Ball State faculty, students, and community partners worked together this summer and fall on a number of immersive learning projects in and around Muncie.
Book Arts Collaborative 2018-19
Faculty Mentor: Rai Peterson, Department of English
Community Partner: Tribune Community Showprint Posters
Bringing in and Branching out: Recruiting Employees and Building Community Connections
Faculty Mentor: Peggy Fisher, Department of Communication Studies
Community Partner: Open Door Health Services
The Brownfields to Brightfields Project Phase II: Analysis of Solar Potentials for Brownfields in East Central Indiana (ongoing)
Faculty Mentor: Sanglim Yoo, Department of Urban Planning
Community Partner: Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter
Computer Science for Middle Schoolers (CS4MS ongoing)
Faculty Mentor: Dave Largent, Department of Computer Science
Community Partners: Northside Middle School, Daleville Junior/Senior High School and Burris Laboratory School
Finding Voices: Mentorship in Forensics and Argumentation
Faculty Mentor: Dallis Pike, Department of Communication Studies
Community Partner: Muncie Central High School
#keepmuncieweirdandwhimsical
Faculty Mentor: Darolyn Jones, Department of English
Community Partner: Muncie residents
Let’s Build (ongoing)
Faculty Mentor: Jennifer Warrner, Department of Construction Management & Interior Design
Community Partner: Longfellow Elementary School
Muncie Action Plan 3 (ongoing)
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Dunaway, Department of Urban Planning
Community Partner: Muncie Action Plan
Maplewood Mansion Learning Lab (ongoing)
Faculty Mentor: Carla Earhart, Department of Management
Community Partner: Maplewood Mansion Learning Lab, Ball Brothers Foundation, IU School of Medicine-Muncie
Muncie Arts and Culture Council Video Project
Faculty Mentors: Suzanne Plesha, Office of Immersive Learning; Tim Pollard, Department of Telecommunications
Community Partner: Muncie Arts and Culture Council
Old West End Action Plan
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Dunaway, Department of Urban Planning
Community Partners: Old West End Neighborhood Association, Friends Memorial Church
Preliminary Study of Lead (Pb) in Muncie (PSLM) (ongoing)
Faculty Mentors: Carolyn Dowling, Department of Geological Sciences and Jessi Haeft, Department of Natural Resources Environmental Management
Community Partners: United Way of Delaware County, Muncie Action Plan
Purple Cow: Moving from Ordinary to Extraordinary Care for Children (ongoing)
Faculty Mentor: Stacey Allred, Department of Elementary Education
Community Partner: Kidz Korner Child Care Center
Reading the Wor(l)d Critical Literacy and Culturally Responsive Classroom Libraries
Faculty Mentors: Kristin Cipolione and Susan Tancock, Department of Elementary Education
Community Partners: Whitely Community Council, Longfellow Elementary School
Rehabilitating Houses (ongoing)
Faculty Mentor: Janet Fick, Department of Construction Management and Interior Design
Community Partner: Greater Muncie Habitat for Humanity
Scenery in Space
Faculty Mentors: Mickie Marie & Kerry Chipman, Department of Theatre and Dance
Community Partner: Muncie Civic Theatre
School Safety, Data-Driven Evidence-Based Findings, and Recommendations
Faculty Mentor: Bryan Byers, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology
Community Partners: Muncie Community Schools, Burris Laboratory School
Serious Game Design with Minnetrista
Faculty Mentor: Paul Gestwicki, Department of Computer Science
Community Partner: Minnetrista Cultural Center
