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University President Leadership Profile Ball State University • 2000 West University Avenue • Muncie, IN • 47306 A The Role of the President he next president of Ball State officials, and others closely associated with the their appreciation for the value that Ball University will be an engaged, university. Finally, the president will lead by State University provides to the citizens of Tinspiring leader with a demonstrated modeling character, passion, integrity, and the Muncie, Delaware County, and the state commitment to Ball State’s heritage, mission, pursuit of knowledge. of Indiana and core values. The president will advance The president’s principal duties are to: • strengthen partnerships with the business those values by building on the university’s community, area school districts and traditions and strengths, actively seeking • articulate and advance the mission and core other institutions of education, and consensus among all its constituencies, and values of Ball State University residents of the local and regional exercising superb management and decision- • ensure that the university pursues and communities, with an entrepreneurial making skills. The president will communicate achieves excellence in its academic spirit that helps build new revenue streams effectively with both internal and external endeavors, including but not limited and increases student achievement constituencies, articulating clearly and to quality undergraduate and graduate passionately Ball State’s mission and strategic academic offerings, regional and national • encourage alumni involvement in the aspirations. She or he will work effectively recognition of scholarly and creative university and its activities with the chair and trustees of Ball State’s board activities of the faculty, and the achievement • lead aggressive efforts to raise funds from in pursuit of the strategic initiatives that will and success of its students individual donors, private and nonprofit further strengthen the university and the sources, state appropriations, government community. • work closely and collaboratively with the leadership and governance units of grants, corporations, and foundations; The president will embrace the faculty’s Ball State, regularly reviewing and refining the president’s principal role in this regard commitment to excellence in teaching, Ball State’s strategies for continued success is to ensure that donors recognize the underscored by quality scholarship and research, significance of their potential gifts and and understand the connections between the • appoint such executive officers and how those gifts will help the university two. The president will strengthen and foster administrative leaders as deemed necessary accomplish its goals a vibrant and diverse community of students, • personally interact with local, regional, faculty, and staff, enhancing relationships with state, and federal elected officials to further alumni, parents, community leaders, elected Emens Auditorium The Scramble Light Ball State University • 2000 West University Avenue • Muncie, IN • 47306 1 The University Our History Ball State’s tradition of innovation and In recognition of the Ball family’s generosity, the acknowledging its phenomenal growth in entrepreneurship is rooted in the late 19th Indiana General Assembly changed the school’s enrollment and facilities, the variety and quality century, when Muncie business leaders name to Ball Teachers College in 1922 and then of its educational programs and services, and envisioned a local college to help boost the Ball State Teachers College in 1929. The winged the anticipation of the broader role it would city’s development. Among the visionaries were statue Beneficence stands on the campus as a play in the state’s future. Frank C. Ball and his brothers, young New York tribute to the family. industrialists who moved to Muncie looking to Building the Future expand their glass container business. A small, Growing a University Today, Ball State’s entrepreneurial spirit private teacher training school opened 1899. By the 1960s, the regional teachers college continues to shine through numerous had begun to attract faculty from outside expansions and additions of degree offerings, After the community’s efforts to sustain the the Midwest, and students sought majors in technological resources, immersive learning college failed, the Ball brothers purchased the areas such as business, architecture, and other opportunities, research, community outreach land and buildings of the defunct institution emerging disciplines. Enrollment and funding projects, and state-of-the-art facilities. These and donated them to the State of Indiana. surged with national trends, and new facilities investments are preparing bright students to This gift became the Indiana State Normal and degree offerings were added. take advantage of current and emerging job School Eastern Division, which opened in opportunities, meet society’s most pressing 1918 to meet Indiana’s need for more and In 1965, the Indiana General Assembly renamed the college Ball State University, needs, and serve the communities in which better teachers. they will live and work. As a public research university, we focus on students and high-quality, relevant educational outcomes. Disciplinary knowledge is integrated with application. We do this in a manner that fundamentally changes students, researchers, and our external partners, who look to the university for guidance. We transform information into knowledge, knowledge into judgment, and judgment into action that addresses complex problems. —Ball State University Mission National Recognition for Ball State University Ball State is designated a doctoral university: (KCACTF), one of the nation’s premier responsibility and an institution’s overall higher research activity by The Carnegie events for collegiate theatre programs. environmental stewardship. Classification of Institutions of Higher • The Department of Chemistry has been • Ball State’s commitment to sustainability Education. Respected organizations have ranked by the American Chemical Society has also been recognized by the National recognized the university’s academic programs, (ACS) as one of the largest producers of Wildlife Federation, Kiwi magazine, Sierra cutting-edge facilities and technology, ACS-accredited chemistry majors in Indiana magazine, and the International Sustainable and commitment to sustainability. Here is and in the top 10 percent in the nation in Campus Network, and its Council on a sampling: the number of graduating ACS-accredited the Environment (COTE), the longest- • The Princeton Review has named Ball State chemistry majors. standing green committee in Indiana’s one of the best universities in the Midwest • Ball State students in the residential higher education community, received a for 11 years. property management (RPM) program Lugar Energy Patriot Award. • Ball State earned the Community have consistently achieved 100 percent pass • Victory Media, publisher of G.I. Jobs, Engagement Classification from the rates on two national certification exams. STEM Jobs, and Military Spouse, has named Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement • The University Professional & Continuing Ball State a Military Friendly School for of Teaching. Education Association bestowed the seven years. • U.S. News & World Report ranked three Division of Online and Distance Education • Campus Technology honored Ball State graduate programs among the top 25 a UPCEA Strategic Innovation in Online with two Innovator Awards in 2015. The in the country in its 2016 “Best Online Education Award in 2014. Achievements app was recognized in the Programs”: education was 11th, MBA was • The Princeton Review named Ball State to student systems and services category while 12th, and nursing was 23rd. also U.S. News its “Top 50 Green Colleges” list, part of its The Traveler was honored in the education ranked the online bachelor’s programs 34th. futurist category. The Traveler also was Guide to 353 Green Colleges: 2015 Edition. named the large organization winner in the • DesignIntelligence has consistently ranked Recognized for the sixth year, Ball State is our landscape architecture programs in the first public institution in Indiana to PACT Wayfinding App Challenge. the top 15 in the country. In 2015, the be listed among the most environmentally • Ball State’s honors for providing a healthy undergraduate program was ranked No. 8 responsible colleges and universities in the workplace include Health Champion and our graduate program, No. 12. U.S. and Canada. designation in 2016 from the American • Ball State students and faculty have won 54 • The university earned a STARS Diabetes Association, a November 2014 Emmys. Our honors also include two gold Gold rating from the Association for Gold Award from the American Heart Student Academy Awards. the Advancement of Sustainability in Association, and Five Star AchieveWell Higher Education (AASHE). STARS— recognition from the Wellness Council • Since 2004, students from the Department of Indiana. of Theatre and Dance have been invited as for Sustainability, Tracking, Assessment national qualifiers to the yearly Kennedy & Rating System—takes into account, Center American College Theater Festival among many other factors, social Ball State University • 2000 West University Avenue • Muncie, IN • 47306 3 The State About Muncie, Indiana With a population of about 70,000, Muncie is the National Model Aviation Museum, and a dynamic midsize