Center for Peace & Conflict Studies

Established in 1988, the Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies aims to support and pursue scholarship, education, training, consultation, and outreach focused on addressing direct, structural, and cultural forms of violence and conflict. Please visit this link to view our mission and goals. 

 

Peace pole with banners reading "Build Peace"
Peace pole with banners reading "Build Peace"

 

In part, to achieve our mission and goals, we engage in the following activities:

  1. Hosting an undergraduate minor in peace and conflict studies
  2. Community outreach
  3. Scholarship and service
  4. Providing mediation services on campus and in the community
  5. Offering conflict prevention and resolution training on and off campus
Non-perishable food items collected for Cardinal Kitchen Food Drive
Non-perishable food items collected for Cardinal Kitchen Food Drive

 

To date, we have been involved in peacebuilding activities locally, nationally, and internationally. Now, we need your support to strengthen and expand our efforts and reach!

Please consider making a donation to our Center to help fund and support initiatives such as:

A Peace Plaza on Ball State’s campus (between College of Architecture and Miller College of Business);

  1. Student scholarships to pursue research, service, and engage in presentations at professional conferences;
  2. Training programs to teach university members and other individuals conflict prevention and resolution skills;
  3. Community outreach programs (e.g., promote nonviolence; eradicate food deserts; teach youth and adults in Central Indiana conflict prevention and resolution skills; facilitate mutual understanding and respect; and
  4. Research and evaluation projects focused on peace, nonviolence, and/or social justice.

We welcome any amount of financial support you can provide. With your contributions, together we can strive to create a more peaceful and just world! Thank you for considering our request!

 

Young girl standing in front of the Peace Pole
Young girl standing in front of the Peace Pole

 

Participating Groups
Accounting Alumni Programs Alumni Scholarships Alumni Student Engagement Applied Anthropology Laboratories Applied Business Studies Ball State Military Science Department Ball State Fund Ball State PBS Ball State Student Media Biology Black Alumni Council Black Student Association Burris Laboratory School Cardinal Kitchen Career Center Center for Business and Economic Research Center for Information & Communication Sciences Center for Peace & Conflict Studies Charles W. Brown Planetarium Chemistry Christian Student Foundation Communication Studies Community Engagement Computer Science Construction Management Counseling Psych, Social Psych, and Counseling Criminal Justice and Criminology Dance Marathon David Owsley Museum of Art Department of Architecture Department of Media Digital Corps Disability Services Economics Educational Leadership Educational Psychology Educational Studies Elementary Education Emens Auditorium Employee Emergency Fund English Field Station and Environmental Education Center Finance and Insurance Fraternity and Sorority Life Graduate School Guardian Scholars History Honors College Housing & Residence Life Immersive Learning Inclusive Excellence Indiana Academy Indiana Public Radio Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts Institutional Research & Decision Support Interior Design ISOM Department Landscape Architecture Learning Center Management Department of Marketing Mathematical Sciences MBA | Master of Business Administration Bowen Center for Public Affairs Modern Languages & Classics Multicultural Center Name a Goose Nutrition & Health Science Online Student Support Fund Physics & Astronomy Political Science Psychological Science Rinker Center for Global Affairs School of Art School of Journalism and Strategic Communication School of Kinesiology School of Music School of Nursing Social Work Special Education Spectrum Speech Pathology & Audiology Sports Link L.A. Pittenger Student Center Student Emergency Aid Fund Student Life Scholarships Student Voluntary Services Theatre & Dance Undergraduate Research & Creative Project Support University College University Libraries Ball State University Police Department Urban Planning Women of Beneficence (Discovery) Women's and Gender Studies Young Alumni Council
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