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• Ball State University is a public four year institution of higher learning located in Muncie, Indiana with over 20,000 students. The Ball State Cardinals are part of the Mid-American Conference.

• Fast Facts

  1. Established: 1918
  2. Location: Muncie, Indiana
  3. President: Jo Ann M. Gora
  4. Faculty: 915
  5. Nickname: Cardinals
  6. Motto: Education Redefined
  7. Acceptance rate: 79%
  8. Current weather: Muncie

• Ball State University History

  Ball State University was established as Indiana State Normal School Eastern Division in 1918. The school was renamed Ball Teachers College in 1922, to honor Frank C. Ball and his family. The Ball family were the original benefactors that purchased, then donated, the land and buildings to the state of Indiana. In 1965, the institution was renamed Ball State University.Ball State University: Ball State University

  In 2006, Ball State was named as one of the Best Midwestern Colleges by The Princeton Review,BSU.edu: Best in the Midwest honor from Princeton Review

• Notable Alumni

  David Letterman,Joyce DeWitt, Jim Davis, Doug Jones, Larry Bigbie, Anthony Montgomery

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