Ball State moving Virginia B. Ball Center into Honors College
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Ball State University is moving its Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry into its Honors College.
The center, known for its immersive learning programs, will move from its off-campus location at the Kitselman Center to the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Honors College House on the Muncie campus.
“This partnership represents a perfect alignment of mission and goals,” Ball State Honors College Dean Jim Buss said in a news release. “The Honors College has been a strong supporter of VBC activities since its inception, and honors students participating in these projects have regularly reported transformative experiences at the VBC.”
The Virginia B. Ball Center launched in 2000 as a site for intensive, semester-long student projects. It was initially placed in the Kitselman Center off campus to create a retreat-like experience for students.
However, as needs changed and immersive learning at the center grew, university officials said it made sense to move the center to a more central location.
“As Immersive Learning evolved to become a core component of our University’s undergraduate experience, we discovered that the retreat part of the VBC wasn’t as crucial as in the early years,” center director Jennifer Blackmer said. “Moving to the center of campus will help the VBC better accommodate our students and utilize existing campus resources as we look to pilot new forms of transdisciplinary education.”
More information about the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry is available by clicking here.