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Ball State University Teachers College prepares teachers to be successful in today's schools.

An elementary school teacher not only helps children learn but prepares future leaders. Our programs offer real-world applications and immersive learning projects for students to gain valuable, hands-on experience working alongside community organizations such as museums, childcare centers, and community agencies.  We prepare teachers who are culturally responsive and committed to social justice through engagement with the community.  Your support will help our Ball State students in elementary education to work with children and teachers in schools and organizations: 

 

  • Living-Learning Communities: Peer mentoring and community building for freshman    

  • College Mentors for Kids: Ball State students mentor local Muncie students 

  • Travel: Variety of opportunities to travel and learn, including studying abroad in England and student teaching in Texas or Germany

  • Urban School program: Ball State students teach for a year in an Indianapolis school district  

  • Schools within the Context of Community: Ball State students work in the local schools  

  • STEAM Enrichment: Ball State students facilitate afterschool programming 

  • Camp Adventure: Local elementary students attend 4 weeks of summer camp  

 

Additional information about our program 

 

Our program offers real-world applications and immersive learning projects, in which students gain valuable, hands-on experience working alongside community organizations such as museums, childcare centers, and community agencies.

 

Through Ball State's Professional Development Schools program, we partner with a number of elementary schools and early childhood centers to provide placements for our practicum students and student teachers. 

 

Teacher candidates begin working in the field, directly with students and professional teachers, and this continues through student teaching to graduation.

 

Our graduates have a 93 percent placement rate thanks to our dedicated, experienced faculty responsible for our programs, many of whom consistently rank among the best of their kind in the U.S.

 

Your support will help our Ball State students in elementary education to work with children and teachers in schools and organizations.  —Thank you for your donation! 


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6,323 Gifts Unlocks $3,000 for the Multicultural Center
Upon receiving 6,323 gifts, $3,000 will be unlocked for the new Multicultural Center!
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Unlock $3,000 for Student Emergency Aid
Upon receiving 6,323 gifts (beating last year's total number of gifts), $3,000 will be unlocked for Student Emergency Aid!
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5 Hours, 5 Areas, $1,000 Each
The 5 areas that raise the most money from 7pm-Midnight will each receive $1,000!
Rank Prize Department Raised
1 $1,000 Athletics $30,956.02
2 $1,000 Theatre & Dance $17,061.74
3 $1,000 Indiana Academy $9,981.41
4 $1,000 College of Architecture & Planning $4,541.68
5 $1,000 Center for Information & Communication Sciences $4,046.26
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Academic Department Leaderboard
The three academic departments with the most gifts by midnight will receive $8,000, $4,000 and $2,000 in challenge funds respectively.
Rank Prize Academic Department Gifts
1 $8,000 Theatre & Dance 1,500
2 $4,000 Communication Studies 463
3 $2,000 School of Music 315
4 Modern Languages & Classics 230
5 Miller Business Honors Program 217
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College Leaderboard
The three colleges with the most gifts by midnight April 6 will receive $3,000, $2,000, and $1,000 respectively.
Rank Prize Colleges Gifts
1 $3,000 College of Fine Arts 1,899
2 $2,000 College of Communication, Information, and Media 1,292
3 $1,000 Teachers College 952
4 College of Sciences and Humanities 876
5 Miller College of Business 467
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Noon Challenge
The department/unit/team that has the most donors by noon receives $5,000 in challenge funds.
Rank Prize Department, Unit, or Team Donors
1 $5,000 Theatre & Dance 377
2 Athletics 329
3 The Ball State Fund 161
4 Student Scholarships 109
5 College of Architecture & Planning 102
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Most Donors Challenge
The department/unit/team that has the most donors by midnight will receive $5,000 in challenge funds.
Rank Prize Areas Donors
1 $5,000 College of Fine Arts 1,292
2 Theatre & Dance 1,023
3 Athletics 888
4 Teachers College 726
5 College of Communication, Information, and Media 708
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Leaderboard
Top 5 Donor Challenge
The five units with the most donors by midnight will each receive $1,000
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Theatre & Dance 1,023
2 $1,000 Athletics 888
3 $1,000 Indiana Academy 261
4 $1,000 School of Music 191
5 $1,000 College of Architecture & Planning 187
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Leaderboard
Evening Leaderboard
The needs of our students are greater than ever! The five areas with the most donors between 8pm-11pm will each receive $1,000 for their area!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $1,000 Theatre & Dance 323
2 $1,000 Athletics 169
3 $1,000 Miller Business Honors Program 81
4 $1,000 Indiana Academy 62
5 $1,000 Spectrum 61
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Elementary Education Match
Any gift given to the Elementary Education fund (2601) will be matched by Tom Murphy for a total up to $15,000, which will benefit future educators!
$4,387 MATCHED
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Elementary Education First Donor
The first donor to donate between 8am-9am will have their gift matched up to $50 by Amy Leitze.
$50 MATCHED
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$200
Elementary Education Chair Challenge
The donor who donates the first $100 will unlock a $200 gift from the Chair of the Elementary Education department.
$1 / $1 Raised
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$100
Lunchtime Elementary Education Challenge
One donor who gives $100 between 12-1pm will unlock a gift of $100 given by the Assistant Chair of the Elementary Education department, Dr. Jackie Sydnor.
1 / 1 Donors
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$100
Elementary Education Alumni Challenge
Upon 25 alumni making a gift to the Elementary Education Department, an additional $100 will be added to their generous donation by Dr. Carolyn Walker Hitchens.
25 / 25 Gifts
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$100
Elementary Education Evening Challenge
One donor who gives between 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. will unlock a gift of $100 from Dr. Kirsten Robbins.
1 / 1 Donors
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$300
55 Gifts for Elementary Education
Help us increase the number of gifts to the Elementary Education department from last year! With the accomplishment of meeting 55 gifts, there will be a gift of $300 unlocked from Dr. Rebecca Brown.
55 / 55 Gifts
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$200
Elementary Education Ambassador Challenge
When we reach $2,021 for Elementary Education, a gift will be unlocked for $200 given by El Ed's One Ball State Day ambassador, Dr. Kate Shively!
$2,021 / $2,021 Raised
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Leaderboard
Teachers College Department Leaderboard
Dean Anand Marri will give $500 to the Teachers College department that has the most donors on One Ball State Day!
Rank Prize Department Donors
1 $500 Indiana Academy 261
2 Burris Laboratory School 118
3 Special Education 74
4 Elementary Education 62
5 Educational Leadership 55
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