{
  "id": "2026-09-04-ball-state-university-friday-courses-online",
  "slug": "ball-state-university-friday-courses-online-2026-09-04",
  "institution": {
    "name": "Ball State University",
    "shortName": "BSU",
    "state": "IN",
    "type": "public-r2",
    "alertSystemName": "Urgent BSU Alert",
    "enrollment": 19000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2026-09-04",
    "type": "other",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "resolved",
    "headline": "Friday courses move online, with details left to email",
    "headlinePublic": "Friday courses move online, with details left to email",
    "summary": "Ball State [said all Friday courses would be held online and pointed readers to email](https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=214abd71-9b67-40d7-9cb5-088c53e61d7d). The alert does not name the cause.",
    "outcome": "Friday courses online. Further detail was left to email."
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestamp": "2026-09-03T21:23:00-04:00",
      "channel": "website",
      "verbatimText": "Urgent BSU Alert: All courses to be held online on Friday. See email for more information",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "confidence": "high",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=214abd71-9b67-40d7-9cb5-088c53e61d7d",
      "sourceDescription": "BSU alert archive, Friday courses online",
      "annotations": [
        "Two independent archive reads 2026-10-04. Body sha256 28cb99ed105f7b13ad6d75872fd6c6452346f39a81deac02e9b4b141b2837b3c.",
        "Archive clock September 3, 2026 9:23 p.m. Eastern, for Friday courses. EDT -04:00 applied."
      ],
      "characterCount": 89
    }
  ],
  "context": "Ball State publishes Urgent BSU Alert text in the [emergency-notification archive](https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives).",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Friday courses were moved online. The transmitted alert does not name a hazard."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "BSU alert archive, Friday courses online",
      "url": "https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=214abd71-9b67-40d7-9cb5-088c53e61d7d",
      "type": "official-archive",
      "accessDate": "2026-10-04",
      "archiveUrl": null,
      "archiveNotes": "SPN save this batch captured https://web.archive.org/web/20261004175617/https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/healthsafety/campus-health-and-safety/emergency-notifications/archives?GUID=2ccca3fc-13b2-462d-80bc-f2ee8595d288 at 17:56Z. This row was not given a separate snapshot."
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "public-r2",
    "indiana",
    "ball-state",
    "diversity"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-10-04",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-10-04",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}