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The University

Breadth + Focus

Shafer Tower at Ball State University

As a comprehensive university, Ball State offers a wealth of academic opportunities, including about 180 undergraduate majors and pre-professional programs, and more than 100 master’s and doctoral degrees. And our programs in architecture, telecommunications, landscape architecture, education, entrepreneurship, and online master’s degree in nursing are consistently ranked among the best in the nation. More than 90 percent of our classes are taught by professors.

Immersion + Exploration

Ball State believes that for an educational experience to be successful, it should be just that—an experience. So we’ve made a unique commitment to immersive learning programs that incorporate research, internships, and capstone experiences into the curriculum.

Impact + Engagement

In addition to preparing the state’s entrepreneurs, teachers, health care providers, scientists, designers, artists, and media and technology professionals, Ball State partners students and faculty with local leaders throughout Indiana to drive innovation in the state.

Technology + Innovation

Ball State is home to leading experts in emerging media, top-notch facilities and groundbreaking research. To continue our leadership in this area, Ball State recently announced the Emerging Media Initiative (www.bsu.edu/emergingmedia), a large investment to fund emerging media research, advance emerging media expertise of students, faculty and staff, and help faculty and students launch new emerging media businesses.

Facilities

Ball State Alumni Center

Ball State Alumni Center

The 50,000-square-foot facility was designed by the internationally renowned architectural firm Pei, Cobb, Freed, and Partners, designers of such buildings as the addition to the Louvre and the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C.

Letterman Building

Debuting in September 2007, the David Letterman Communication and Media Building is a leading-edge facility that connects an impressive three-building communications complex, supporting the College of Communication, Information and Media. The building’s $1 million production complex includes two recording studios, two control rooms, two isolation rooms, and five editing suites. It also boasts a clean, filtered, generator-protected, uninterrupted power supply for all critical digital systems.

David Letterman Communications and Media Building

Named for the university’s most prominent graduate and host of The Late Show with David Letterman, the building encloses about 75,000 square feet of classroom, studio, and faculty office space.

Ball Communication Building

In 1988, the Ball Communication Building (BC Building) opened a new door for technology at Ball State. The facility includes:

  • Emerging Media Powerhouse is a high-end Mac-based lab suitable for media projects including surround-sound editing and high definition video projects. The PowerHouse is run by the Digital Corps, a group of professional and student media experts who develop emerging media applications and teach industry standard certifications courses and media workshops in Muncie and Indianapolis. The Corps is the first and only Apple Authorized Training Center in Indiana and is one of the first locations in the nation to offer the new Adobe Associate Exams.
    http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CentersandInstitutes/CMD/DigitalCorps/PowerHouse.aspx
  • The Center for Media Design is a research and development space focused on the creation, testing and practical application of digital technologies for business, classroom, home, and community. It has achieved a national reputation for ground-breaking media research.
    http://www.bsu.edu/cmd
  • The Visual Image and Animation Lab (VIA) II is a Macintosh OSX environment with an array of audio and video editing software and equipment. Open to all students, faculty, and staff, the space includes three private post production suites and one voice-over lab for additional/advanced dialogue replacement (ADR).
    http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Telecommunications/AcademicsandAdmissions/ProgramsofStudy/BachelorsDegree/ProgramFeatures/EquipmentFacilities/LabsandStudios.aspx
  • The Audio and Video Suites include a floating floor and surround sound to rival any audio suite in Los Angeles, New York, or Nashville. The Letterman and Clone Audio Suites offer 24/7 key card access and feature state-of-the-art Protocols software. Nine video suites are equipped with large monitors to facilitate production and workflow and NTSC screens to show how a piece will be seen on broadcast media.
    http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/Telecommunications/AcademicsandAdmissions/ProgramsofStudy/BachelorsDegree/ProgramFeatures/EquipmentFacilities/LabsandStudios.aspx
  • The Institute of Wireless Innovation provides students the change to learn about leading-edge wireless technologies. It was developed in conjunction with Ericsson, a leading provider of wireless telecommunication equipment.
    http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/CenterforInformationandCommunicationSciences/AppliedResearchInstitute/InstituteforWirelessInnovation.aspx
  • The Internetworking Academy is a vendor-neutral environment with a focus on the setup, management, and troubleshooting of multiple-vendor networks. The academy is supported by such firms as Cisco, Nortel, Sun Microsystems, AdTran, Fluke, and Panduit. http://cms.bsu.edu/Academics/CollegesandDepartments/CenterforInformationandCommunicationSciences/AppliedResearchInstitute/TrainingInstitute.aspx
  • University Teleplex provides state-of-the-art media-related services to Ball State departments, including high quality video, graphics and interactive multimedia design and production, professional broadcast services, digital and satellite-based conferencing and media archival services.
    http://www.bsu.edu/teleplex/
  • NewsLink Indiana is a student-run professional news operation that allows students to participate in the daily operations of a real-life newsroom. During the full-credit, semester-long experience, students handle all the production duties—reporting, shooting, directing, editing—for live newscasts that air on the local PBS station and NPR affiliate and are posted on the Web.
    http://www.newslinkindiana.com/

Arts and Journalism Building

One of the newer buildings on campus, the Arts and Journalism Building is a focal point of campus life and is home to the Department of Art and the Department of Journalism. The building includes:

  • Impressive dining and food court area
  • Art, photography and animation studios
  • The Atrium Gallery
  • Student media opportunities such as the Ball State Daily News, expo magazine, Ball Bearings on-line publication, and Cardinal Communications, a full service PR/advertising firm run exclusively by students.

Ball State Museum of Art

Ball State is home to one of the nation’s largest and finest university art museums, with a collection of nearly 11,000 works of art valued at more than $40 million. The collection areas include ancient, medieval, Renaissance, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, modern, Asian, and arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. The museum also houses European and American decorative arts and furniture as well as works on paper, including drawings, prints, and photographs. Another part of the collection features the Hoosier Group of Indiana painters.

Directions

Where is Muncie, IN?

Where is Muncie, IN?

via: http://www.bsu.edu/map/article/0,,31984-,00.html

Below are the most direct routes to getting to Ball State University from several nearby cities and regions:

  • Chicago / Lafayette / Northern Illinois / Northwestern Indiana
  • Cincinnati / Southern Ohio / Southeastern Indiana / Eastern Kentucky
  • Cleveland / Akron / Northeastern Ohio
  • Columbus / Dayton / Central Ohio
  • Detroit / Eastern Michigan
  • Evansville / Vincennes / Southwestern Indiana / Western Kentucky
  • Fort Wayne / Northeastern Indiana
  • Grand Rapids / Kalamazoo / Western Michigan
  • Indianapolis / Central Indiana
  • Lansing / Flint / Central Michigan
  • Louisville / South Central Indiana / Central Kentucky
  • St. Louis / Terre Haute / West Central Indiana / Central Illinois
  • South Bend / Elkhart / North Central Indiana / Southwestern Michigan
  • Toledo / Northern Ohio

Or, map your way to Ball State using MapQuest, Yahoo! maps or Google maps.

Lodging Options

The distance from the Indianapolis airport to Muncie is about 65 miles or 70 minutes. Take I-69 N off I-465 to exit 41 and go right. The hotels are visible on the left in about 5.5 miles (Lee Inn or Signature Inn) behind Star Bank. Rental cars or airport transport are available. Contact Ray Steele if you need assistance at .

Lees Inn and Suites – Muncie

3302 North Everbrook Lane, Muncie, IN 47303
Phone: 765-282-7557
Email:
http://www.leesinn.com/muncie.htm
Price (with breakfast) $59
Limited number of rooms at this price, and deadline is 10/20/09.
Discount code: IDMAA.

Signature Inn of Muncie

3400 N. Chadam Lane, Muncie, IN 47304
765-284-4200
Email:
http://www.signatureinns.com/Hotel_Detail.asp?ID=130
Price (with breakfast) = $61
Limited number of rooms at this price, and deadline is 10/29/09.
Discount code: IDMAA.