Fundraising for Students
A history education offers a blend of skills and knowledge that can serve as the foundation for successful lives and careers. Ball State University’s History Department provides students with opportunities both within and beyond the classroom that help them build this foundation. Our annual Student History Conference allows students to share their work in a professional setting and learning from their peers from around the Midwest. A gift today to any of the funds listed here will help us provide these experiences and develop new ones.
Our public history program organizes paid and for-credit internships that prepare students for professional work in museums, archives, and historical sites. From the start of their studies, public history students spend time working in the community and using digital tools and media to create public-facing historical resources.
We also offer immersive learning courses where students work together to create digital resources, opportunities to collaborate with faculty members on a shared research interest, student teaching, and paid research positions with campus units.
Student Highlight
Madeleine Mills-Craig ('23) is a graduate from Honors College who double majored in history and public relations. She researched Asian adoptions in the United States and partnered with Dr. James Connolly for her honors fellowship. With his guidance, she discovered when Korean adoptions first gained traction in the United States. Her hands-on experience with Dr. Connolly taught her the essentials of historical research and built her confidence in handling primary resources. “We went to the Muncie archives, and Dr. Connolly guided me toward finding primary sources. He walked me through collecting the resources and sifting through what was significant. I put on rubber gloves and everything—it was very official.”
Madeleine now works as a Development Associate at Ecoenergy in Chicago.
A gift to the History Department will help fund opportunities such as paid internships, student research presentations at conferences, travel abroad experiences, and the PHEW (Public History Exhibit Works).
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