Author: CAP


  • Highlighting stories of Black Excellence

    Why is it important to expand the American narrative to include the accomplishments and stories of Black Americans?   The reason it’s important to expand the American narrative to include the accomplishments and stories of Black Americans is to preserve the future of black excellence. We have been fortunate to read and hear the stories […]

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  • CAP Grad Pioneers New Course

    CAP grad pioneers new course: Engaging Communities of Color By Teresa Jeter, PhD, assistant teaching professor of urban planning Given the current climate in America where there is growing racial tension, disenfranchisement, and the marginalization of vulnerable populations, Scott Truex asked me to develop a course for Fall 2020 that would create a level of […]

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  • Planning grad Tez Hawkins shares advice

    Curtez “Tez” Hawkins not only completed a planning degree at Ball State, but he also played football, an unusual feat for a CAP student. A native of St. Louis, he graduated with a BUPD in 2013 and is currently an associate planner with Eagle County Government in Vail, Colorado. To honor Black History Month, CAP […]

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  • Planning grad wins transportation scholarship

    Madison Lindsay, BUPD 2020, is the winner of a scholarship from Institute of Transportation Engineers of Indiana. The award helped to  fund her last semester at Ball State in fall 2020. She currently works for Form G, a private development company in Clarksville, Ind., and is studying toward an MPA from IU. The scholarship competition is […]

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  • Urban Planning at the Mall?

    The third floor in CAP is quiet most days, and not just because of social distancing and online classes, but because everybody is at the mall. Shopping? No, holding studio classes, of course! Last summer Chair Scott Truex saw an opportunity as college leadership and staff puzzled over how to fit CAP classes into spaces […]

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