College of Architecture and Planning

Our rigorous programs and real-world opportunities rank us among the nation’s best schools. Follow our faculty and students throughout the year as they conduct research, travel, and make an impact on our surrounding communities.

Author: CAP

  • CAP Hosts National Conference on the Beginning Design Student
    March 24, 2022 by

    Guests from around the globe will visit CAP and Ball State April 1-2 for the National Conference on the Beginning Design Student. The annual conference draws university professors and practitioners from design professions, including architecture, landscape architecture, planning, interior design, graphic design, and others. The conference is hosted by different universities each year with this […]

    Read More

  • Competition to document historic Black landscapes nets an honorable mention for team of professors
    February 16, 2022 by

    By Christopher Baas, Professor of Landscape Architecture Professors from Ball State University and Hanover College teamed up recently to document the landscape and remains of Eleutherian College, the first college in Indiana to admit Black students, and a hub of activity in the abolitionist movement. The project won honorable mention in the 2021 HALS Challenge […]

    Read More

  • Jonathan Moody/Bridging the Gap
    January 3, 2022 by

    MONDAY  |  MAR 28, 2022  |  4:00 PM | Live in AB 100 or via Zoom For a link to watch the lecture, email caplectures@bsu.edu. We have AICP and AIA continuing education credit for this lecture. If you would like credit, let us know when you write for the link. Jonathan Moody’s work resides at […]

    Read More

  • Design Thinking Around Social Justice Issues
    August 20, 2021 by

    Graduate architecture students had a chance this spring to synthesize their design knowledge with one of the biggest stories of our time, the historical and ongoing racial violence crisis that has played out in American streets for more than two centuries. The resulting projects are rich in meaning, and devastating in their honesty. Assistant Professor […]

    Read More

  • Students to teach city planning skills to high schoolers this fall
    August 18, 2021 by

    Local high school students will soon be learning about urban planning, thanks to a grant provided by Ball State University Discovery Group. Saturday workshops are scheduled this fall semester for Muncie area high school students at the Urban Planning storefront studio at the Muncie Mall.   The workshop, called UrbanPlan, is a scenario-based engaged workshop developed […]

    Read More

  • Chicagoland Internship Pairs Senior with MURP Grad
    August 4, 2021 by

    BY WILL SNYDER, senior My name is Will Snyder, and this summer, I am an economic development intern with the Village of Wheeling, Ill. My work primarily focuses on business development within Wheeling’s three TIF districts. I help market our restaurant and retail build-out grant to new businesses choosing to locate in our TIFs, call […]

    Read More

  • Internship Leads to Job Offer for December Grad
    August 4, 2021 by

    BY HANNAH JONES, senior My name is Hannah Jones, and I am the planning intern for the City of Shelbyville, Indiana. I work with BSU planning alumnus Adam Rude, director of the department. The City of Shelbyville is rapidly growing and is undergoing many great changes, from an influx of new housing to redeveloping the […]

    Read More

  • CapAsia Traffic Inspires U.S. Transportation Planner
    July 20, 2021 by

    The CapAsia field studies program will resume in spring 2022. In preparation, we’ve asked students from past CapAsia trips — there have been ten in all! — to reflect on their experiences. By ANTON SCHAUERTE, CapAsia X One reason I wanted to go on CapAsia was because I’d previously watched a YouTube video called “How […]

    Read More