Freshman Connections 2005-2006
Connect with your Community Passport

Guidelines and Incentives

Goal:

The goal of the "Connect with your Community Passport" is to encourage students to experience community events and activities as well as make connections between these events and class material.

Eligibility:

All 2005-2006 first semester Ball State Freshmen are eligible.

What you need to get started:

All you need is a "Connect with Your Community Passport" and a desire to learn and explore!  Most of the eligible events are free of charge.  Passports were distributed at the Freshman Convocation on August 21st.  Students can also ask their FC course instructors, residence directors, or advisors in they need a new passport.

Incentives:

In some classes you may use the passports for extra credit or assignments.  Check with your instructors for details.  Keep in mind that not all of your classes are part of the Freshman Connections Program.

All first semester freshmen are eligible to submit their cards into a drawing for gift certificates to local bookstores.  There will be two drawings:

- First Drawing October 14^th for those who have at least 3 events

- Second Drawing December 9^th for completed cards

Prize drawings will include free books for spring semester from the Ball State Bookstore, a tour of Shafer Tower, a free parking pass, free movie passes, and coffee with President Gora.

How to Document your Attendance:

There are a number of ways to document your attendance.  Please contact your professor for information on how events for class credit need to be documented.

Residence Hall Events: Your residence hall director, freshman connections assistant, Freshman Connections faculty member, or academic advisor can initial your passport for official Learning Community Events.

Events with Assigned Seating:  Your ticket will serve as documentation.

Open Seating Events with Programs:  Your program will serve as documentation.

Other Events:  Many events will announce how attendees can obtain documentation.  If you are unable to obtain documentation, a one-page typed write-up statement will serve as documentation.  The write-up needs to include the following points:  a detailed description of the event, a reflection on what you thought about the event and how it influenced you, and three questions that you would have liked to have asked the presenter.

Submitting Your Passport:

First Drawing:

To qualify for the first drawing, bring your passport to the front desk of the Freshman Advising Office or the Learning Center, both located on the 3^rd floor of North Quad.  If you have three events documented, these offices will submit your name to the first round drawing.  Winners from the first round are still eligible for second round incentives.

Second Drawing:

Submit your passport with documentation to Melinda Messineo in North Quad 200 by December 9^th 5:00 p.m. for the final drawing.  If you are submitting your card for course credit, you can still submit your card to the final drawing.  Please let your instructor know that you would like your name forwarded to Freshman Connections captains.  Your instructor will keep the documentation.  Your names will be added to the other eligible names.  Good Luck!

Eligible events:

• Any event selected by a FC faculty member for class credit purposes is eligible.  The faculty member will designate how attendance will be documented.
•  Any film from the 2005-2006 Ball State University film series.
• Any residence hall event selected by the teams.
• Athletic events (1 per passport)
• Dance performances
  
  Senior Choreography Showcase
  November 4-5 at 7:30pm 
  November 6 at 2:30pm 
  Ball Gym, Korsgaard Dance Studio (Room 213)
  Tickets: $5 general admission 

Faculty/Student Performance Hour
November 14 at 7:00pm 
Ball Gym, Korsgaard Dance Studio (Room 213)

Coppelia 2005
December 8,9,10 at 7:30 p.m.
December 10,11 at 2:30 p.m.
School Matinee December 9 at 10 a.m.
University Theatre
Tickets: $6-$12 reserved seating (see Mainstage Series Tickets) 

Works in Motion
October 14 at 6pm
February 10 at 6pm 
Ball Gym, Korsgaard Dance Studio (Room 213)
Tickets: $3 general admission 

• Art museum lectures.
• FALL University Theater Events  (Your ticket stub is your documentation)
  
  Working
  From the book by Studs Terkel
  Adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Fasco
  Songs by Craig Carnelia, Micki Grant, Mary Rodgers, Susan Birkenhead, Stephen Schwartz, and James Taylor
  September 29-October 1, October 5-8 at 7:30 p.m.
  October 2 at 2:30 p.m.
  Directed by Bill Osetek

Caucasian Chalk Circle
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Eric Bentley
November 10-12, 16-19 at 7:30 p.m.
November 13 at 2:30 p.m.
Directed by Jennifer Blackmer

Coppelia
Ball State Dance Theatre
Based on the tale by E.T.A. Hoffman
After choreographer Arthur Saint-Leon
Music by Leo Delibes
December 8-10 at 7:30 p.m.
December 10-11 at 2:30 p.m.
Student Matinee:  December 9 at 10:00a.m.
Under the artistic direction of Lou Ann Young

• FALL Studio Series - Edward S. Strother Series
  
  Fuddy Meers
  By David Lindsay-Abaire
  September 15-17, 21-24 at 7:30 p.m.
  September 18 at 2:30 p.m.
  Director: Michael Daehn

Disappeared
By Phyllis Nagy
October 27-29, November 2-5 at 7:30 p.m.
October 30 at 2:30 p.m.
Director: Letitia Guillaud

• Emens Events

Friday, September 09, 2005
Tiempo Libre

Saturday, September 24, 2005
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

Thursday, September 29, 2005
Ron White

Thursday, October 06, 2005
Blast

Friday, October 14, 2005
Dierks Bentley with special guest Cross Canadian Ragweed

Sunday, November 06, 2005
United States Navy Band Commodores

Thursday, November 10, 2005
Yamato--The Drummers of Japan

Saturday, November 12, 2005
My Sinatra, the Songs and Stories starring Cary Hoffman

Sunday, December 04, 2005
The Full Monty

Saturday, December 10, 2005
Hometown Christmas

Tuesday, December 13, 2005
A Scottish Christmas featuring Bonnie Rideout, Scottish Fiddle

Thursday, December 15, 2005
Oak Ridge Boys Christmas

• Ball State University Choral Performances
• Ball State University Music Ensemble Performances
• Department Sponsored Colloquium Speakers
• International Programs Events
• Muncie Civic Theatre Events
• Greening of the Campus Conference Keynote speakers
• Freshman Connections Fall Programming 2005
  For specific FC Fall events, see http://www.bsu.edu/freshmanconnections/calendar/
  

If you would like to know if an event is eligible, contact Melinda Messineo, mmessine@bsu.edu.