Category: Undergraduate Excellence


  • Prestigious internship leads to federal work and a full-time job for BUPD grad Brenden Resnick

    By Brenden Resnick, BUPD 2023 This summer, I worked as a community planner student trainee for the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. The Volpe Center, based in Cambridge, Mass., is a multidisciplinary agency of the United States Department of Transportation, completing work in every aspect of transportation. The center acts as a consultant for public […]

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  • Internship with Structurepoint leads to job offer for BUPD grad Martin Spink

    By Martin Spink, BUPD, 2023 This past summer I was given the opportunity to intern with American Structurepoint’s Planning + Economic Development Group. American Structurepoint is an architecture and engineering firm encompassing eleven design and engineering disciplines across seven states. As an intern, I worked on comprehensive plans and unified development ordinances for communities throughout […]

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  • Construction Management Students Place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd!

    The Construction Management student teams and faculty had an outstanding performance at the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Regional Competition securing 1st place in the Concrete Solutions category,  2nd place in the Electrical category, and a 3rd place finish in the Design-Build category. Four student teams have been preparing since the start of the semester […]

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  • International Course in Construction Management

    More than a year ago, Tamer Breakah, assistant professor of construction management, got a call from a friend in Egypt, Sherif El-Badawy, vice dean for postgraduate studies at Mansoura University. He introduced Breakah to an exciting cultural exchange opportunity for the students. The Institute of International Education’s (IIE) Harnessing Innovation through Virtual Exchange for Enhanced […]

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  • Ball State CAP Celebrated the Future Build of the Eco-Friendly Duplex, Alley House

    R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) hosted a public groundbreaking event on July 13 that celebrated the future construction of an affordable, net-zero energy, sustainable duplex family home in Indianapolis’ Near Eastside designed by a team of CAP students and faculty. The event included several educational stations about the duplex, yard games, and […]

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  • 2022 MKM Student Competition Winners

    Seventy-eight models lined the hallways in the College of Architecture and Planning as students presented their entries for the annual MKM Design Competition this spring. The competition, sponsored by MKM Architecture + Design, asked Ball State students in the third-year architecture cohort to come up with creative design solutions using steel. This year students were […]

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  • Interior Design Student Places in National Formica Competition

    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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  • Students to teach city planning skills to high schoolers this fall

    Local high school students will soon be learning about urban planning, thanks to a grant provided by Ball State University Discovery Group. Saturday workshops are scheduled this fall semester for Muncie area high school students at the Urban Planning storefront studio at the Muncie Mall.   The workshop, called UrbanPlan, is a scenario-based engaged workshop developed […]

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