Social Work

This scholarship is being established in recognition of Dr. Dolon's contributions to Ball State, the department, and students throughout his career. He joined the faculty in 1971 and has been teaching students the fundamental skills needed to practice social work throughout his time within the department. Nearly every graduate of our program has had Dr. Dolon at some point in their time within the major. His research focuses on interpersonal violence, humor as stress management, and older adults. This fund would be used to provide financial assistance to students in our graduate program who choose to focus on working with older adults.

 

 

Guardian Scholars Program

The Guardian Scholars Program is designed for Ball State students who have experienced foster care. The Guardian Scholars program provides not only scholarship support but also a variety of postsecondary support and referral services to help recipients achieve their goal of a baccalaureate degree. Currently, only 1/3 of Guardian Scholars receive scholarship support from our program. We utilize grants and donations to provide student support services and scholarships for this vulnerable population. Nationally, less than 13% of foster care students will enroll in college while less than 2% of students from the foster care system graduate with a baccalaureate degree. Our program seeks to eliminate these barriers for students in the foster care system by providing services like academic coaching, events, and activities that focus on academic and social integration (which have a positive impact on retention and graduation).

 

 

Your support will help students like Savannah (above), who was a Guardian Scholar and scholarship recipient, as she earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology with three concentrations in Zoology, Wildlife Biology and Conservation, and Field Botany in Spring 2018. She is now working as a Naturalist for the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Guardian Scholars program helped Savannah earn an additional $19,000 in scholarship funding, complete four internships, and receive 13 awards and recognition. She stays connected as an alumnus of Ball State and the Guardian Scholars program, being a role model and advocate for her peers that also experienced time in the foster care system.

 

Peers like Amanda, a current Guardian Scholars student and scholarship recipient, who is a third-year Nursing student in the College of Health. It is with the support of donors and alumni that students from foster care can graduate with a successful future.

 

Please consider making a contribution to provide additional scholarship opportunities and student support services to the remaining Guardian Scholars students!

 

 

 

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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
6 Center for Information & Communication Sciences 88
7 College of Communication, Information, and Media 87
8 Pride of Mid-America Marching Band 85
9 College of Fine Arts 85
10 Miller College of Business 83
11 College of Architecture & Planning 74
12 Communication Studies 68
13 Teachers College 67
14 Student Life 64
15 Telecommunications 62
16 Journalism 60
17 University Police Department 55
18 Architecture 47
19 Honors College 47
20 Student Affairs 47
21 School of Kinesiology 45
22 Alumni Association 45
23 School of Music 45
24 English 42
25 Army ROTC 42
26 Political Science 39
27 Social Work 36
28 Chemistry 35
29 Philosophy & Religious Studies 33
30 College of Sciences & Humanities 32
31 Counseling Psychology | Social Psych & Counseling 31
32 Miller Business Honors Program 30
33 Accounting 28
34 Urban Planning 28
35 College of Health 27
36 Counseling Center 25
37 Disability Services 25
38 School of Nursing 24
39 Cardinal Kitchen 24
40 Elementary Education 22
41 University Libraries 21
42 Criminal Justice & Criminology 21
43 Ball State Student Media 21
44 Emens Auditorium 18
45 Burris Laboratory School 18
46 David Owsley Museum of Art 17
47 Women of the Ball Family Fund 17
48 Rinard Orchid Greenhouse 17
49 Rinker Center for International Programs 16
50 Mathematical Sciences 14
51 Construction Management 14
52 Biology 14
53 Sociology 14
54 History 13
55 Black Student Association 13
56 Management 13
57 Spectrum 13
58 Charles W. Brown Planetarium/Physics & Astronomy 12
59 University Singers 12
60 Geography 12
61 Speech Pathology & Audiology 12
62 Bowen Center for Public Affairs 11
63 Psychological Science 11
64 Modern Languages & Classics 11
65 Special Education 11
66 Landscape Architecture 11
67 Sports Link 11
68 Schools Within the Context of Community 11
69 Entrepreneurship Center 10
70 Career Center 10
71 Natural Resources & Environmental Management 9
72 Computer Science 9
73 Black Alumni Constituent Society 8
74 Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies 8
75 Indiana Academy 8
76 Educational Leadership 8
77 MBA | Master of Business Administration 7
78 Finance & Insurance 7
79 Anthropology 7
80 Department of Marketing | CADMA 5
81 School of Art 5
82 Student Voluntary Services 5
83 Nutrition & Health Science 4
84 NESTT Learning Labs 4
85 Women's & Gender Studies 4
86 Educational Psychology & D.E.S.K. 4
87 Parents Fund 3
88 Graduate School 2
89 Economics 2
90 Logistics & Supply Chain Management Center 2
91 ISOM 2
92 Geological Sciences 1
93 Beta Phi Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 1
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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
6 Architecture 47
7 School of Kinesiology 45
8 School of Music 45
9 English 42
10 Army ROTC 42
11 Political Science 39
12 Social Work 36
13 Chemistry 35
14 Philosophy & Religious Studies 33
15 Counseling Psychology | Social Psych & Counseling 31
16 Accounting 28
17 Urban Planning 28
18 School of Nursing 24
19 Elementary Education 22
20 Criminal Justice & Criminology 21
21 Mathematical Sciences 14
22 Construction Management 14
23 Biology 14
24 Sociology 14
25 History 13
26 Management 13
27 Geography 12
28 Psychological Science 11
29 Modern Languages & Classics 11
30 Special Education 11
31 Landscape Architecture 11
32 Natural Resources & Environmental Management 9
33 Computer Science 9
34 Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies 8
35 Educational Leadership 8
36 Finance & Insurance 7
37 Anthropology 7
38 Department of Marketing | CADMA 5
39 School of Art 5
40 Nutrition & Health Science 4
41 Educational Psychology & D.E.S.K. 4
42 Economics 2
43 Logistics & Supply Chain Management Center 2
44 ISOM 2
45 Geological Sciences 1
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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
6 Student Scholarships $9,287.39
7 Miller College of Business $8,297.52
8 School of Nursing $6,845.90
9 Center for Information & Communication Sciences $6,449.34
10 Architecture $5,721.72
11 Telecommunications $5,445.16
12 Accounting $5,351.18
13 College of Architecture & Planning $5,000.16
14 Communication Studies $4,181.06
15 Journalism $4,177.82
16 Pride of Mid-America Marching Band $4,150.56
17 Mathematical Sciences $4,122.54
18 Greek Life $3,756.04
19 College of Communication, Information, and Media $3,651.18
20 Chemistry $3,180.54
21 David Owsley Museum of Art $3,121.72
22 College of Health $3,025.53
23 School of Kinesiology $3,007.08
24 College of Fine Arts $2,916.20
25 Entrepreneurship Center $2,835.00
26 Social Work $2,736.80
27 Honors College $2,565.62
28 Bowen Center for Public Affairs $2,426.72
29 College of Sciences & Humanities $2,404.26
30 Student Life $2,368.62
31 English $2,306.80
32 Army ROTC $2,140.16
33 Urban Planning $2,108.44
34 Miller Business Honors Program $2,102.54
35 Counseling Psychology | Social Psych & Counseling $2,063.08
36 Student Affairs $1,995.44
37 Emens Auditorium $1,851.91
38 Cardinal Kitchen $1,830.08
39 Elementary Education $1,758.36
40 Construction Management $1,745.00
41 University Police Department $1,699.90
42 Alumni Association $1,679.35
43 History $1,625.54
44 Women of the Ball Family Fund $1,620.90
45 School of Music $1,585.08
46 University Singers $1,558.54
47 Political Science $1,330.90
48 Counseling Center $1,056.72
49 University Libraries $999.80
50 Black Student Association $990.00
51 Rinard Orchid Greenhouse $981.56
52 Biology $958.72
53 Management $907.54
54 Black Alumni Constituent Society $857.58
55 Criminal Justice & Criminology $836.72
56 Geography $833.36
57 Sociology $830.90
58 Disability Services $809.98
59 Rinker Center for International Programs $800.90
60 Philosophy & Religious Studies $710.90
61 Psychological Science $682.54
62 Modern Languages & Classics $667.54
63 Burris Laboratory School $651.72
64 Ball State Student Media $539.45
65 Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies $533.36
66 Special Education $527.54
67 Landscape Architecture $497.65
68 Speech Pathology & Audiology $490.00
69 Sports Link $482.54
70 Indiana Academy $475.00
71 Natural Resources & Environmental Management $462.54
72 Educational Leadership $457.54
73 Spectrum $403.36
74 Schools Within the Context of Community $351.72
75 Computer Science $344.18
76 MBA | Master of Business Administration $327.54
77 Finance & Insurance $269.18
78 Career Center $258.36
79 Nutrition & Health Science $200.00
80 Graduate School $200.00
81 NESTT Learning Labs $188.36
82 Department of Marketing | CADMA $174.18
83 Anthropology $170.00
84 Women's & Gender Studies $138.36
85 Parents Fund $138.36
86 Educational Psychology & D.E.S.K. $124.18
87 School of Art $120.00
88 Economics $119.18
89 Student Voluntary Services $103.36
90 Logistics & Supply Chain Management Center $69.18
91 Geological Sciences $50.00
92 ISOM $38.36
93 Beta Phi Chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority $19.18
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