| Ball State University
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| Motto
| Beneficence
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| Established
| 1918
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| School type
| Public
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| President
| Jo Ann M. Gora
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| Location
| Muncie, IN, USA
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| Campus
| 1,035 acres (4 km²)
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| Enrollment
| 18,528 undergraduate,
1585 graduate
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| Faculty
| 836
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| Mascot
| Cardinal
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| Homepage
| www.bsu.edu
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Ball State University is a state-run university in Muncie, Indiana. It also serves as the administrator and campus for The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities, a selective residential program for high school juniors and seniors. Ball State University has excellent programs in architecture, teaching, anthropology, and communications. Famous alumni include David Letterman and Garfield creator Jim Davis.
Campus
Campus Facts (As of 2003):
- Area: 1,035 acres (4 km²)
- Buildings: 65
Organization
Colleges and Departments
- College of Applied Sciences and Technology
- College of Architecture and Planning
- Miller College of Business
- Department of Accounting
- Bureau of Business Research
- Center for Economic Education
- Department of Economics
- Department of Finance and Insurance
- Department of Information Systems and Operations Management
- Department of Marketing and Management
- Midwest Entrepreneurial Education Center
- College of Communication, Information, and Media
- College of Fine Arts
- College of Science and Humanities
- Teachers College
- Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance Services
- Department of Educational Studies
- Department of Elementary Education
- Department of Educational Leadership
- Department of Educational Psychology
- Department of Special education
Students
- Undergraduate baccalaureate degrees: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.), Bachelor of General Studies (B.G.S.), Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (B.L.A.), Bachelor of Music (B.M.), Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Bachelor of Social Work (B.S.W.), Bachelor of Urban Planning and Development (B.U.P.D.)
- Undergraduate Enrollment: 18,000 (selective, capped)
- Undergraduate male-female ratio: 35-65
- Graduate degrees: Master of Arts (M.A.), Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.), Master of Science (M.S.), Master of Arts in Education (M.A.E.), Master of Music (M.M.), Master of Architecture II, Master of Urban and Regional Planning (M.U.R.P.), Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Sports, Clubs, and Traditions
Athletics
Ball State competes in the NCAA Division IA and is part of the Mid-American Conference. Official School sports are as follows:
History
The campus was founded as a private school in 1899, but was bought by industrial family, the Ball Brothers and donated to the state of Indiana in 1918 to serve as a public school of higher education.
Historic Campus Names
- Muncie Normal School (1899)
- Indiana State Normal School, Eastern Division (1918)
- Ball State Teachers College (1927)
- Ball State University (1965)
Noted Ball State alumni
- Jim Davis, cartoonist Garfield
- Joyce DeWitt, actor in Three's Company
- Jeffrey D. Feltman, U.S. ambassador to Lebanon
- David Letterman, host of The Late Show with David Letterman; his American Foundation for Courtesy and Grooming has been a repeated contributor to the university
- Anthony Montgomery, actor in Star Trek: Enterprise
- John Schnatter, founder of Papa John's Pizza restaurants
- Cynda Williams, actor in Mo' Better Blues
- Bonzi Wells, NBA basketball player, Memphis Grizzlies
- Theron Smith, NBA basketball player, Charlotte Bobcats
Noted Ball State faculty
- Mir Masoom Ali, statistics
- Ramon Avila, marketing
- Mohammad Behforuz, chemistry
- Stephen Bell, Telecommunications professor (former host of Good Morning America)
- Sheldon Braaten, teaching: special education
- Anthony Costello, architecture
- Tracy Cross, gifted studies
- Curtis Gary Dean, actuarial science
- Raymond Dean, neuropsychology
- Frank Felsenstein, humanities
- David Haber, wellness and gerontology
- Ruth Howes, physics and astronomy
- Sherry Kloss, fine arts
- Donald Kuratko, business
- Richard Meyer, telecommunications
- Robert Palmer, music
- Glenda Riley, history
- Gary Santoni, economics
- C. Warren Vander Hill, environmental studies
- Julie Yordan, performance studies
- Terry Zivney, finance
External links and references
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