Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies

The new Department of Early Childhood, Youth, and Family Studies brings together faculty and programs that focus on child development, child life, early childhood education, and family studies. Our vision is to be known for our unmatched expertise, accessibility, and impact through our preparation of outstanding, future professionals and through our service to Indiana families, schools, and communities.

We work hard to give our students meaningful and realistic experiences to prepare them to improve the lives of children and families. We have accordingly prioritized our funding to support the following:

Enhance and expand programming at the new Mitchell Early Childhood and Family Center to give students meaningful practice working with children and providing resources for their families. The center represents a new partnership between the BSU Child Study Center and the YMCA Apple Tree Child Development Center. It will provide care for children across the local community. State of the art educational resources can ensure a quality experience for our students, along with the children and their families served by the center.
Support field experiences for students, allowing them to serve and learn at locations away from campus. Students become exposed to diverse communities and unique settings that expand their preparation for working with children and families. Students also benefit when they can present their own scholarly work to other professionals and contribute to and support their future professions.
Provide scholarships to attract and support diverse students who might otherwise struggle to meet the financial demand of higher education. As a new department, we have limited scholarship offerings but hope to support as many of our students as possible in the future.

Please join our efforts to support the lives of children and families in our local community and beyond. Let’s work together to make a difference!

$2,000

Early Bird Challenge

Congratulations to Associate Professor, Elizabeth Agnew, for winning $2,000 to donate to Religious Studies!

1 / 1 Gifts

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$20,000

1,918th Gift

The 1,918th gift will unlock $20,000 for student scholarships!

1,918 / 1,918 Gifts

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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
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

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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
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

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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

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$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

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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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