enrollment figures and the age diversity in this year’s freshman class — a span of 50 years. He says the school ended the fiscal year on June 30 with a positive operating balance and foresees steady staffing — no layoffs or waves of hiring. Finally, Mearns, starting his sixth school year on the Muncie campus, updates two major campus construction projects: The reconfiguration of the 55-year-old Cooper Science Building, and the demolition of the last portion of the LaFollette Residence Hall Complex.

You can hear the entire interview on the audio app, below.