We strive to have our students engage in real-world applications of their knowledge to addressing environmental issues both in and outside of the classroom.
Our students need to be able to think critically about the management decisions people make in using natural resources that affect their own and other lives. These decisions are interdisciplinary and are informed by the natural, physical, and social sciences in understanding why humans make choices about the natural resources they use to survive. The decisions humans make about using the environment for their prosperity affect the health and safety of the ecosystem and other humans in their community.
Some of the community engagement projects that we need donor help on involve the Local Food Hub project, in which students help provide local food such as fresh produce from farmers in our county to neighborhoods in need of fresh food around Muncie. This addresses the larger issue of food deserts in communities that are marginalized because of lack of transportation or income to buy food. Also, students are motivated to help make a difference in their community by addressing food systems, as well as soil and water conservation projects at the Hults Farm in Albany, Indiana. This farm was donated to Ball State in the 1980s and needs an upgraded classroom and meeting space to host workshops as well as a Wash and Pack facility to prepare food for sale from the student farm.
In summary, we would like to raise funds for facility development at the farm so that students can grow food in a greenhouse and also collect food from farmers to store and sell from the farm site as a home base for Food Hub operations. Other community projects that donors could help us achieve are exposing students to real-world research projects dealing with air and water quality. We would use the funds to provide professional development opportunities for students to learn about research projects going on throughout Indiana that measure air, water, soil and land quality on public and private lands. The foundation accounts would help with travel and scholarships to offset costs to attend conferences or other classroom field trip opportunities.
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 |
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 |
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 |