College of Architecture and Planning

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Category: Urban Planning

  • 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 […]

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  • 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 […]

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  • Local governance in a post-pandemic environment
    March 18, 2021 by

    Carolyn Coleman will wrap up the 2020-2021 CAP lecture series with a look at how cities will move forward in a post-pandemic world. The virtual lecture will be at 4 p.m. Monday, April 12. Coleman, who holds a law degree from Indiana University, served as deputy mayor of Indianapolis from 2000-2005 where she focused on […]

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  • Milwaukee INVESTS economic development model topic of lecture
    March 2, 2021 by

    The Ball State College of Architecture and Planning invites you to a virtual lecture by Juli Kaufmann at 4 p.m. March 22. Kaufmann is president of Fix Development, an award-winning Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based commercial real estate company. Her topic is Milwaukee INVESTS, an economic development model that uses commercial real estate development as a vehicle for transformation. […]

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  • CAP Grad Pioneers New Course
    February 10, 2021 by

    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
    February 5, 2021 by

    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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