Thursday, April 18, 2024
All Day Event
Explore Ball State Day is a unique opportunity for high school students to visit our campus and learn more about Ball State University through a variety of activities. During this event, you will have to opportunity to attend an activity fair, explore different majors of interest, ask questions to current Ball State students, and learn more about admission criteria and financial aid options. You will also have time to enjoy lunch at one of our on-campus dining facilities.
10:30 a.m.
Colleagues and experts share easy and effective ways to prevent and manage classroom disruptions when they happen, including strategies for developing a positive classroom culture with clear expectations.
11 a.m.
Join us for Guest Lecturer Morgan Mickelson from the City of Indianapolis and professor Dan Overbey for a talk on the first environmental-focused policy to come out of the Office of Sustainability.
11:30 a.m.
Calendar: Working Well
Have you taken the CliftonStrengths assessment? Want to learn more about the talent themes? Each Theme Thursday session will highlight a specific talent theme to help you better understand the theme, spot it in yourself or in others, and identify a takeaway that you can use to benefit you in your work!
11:30 a.m.
Have you taken the CliftonStrengths assessment? Want to learn more about the talent themes? Each Theme Thursday session will highlight a specific talent theme to help you better understand the theme, spot it in yourself or in others, and identify a takeaway that you can use to benefit you in your work!
5:30 p.m.
Student RecitalThis recital will feature the piano students of Lori Rhoden. Program to be announced. This event is free and open to the public.
6 p.m.
End of the year Big Four event!
6:30 p.m.
Marc Lore is a serial entrepreneur with an impressive track record. He is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Wonder Group, a company reinventing the at-home dining experience. Wonder is led by a team of proven entrepreneurs, some of the world’s greatest chefs and culinary experts, talented innovators from every area of the business, and backed by top-tier venture capitalists. Lore is also the newest NBA owner, having purchased the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx in Spring 2021 with his friend and business partner, Alex Rodriguez. Additionally, Lore is the lead and largest investor in Archer, an aerospace company, Co-Founder and investor of Wizard, a company transforming e-commerce with conversational AI, and Mojo, a sports stock market where fans can use their knowledge to invest in sports like never before.
7:15 p.m.
Calendar: Biology
Ball State's Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society, Spring Speaker Series, Thursdays at 7:15 pm, FB 250Ball State's Student Chapter of the Wildlife Society holds meetings on Thursdays at 7:15 pm in FB 250.
7:30 p.m.
Student RecitalJacob Hickle and Solomon Dixon are trombone students of Chris Van Hof. Program to be announced. This event is free and open to the public.
7:30 p.m.
A cardinal red background with a line drawing of a rock in white with the word "CAVE" above it in white.An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their twenties who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. Tickets available through the College of Fine Arts box office.