The Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Honors House Expansion
In the Fall of 2024 the Honors College welcomed over 600 new freshman and the college now serves nearly 1400 students, which is more than any in the past decade. In addition, the Honors College is the home of the Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry and the Office of Nationally Competitive Scholarships. Expanding the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball home will allow these offices to develop new activities and events as well as enhance existing connections with the university and community. The expansion will continue to retain the character and design of the Ball home to preserve the historic connection to the Ball family as well as its distinctive presence on campus.
About the Expansion
- Additional classroom space added
- Three more faculty offices
- Additional student gathering space
- Additional restroom
- Outdoor labyrinth and gardens for students
Levels of Giving
Donors of the campaign to help fund the honors house expansion will have the opportunity to be recognized in the new space. Those who give at the levels below in the Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball Honors House fund or the Honors College fund will be recognized as:
Naming Opportunities
Individuals that would like to participate in larger naming opportunities, please contact Carmella Hise, Assistant Vice President for Development, at cmhise@bsu.edu or 765-285-4054.
Ball Honors House History
The Ball Honors House is the home of the Honors College. It is the former home of two of the university's most generous benefactors, Edmund F. and Virginia B. Ball. Edmund F. Ball (1905-2000), a Muncie industrialist and son of one of the original five Ball brothers, was president of Ball Corporation and a charter member of the Ball State Foundation. Virginia B. Ball (1919-2003) was a philanthropist and active supporter of education, the environment, the arts, and the humanities.
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