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  • Interior Design Student Places in National Formica Competition
    May 19, 2022 by

    Amber Scott, a Ball State junior in interior design, placed in the top ten in the national 2022 FORM Student Innovation Competition held by the Formica Corporation. The annual competition, now in its fifth season, had over 100 entries from 26 universities across the U.S. and Canada. The competition invited students to design furniture for the […]

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  • Exhibit Columbus “Calibrate”: Performance and Collaboration Beyond the Installation
    May 16, 2022 by

    Natalie Yates, assistant professor of landscape architecture at Ball State University, finished her 2021 Exhibit Columbus University Design Fellowship. Her project “Calibrate” an environmental sensor-driven drawing apparatus was installed for Exhibit Columbus’ 2021 New Middles Exhibition located at the Heritage Fund Community Foundation courtyard in Columbus, Indiana. The exhibition opened at the end of August and […]

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  • Construction Management Team Places First at New Builders Competition
    May 2, 2022 by

    The Construction Management team had an outstanding performance winning first place at the New Builders Competition held in February at the University of Cincinnati, sponsored by Fischer Homes. The New Builders competition is geared for first and second-year construction management students. The competition places students in a developer’s shoes and focuses on residential construction. For […]

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  • College of Architecture and Planning Student Teams Advance to Finals of Solar Decathlon Competition
    April 14, 2022 by

    All six of Ball State’s student teams from the University’s College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) competing in this year’s Solar Decathlon Design and Build Challenges—a  U.S. Department of Energy competition—have advanced to the finals in the categories of New Housing, Retrofit Housing, Attached Housing, and Office Building and Education Building. Five of the six teams are participating […]

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  • CERES Team Helps Achieve Living Building Certification
    March 3, 2022 by

    Ball State University played a key role in Cope Environmental Center earning a unique status that only 28 other buildings worldwide have received. The Centerville, Indiana, center has been awarded “Living Building Certification“ by the International Living Future Institute. Earning this special certification is the result, in large part, of multi-year collaborative efforts that included […]

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  • Dean’s Update
    March 2, 2022 by

    COLLEGE NEWS PRESIDENT VISIT MARCH 3, 2022 | 3:00 PM Join President Mearns Thursday for a town hall meeting in AB 100 or by zoom. Topics will include enrollment info, new budget model info and Q & A. MADJAX CAP has been invited by Ball Brothers Foundation to submit a grant application that would support […]

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  • Dean’s Update
    January 12, 2022 by

    Welcome back, all! We hope you had some time to recharge over the break. It’s a good time to reflect on the challenges and resilience that we have witnessed and lived. Your “over and above” resolve to accomplish our mission has been inspiring – it ‘s a source of great gratitude for me to be […]

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  • Weiss/Manfredi Lecture: Urban Natures
    December 17, 2021 by

    MONDAY  |  FEB. 21, 2022  |  4:00 PM | Zoom Link For a link to watch the lecture, email caplectures@bsu.edu. The lecture is approved for AIA continuing education credit. If you would like credit, let us know when you write for the link. WEISS/MANFREDI is a New York City-based multidisciplinary practice known for the dynamic […]

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  • From Landscape Architecture to Artist
    November 29, 2021 by

    I loved that the education at CAP always blurred the lines between disciplines. Though I was officially studying landscape architecture, I was at the same time exposed to the worlds of art, music, film, and architecture, and the program flowed in and out of these other disciplines so effortlessly that I struggled with the idea […]

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