Ball State University
Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2018.

Begun in 1918 as the Eastern Division of the Indiana State Normal School, Ball State remained a branch campus of Indiana State until 1929 when it became Ball State Teachers College, Indiana's fourth public institution of higher education. In 1965 the teachers college became Ball State University. Throughout its history, Ball State's distinguishing characteristic has been the positive interactions between students, faculty, and members of the community. This book will show how these interactions have worked out at Ball State in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in social organizations such as student government, fraternities, sororities, and clubs throughout the region. The book will also show how the members of the Ball family have played a major role in the growth and development of the university.

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Ball State University
Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2018.

Begun in 1918 as the Eastern Division of the Indiana State Normal School, Ball State remained a branch campus of Indiana State until 1929 when it became Ball State Teachers College, Indiana's fourth public institution of higher education. In 1965 the teachers college became Ball State University. Throughout its history, Ball State's distinguishing characteristic has been the positive interactions between students, faculty, and members of the community. This book will show how these interactions have worked out at Ball State in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in social organizations such as student government, fraternities, sororities, and clubs throughout the region. The book will also show how the members of the Ball family have played a major role in the growth and development of the university.

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Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, celebrated its centennial anniversary in 2018.

Begun in 1918 as the Eastern Division of the Indiana State Normal School, Ball State remained a branch campus of Indiana State until 1929 when it became Ball State Teachers College, Indiana's fourth public institution of higher education. In 1965 the teachers college became Ball State University. Throughout its history, Ball State's distinguishing characteristic has been the positive interactions between students, faculty, and members of the community. This book will show how these interactions have worked out at Ball State in the classroom, on the athletic field, and in social organizations such as student government, fraternities, sororities, and clubs throughout the region. The book will also show how the members of the Ball family have played a major role in the growth and development of the university.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467127905
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 01/08/2018
Series: Campus History
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Authors E. Bruce Geelhoed, professor of history; Michael G. Szajewski, assistant dean for digital scholarship and special collections; and Brandon T. Pieczko, digital archivist for manuscript collections, have used materials from a wide variety of sources to tell the history of a unique Midwestern university.

Table of Contents

Foreword 6

Acknowledgments 7

Introduction 8

1 The Founding of the Normal School: 1899-1917 11

2 The Emergence of Ball State Teachers College: 1918-1945 21

3 From Teachers College to University: 1945-1965 39

4 A Regional Public University: 1965-1984 59

5 A Premier Teaching University: 1984-2000 91

6 The Entrepreneurial University: 2000-Present 115

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