Our Strategic Plan

The 2025-2030 Strategic Plan for Ball State University

Ball State University is building on the momentum of Destination 2040: Our Flight Path with the next iteration of our strategic plan. Guided by a committee appointed by President Geoffrey S. Mearns in Spring 2024, this refreshed plan reflects the insights, priorities, and aspirations of our campus community. A significant milestone in this process is the release of the approved plan—shaped by your thoughtful feedback. Thank you to all who contributed your ideas, time, and perspective.

Our Mission

We engage students in educational, research, and creative experiences that empower our graduates to have fulfilling careers and meaningful lives enriched by lifelong learning and service, while we enhance the economic, environmental, and social vitality of our community, our state, and our world.

Our Enduring Values

Excellence. We commit to excel in all that we do.

Innovation. We commit to be creative, responsive, and progressive.

Courage. We commit to set ambitious goals and to take the risks necessary to achieve those goals.

Integrity. We commit to be honest, ethical, authentic, and accessible.

Inclusiveness. We commit to respect different cultural experiences and intellectual perspectives in all people.

Social responsibility. We commit to act for the benefit of society at large.

Gratitude. We commit to express appreciation to other people and to demonstrate our gratitude through our actions.