Cardinal Communications is Ball State’s very own full-service, nationally affiliated, student-run public relations and advertising firm. We have been the premiere learning laboratory for public relations and advertising students with since 1976.

Cardinal Communications was the first firm in the nation to work on a fee-basis and we continue to differentiate ourselves as a national model among the top student-run firms in the nation.

We have served such clients as Ball Corporation, Ad Council, Indiana Bell, Muncie Mayor’s office, Indiana Public Relations Conference and Levi Strauss & Co., performing a wide range of projects involving advertising, strategic planning, electronic communications, media relations, special events planning and much more.

For more than 30 years, students in Cardinal Communications have learned while doing. They've taken what they've been taught in the classroom and applied it experientially by producing top quality work for our clients. The result: Satisfied clients and young professionals ready for the business world.
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