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Category: Dean’s Update

  • Dean’s Update
    October 25, 2023 by

    BUILDING UPDATES The consulting team is in the schematic design phase and will be developing a preliminary estimate in early November. The CAP Building Committee will meet with the consultants to review options in mid- November. The budget continues to be primarily oriented to replacing mechanical systems, but additional work may be able to be […]

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  • Dean’s Update
    February 1, 2023 by

    All CAP FACULTY MEETING – Wednesday, March 29 AB 100, 12-1 p.m. Voting to elect faculty representatives to university committees.  Please plan on attending, lunch will be served. LECTURES Monday, April 3 | 4 PM | AB100 CAP Guest Lecture, Adam Thies and Jonathan Racek, Lecture and Exhibit Featuring the Work of Mies van der Rohe […]

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  • Dean’s Update
    November 1, 2022 by

    College News David Ferguson and Andrea Swartz  received a $150,000 three-year grant awarded by the Ball Brothers Foundation entitled “CAP@MadJax – Maker Culture Leadership”. The grant supports CAP’s footprint at MADJAX, where Ball State CAP students and faculty support design education workshops, creative exploration, prototyping for Ball State students, and developing programs for k-12 youth and adult learners. The college […]

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  • Dean’s Update
    June 1, 2022 by

    COLLEGE NEWS 50th ANNIVERSARY CAP celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first graduating class in April. Delayed a year by the pandemic, fifteen of the thirty-four 1971 graduates were able to come to Ball State, tour the building and campus, have dinner with President Mearns, give presentations, listen to thesis presentations from current students, and reconnect […]

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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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  • Dean’s Update
    November 11, 2021 by

    GUEST LECTURE SERIES LINEUP MONDAYS | 4:00 PM | Zoom Links & Viewing in AB 100 For a link to watch the lecture, email caplectures@bsu.edu. NOV 17 (WED)  –  Tony Costello,  “A Decade of Humanitarian Accomplishments in Haiti.” (in person)  Feb 7 – CAP PechaKucha pandemic art lecture/show featuring faculty Feb 21 – Marion Weiss and […]

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  • Dean’s Update
    October 1, 2021 by

    GUEST LECTURE SERIES LINEUP MONDAYS | 4:00 PM | Zoom Links & viewing in AB 100 For a link to watch the lecture, email caplectures@bsu.edu. NOV 01  –  Autumn Visconti, landscape architect with BIG who has a wide appeal across disciplines. NOV 15  –  Tony Costello,  “A Decade of Humanitarian Accomplishments in Haiti,” Live lecture. (Tony […]

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  • Dean’s Update
    September 6, 2021 by

    GUEST LECTURE SERIES LINEUP MONDAYS | 4:00 PM | Zoom Links & viewing in AB 100 For a link to watch the lecture, email caplectures@bsu.edu. SEPT 27  –  Mike Mallon, “Is Retail Dead? Life after Covid.” Live at Mall. OCT 04   –  Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, architects. “Urban Natures” NOV 01  –   Autumn Visconti, […]

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