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Ball State University’s School of Music will host the fifth National Sursa American Organ Competition—bringing some of the nation’s most talented young organists to campus—Sept 6-7, 2025.

Ball State University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its Alexander M. Bracken Library with a community birthday party from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 9, in the library’s main lobby.

The upcoming Fred Meyer Lecture in Cultural Policy and Arts Advocacy—in partnership with the Center for Economic and Civic Learning’s 2025 Conference on Civic Studies and Democracy at Ball State—features Michael Greer, president and CEO of ArtsFund Seattle.

Ball State University has launched the next iteration of its strategic plan, Destination 2040: Our Flight Path, extending its vision and momentum to guide the institution's priorities over the next five years.

Ball State University is bringing the excitement of the gridiron to the virtual field this Fall with its inaugural EA SPORTS™ College Football 26 tournament.

Ball State University and its Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning (ECAP) have signed a two-year lease for the first floor of the historic Columbia Theater Building at 306 S. Walnut Street in downtown Muncie.

Ball State University’s Teachers College, in collaboration with Ball State Online, has partnered with Muncie Community Schools (MCS) to expand the district’s leadership pipeline by supporting current educators who aspire to become school leaders.

Four Ball State University students—Megan Lutes, Hannah Hendrian, Sarah Olsen, and Conor Dailey—have been selected to receive the prestigious Fulbright U.S. Student Awards.

Ball State University has received a $387,000 Institutional Impact Grant through Wake Forest University’s Educating Character Initiative (ECI), with funding from Lilly Endowment Inc., to launch the “Cultivating Civic Character for the Common Good” (C4G) project.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun has appointed Aidan Davis as the new student representative on the Ball State University Board of Trustees. Mr. Davis, whose appointment began July 10, 2025, will serve a two-year term through June 30, 2027.