Our Mission: To Empower Engaged Students
Gifts made to the college directly benefit dedicated, deserving students engaged in stimulating, one-of-a-kind courses and research within our supportive community. Your investment has both immediate and life-long impact. Here are a few of their voices:
“The Honors College has provided me with so many opportunities for growth including fellowships, attending and presenting at regional and national conferences, taking interesting and engaging courses that encourage me to expand my thinking, and being a part of a true community. Through several changes in my major and my future plans, the Honors College was my constant.” (Jamie, an alumna from the Indianapolis area)
“I can honestly say that the honors curriculum transformed my college career as I shaped, sculpted, and reshaped my perspectives, values, and engagement in the world. I have personally benefited from enriching relationships, both professional and personal, with fellow students and faculty alike. I had ample opportunities and support to expand my horizons, travel and present at conferences, and conduct research through Honors Undergraduate Fellowships. Life truly is all of what you make it. The world is your oyster, and the Honors College can provide you a platform to personal and professional growth unmatched in other settings. Take notice of those Honors College students around you; they will be the leaders of tomorrow.” (Jon, a recent first-generation graduate from southern Indiana)
This year the Honors College focuses on opportunities. With the expansion of the house, we are excited of what opportunities we will have in our future!
Opportunities for Support – click the red text below to give to the Honors College!
Thanks to a generous donor who has provided the initial funds to begin renovations of the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Honors House, the project has broken ground and is in the beginning stages of the expansion. This fund helps complete that project, which will include an additional classroom, gathering spaces for students, additional offices, and an outdoor gathering space that will include a labyrinth. Additional funds will enable the Honors College to ensure that the spaces best serve students and provide upgraded facilities for faculty and staff.
A gift to the Honors College Fund will benefit dedicated, deserving students engaged in stimulating, one-of-a-kind courses and research within our supportive community. This fund enables Honors College classes to pursue novel immersive learning experiences and scholarships for matriculating and continuing students.
Donors to the campaign to help fund the honors house expansion will have the opportunity to be recognized in the new space. Those who give at the levels below in the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Honors House fund or the Honors College fund will be recognized as:
Supporting the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry, the Pioneering Department of Immersive Learning at Ball State University, will go toward underwriting the unique VBC opportunities found nowhere else on our campus: extensive travel, collaborative mentorship with the best faculty and industry leaders, and significant time to devote to deep, creative work on some of society’s biggest questions. In August of 2023, the Virginia Ball Center integrated into the Honors College. This change has given the VBC increased visibility and allowed it to contribute more fully to the overall campus experience. During its 24-year history, VBC sponsored projects have been recognized nationally and internationally, garnering eight Emmy Awards, ten International Aurora Awards, and a host of other accolades.
