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Save the Date for One Ball State Day 2020!

 

One Ball State Day was a tremendous success! In just 24 hours, thousands of Cardinals came together to support Ball State University. We are thrilled to share that more than 3,800 alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends gave back! These gifts will have a lasting impact on our University community. Thank you, Cardinal Nation!

 

If you didn't get a chance to make a gift and would still like to support Ball State University, please visit https://connect.bsu.edu/18/give and give to the area closest to your heart. 

 

 

Rank State Gifts
1 IN 2547
2 IL 235
3 OH 128
$2,000
Early Bird Challenge
Congratulations to Associate Professor, Elizabeth Agnew, for winning $2,000 to donate to Religious Studies!
1 / 1 Gifts
Completed
$20,000
1,918th Gift
The 1,918th gift will unlock $20,000 for student scholarships!
1,918 / 1,918 Gifts
Completed
Leaderboard
Ball State Unit or Org with the Most Gifts
The Ball State unit/org with the most gifts on April 9 will receive an additional $6,000 for their department/org 2nd place = $3,000 3rd place = $1,500
Rank Prize Department Gifts
1 $6,000 Theatre & Dance 747
2 $3,000 Athletics 623
3 $1,500 Ball State's Greatest Needs 168
4 Greek Life 119
5 Student Scholarships 88
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Leaderboard
College Participation Leaderboard
Which college will have the most gifts during One Ball State Day? Make a gift to your college to help keep them at the top of the leaderboard!
Rank College Gifts
1 College of Communication, Information, and Media 87
2 College of Fine Arts 85
3 Miller College of Business 83
4 College of Architecture & Planning 74
5 Teachers College 67
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Leaderboard
Academic Dept Participation Leaderboard
Which academic department will have most gifts on One Ball State Day? Make a gift to your department to help keep them at the top of the leaderboard!
Rank Departments Gifts
1 Theatre & Dance 747
2 Center for Information & Communication Sciences 88
3 Communication Studies 68
4 Telecommunications 62
5 Journalism 60
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College of Fine Arts Match
One Ball State Day is special to me: both as a proud alumnus and, soon, with the honor of serving as your next dean. Here is my commitment to One Ball State Day: I will match any gift to the College of Fine Arts--between 3pm-5pm today--up to $1918. Chirp! Chirp! Seth Beckman
$1,067 MATCHED
Ended
2
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Baseball Match
Mike Shebek, class of ’88 will match dollar for dollar gifts made to Men’s Baseball up to $5,000!
$5,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Accounting Match
Alumni Lou & Jenny Hensley will match gifts to the Accounting Department up to $2,500.
$2,500 MATCHED
Completed
$1,000
Unlock $1,000 for Athletics
Athletic Director Beth Goetz will make a $1,000 gift to the Cardinal Varsity Club upon 100 gifts being made to Athletics.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
2
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Actuarial Science Match
Alumni Lou & Jenny Hensley will match gifts to the Actuarial Science Department up to $2,500.
$313 MATCHED
Ended
2
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English Department Match
Department of English chair, Pat Collier, will match any $50 gift to the departmental fund made by English Dept colleagues up to a total of $400 on One Ball State Day.
$400 MATCHED
Completed
2
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Student Life Match
Director of Student Life, Jim Hague, will match gifts to non-Greek student organizations up to $500 with the matching dollars going to Student Life Programs, which benefits all Ball State student orgs.
$113 MATCHED
Ended
Leaderboard
Alumni Chapter Participation Leaderboard
Which alumni chapter is leading the way with gifts on One Ball State Day?
Rank Chapter Gifts
1 Greater Indianapolis Alumni Chapter Scholarship 8
2 Michiana Alumni Chapter Scholarship 4
3 Northeastern Indiana Alumni Chapter Scholarship 1
4 Chicago Alumni Chapter Scholarship 1
5 Cass/Howard County Alumni Scholarship 0
Ended
2
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Mike Fleck Golf Match
Dama Fleck and Coach Mike Fleck will match gifts to Men's Golf up to $1,000.
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
Leaderboard
Amount Raised Leaderboard
Which area will raise the most on One Ball State Day? Make a gift to your favorite area of the University to help keep them flying high at the top of the leaderboard!
Rank Campus unit/fund Raised
1 Athletics $66,023.77
2 Theatre & Dance $19,328.27
3 Ball State's Greatest Needs $16,322.32
4 Charles W. Brown Planetarium/Physics & Astronomy $11,680.00
5 Teachers College $10,963.32
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Jim Hatcher Journalism Match
Jim Hatcher, class of ‘65, will match gifts to the Lowell F. Crouse Journalism Award up to $2,000!
$816 MATCHED
Ended
Leaderboard
Athletics Sport Participation Leaderboard
Which sports team will have the most gifts on One Ball State Day? Make a gift to your favorite sport and show your Cardinal pride.
Rank Sport Gifts
1 Football 137
2 Women's Field Hockey 98
3 Baseball 63
4 Women's Gymnastics 48
5 Women's Softball 44
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$2,500
Greek Life Challenge
100 donors to the Greek Life Fund unlocks $2,500 from graduate Patrick Alderdice, class of ’92.
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
2
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Marilyn Buck Matching Challenge
To mark Marilyn's upcoming retirement, she will be matching every dollar up to $10,000 to benefit our future physical education programs and students. The scholarship will benefit outstanding freshmen who are physical education and health teaching majors. The travel fund will help physical education and health teaching majors attend the SHAPE America National Convention.
$1,005 MATCHED
Ended
2
Match
Coach Joanna Saleem Match
Coach Joanna Saleem will match gifts to Women’s Gymnastics up to $1,000!
$1,000 MATCHED
Completed
2
Match
Field Hockey Match!
Coach Stephanie Bernthal will match gifts to Field Hockey up to $500!
$500 MATCHED
Completed
$1,000
1,000 Gifts
1,000 gifts will unlock a gift of $1,000 from ’06 grad, Scott Wenclewicz.
1,000 / 1,000 Gifts
Completed
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Participating Groups
Ball State's Greatest Needs Student Scholarships Athletics College of Architecture & Planning College of Communication, Information, and Media College of Fine Arts College of Health College of Sciences & Humanities Honors College Miller College of Business Teachers College Accounting Alumni Association Anthropology Architecture Army ROTC Ball State Student Media Beta Phi Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Biology Black Alumni Constituent Society Black Student Association Bowen Center for Public Affairs Burris Laboratory School Cardinal Kitchen Career Center Center for Information & Communication Sciences Charles W. Brown Planetarium/Physics & Astronomy Chemistry Communication Studies Computer Science Construction Management Counseling Center Counseling Psychology | Social Psych & Counseling Criminal Justice & Criminology David Owsley Museum of Art Department of Marketing | CADMA Disability Services Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies Economics Educational Leadership Educational Psychology & D.E.S.K. Elementary Education Emens Auditorium English Entrepreneurship Center Finance & Insurance Geography Geological Sciences Graduate School Greek Life History Indiana Academy ISOM Journalism Landscape Architecture Logistics & Supply Chain Management Center Management Mathematical Sciences MBA | Master of Business Administration Miller Business Honors Program Modern Languages & Classics Natural Resources & Environmental Management NESTT Learning Labs Nutrition & Health Science Parents Fund Philosophy & Religious Studies Political Science Pride of Mid-America Marching Band Psychological Science Rinard Orchid Greenhouse Rinker Center for International Programs School of Art School of Kinesiology School of Music School of Nursing Schools Within the Context of Community Social Work Sociology Special Education Spectrum Speech Pathology & Audiology Sports Link Student Affairs Student Life Student Voluntary Services Telecommunications Theatre & Dance University Libraries University Police Department University Singers Urban Planning Women of the Ball Family Fund Women's & Gender Studies

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