Connecting Muncie Neighborhood partners and resources
ScoutMuncie, a volunteer-led project to collect information about the conditions and potential historic value of Muncie’s neighborhoods, was featured on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Leadership Forum Blog. Check it out!
Monday, April 18, 2016
10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Ball State Alumni Center, 2800 W Bethel Ave.
Hosted by Ball State University and the Indiana Department of Administration (IDOA)
From 10:00 a.m. to 11 a.m., business owners may attend a FREE presentation on the process of becoming a university vendor as well as information on how to navigate the state contract and vendor process.
Speakers will include:
Purchasing agents will be available to answer individual questions. No registration is required for the presentation.
Businesses who want to showcase their products and services to a variety of university departments may purchase a vendor table for $50. The registration fee includes one eight-foot table, refreshments, and lunch. Registration forms and fees are due by April 4.
Questions? Contact June Sanders, Purchasing Services.
Ball State students are busy around Muncie this semester! Here’s a list of projects taking place in our community.
Building Better Health: Developing a Community Gold Standard
Community Partner: Little Red Door East Central Indiana
Faculty Mentor: Peggy Fisher, Department of Communication Studies
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ecoREHAB Studio: Thomas Park Avondale House Rehab
Community Partner: Ball Brothers Foundation
Faculty Mentor: Jonathan Spodek, Department of Architecture
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Families for Forward Thinking: Partnering with Parents in the 21st Century
Community Partner: Wee Wisdom Nursery School and Child Care Facility
Faculty Mentor: Stacey Allred, Department of Elementary Education
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Heath Farm Sustainability Park Planning
Community Partner: Red-tail Land Conservancy
Faculty Mentor: Dave Ferguson
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Louis E. Ingelhart Scholars and Facing Cancer
Community Partner: Little Red Door
Faculty Mentor: Adam Kuban, Department of Journalism
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Muncie’s Sports Tourism Potential: Strategies to Make the SportsPlex Serve the Community Better
Community Partners: City of Muncie, Muncie Visitors Bureau
Faculty Mentor: Craig Webster, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
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Public Safety Committee Interviews and Focus Groups
Community Partner: Whitely Community Safety Committee
Faculty Mentor: Melinda Messineo, Department of Sociology
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Serve to Learn Youth Development Project and Focus Groups
Community Partner: Whitely Community Council
Faculty Mentors: Dorshele Stewart, Department of History; Melinda Messineo, Department of Sociology
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Thomas Park – Avondale Neighborhood Action Plan
Community Partner: Thomas Park – Avondale Neighborhood Association
Faculty Mentor: Lisa Dunaway, Department of Urban Planning
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Ball State architecture seniors have partnered with Building Better Neighborhoods and ecoREHAB of Muncie to rehabilitate a house in the Thomas Park/Avondale neighborhood. While ecoREHAB has completed a number of projects in Muncie, this one is unique – the house is a former methamphetamine lab. According to ecoREHAB, “The problems created by the production, sale and consumption of meth amphetamines spells disaster for a neighborhood. Even when the drugs are gone, left behind are the contaminated buildings where the drug was produced.”
The experience has been unique for the architecture students as well, many of whom are working on a real-life project for the first time. Student Jordan Duke said, “What I’ve learned most from this studio is the possibility of the ripple effect. We’re trying to rehab one house in the Avondale community in hopes that it begins to start a chain of reaction within the community. This house’s success is critical so that it might kick start a movement that will reinvigorate the neighborhood.”
Read additional reflections from students on ecoREHAB’s blog.
Registration is now open for an introduction to working with glass workshop put on by the Ball State Marilyn K Glick Center for Glass.
Day 1: Saturday, April 16 from 9:00-1:00 PM
Day 2: Sunday, April 17 from 1:00-4:00 PM
Where: Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass
Cost: $135/person
In this two day workshop, participants will learn how to create their own paperweights in hot glass. Saturday’s class will be a full day in the hot shop where instructors will guide participants in the proper safety and demonstrate various techniques in the morning. In the afternoon participants will form molten glass with a variety of colors into their own paperweight which they can take home. Sunday’s workshop will cover basic grinding and polishing of glass to help participants finish their paperweights. The Sunday session is a half-day and will run 3 hours. Cost for this two day workshop is $135.
This workshop is currently full. Due to overwhelming response we ask that you sign up here if you’d like to be on the waiting list or receive notifications of future dates.
To learn more about the Marilyn K. Glick Center for Glass, see them on the web!
In Fall 2014, Ball State communication students produced videos for Muncie/Delaware County community partners to help attract customers, volunteers, and donations. The top videos were screened at a One Video, One Vision, Once Muncie fundraising event.
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