November 24, 2025
Bette Smith will serve as director of Ball State University’s Center for Innovation and Collaboration (CIC), effective Jan. 5, 2026.
November 24, 2025
Ball State University will present the national tour of Menopause The Musical 2: Cruising Through ‘The Change’® at Emens Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 27, 2026.
October 29, 2025
Ball State University Libraries will continue celebrating the 50th anniversary of Bracken Library with two community events in November highlighting both the Bracken family’s lasting legacy and the influential career of Professor Steve Bell.
October 21, 2025
Ball State University welcomes the multi-Grammy® and Emmy Award®-winning Soweto Gospel Choir to Emens Auditorium for a free performance at 7 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 3.
October 20, 2025
Ball State University is welcoming award-winning author Christina Diaz Gonzalez to campus this Fall as the guest author for the University’s annual Writer-in-Residence program.
October 6, 2025
Ball State University’s Coach Beyond–Indiana initiative is inviting coaches and educators statewide to take advantage of free, virtual trainings that teach research-based strategies for supporting young athletes’ mental health, skill development, and personal growth.
September 22, 2025
Ball State University will celebrate its 99th Homecoming Oct. 13–18, as Cardinals everywhere are invited back to campus to take part in a week of pride, tradition, and community spirit.
September 16, 2025
Ball State University has introduced a new Talent Pipeline Toolkit designed to help communities and businesses across Indiana more easily access University resources that support workforce development and local economic growth.
September 16, 2025
Ball State University employees and retirees are once again joining together to support the Heart of Indiana United Way through the University’s annual United Way campaign, which began Sept. 15 and continues through Nov. 21.
September 11, 2025
Ball State University’s Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning (ECAP) will host a grand opening celebration for its newly launched downtown space from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 306 S. Walnut Street in Muncie.
September 10, 2025
This Fall, the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) at Ball State University presents two significant exhibitions: one that features international abstraction and another that explores Indiana storytelling through photography.
September 2, 2025
Ball State University’s Department of Theatre and Dance presents Jason Robert Brown’s "Songs for a New World"—a powerful, genre-blending theatrical song cycle—Sept. 5-7 and 9-14, at Korsgaard Dance Studio in Ball Gymnasium.
August 29, 2025
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.
August 26, 2025
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.
August 14, 2025
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.
August 14, 2025
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.
July 10, 2025
As part of the Coach Beyond–Indiana initiative, Ball State and Indy Eleven will host a free, in-person training session on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Michael A. Carroll Stadium in Indianapolis.
June 9, 2025
Ball State University is hosting a groundbreaking ceremony to celebrate the launch of the Village South Residential Development. The event will take place at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 17, at the intersection of West North Street and North Martin Street in Muncie
June 3, 2025
The Ball State University campus and the greater Muncie community have through the end of July to visit a special exhibit honoring the literary work of J.R.R. Tolkien, on display in Archives and Special Collections on the second floor of Bracken Library.
May 22, 2025
Ball State University will host its first We Fly Fest from 5-8 p.m. on Saturday, June 7. This free, on-campus event is open to the public and will include campus tours, entertainment, live music, informational booths, games, and other family-friendly activities.
May 15, 2025
Ball State University President Geoffrey S. Mearns invites members of the campus and greater Muncie community to attend a public update on the University’s revitalization efforts in The Village.
May 13, 2025
Ball State University and the City of Muncie have partnered to create a new neighborhood park for Muncie’s Anthony-Northside Neighborhood.
May 9, 2025
A Spring tradition continues at the David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) with Art in Bloom, a free public floral exhibition on Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18.
April 17, 2025
Today, Ball State University celebrated the grand reopening of the renovated Cooper Science Building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by campus leaders, faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
March 19, 2025
For a second straight year, Leo Furlong is the champion of the Ball State PBS Regional Spelling Bee.