Category: Community Engagement


  • Student Finds Passion for Architecture During Social Distancing

    Making a conscience decision to spend less time on his phone, Alec Meister decided to build. During the pandemic lock-down, Meister, a high school senior and athlete at West Lafayette High School had more time on his hands with school canceling all extra-curricular activities, particularly track. Though disappointed missing his last season of track, Meister […]

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  • An Indefatigable Expert

    Pam Harwood is an indefatigable expert on squeezing every minute out of each day. A professor of architecture and a design-build leader, Pam is a practicing architect who designs stunning timber frame homes, wineries, and boutique restaurants. She is the designer and creator of nature playscapes and timber pavilions and is a community activist. Pam […]

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  • Students Craft Renter’s Handbook

    Muncie renters who experience problems with their housing situation have a new tool to help them negotiate outcomes with their landlords. Students in the Ball State University Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning program, under the direction of John West, worked with community residents on the south side of Muncie to gather information and produce […]

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  • Brownfields to Brightfields

    How do you reuse land contaminated with pollutants? Students in an urban planning course grappled with that question as they analyzed the potential of such sites in Delaware County for solar energy production. At the time, Assistant Professor Sanglim Yoo’s second-year Urban Planning studio class partnered with the Sierra Club’s Hoosier Chapter to complete the […]

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