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Open up Homecoming Week with the Homecoming Village Food Truck Festival. This event will feature a food truck festival, music, and other exciting activities. This offers fun opportunities for students, faculty/staff, the Muncie community, and alumni to become involved and enjoy Ball State's Homecoming Week.
Corner of Ashland Avenue & Martin Street)
During this session you will learn more about the program mission and philosophy, course structure, and admission requirements. By attending this session, we will waive the cost of the $60 Ball State University Graduate School application fee. Once you have attended the session, you will receive more information about this offer.
Zoom)
Meet The Bold Edit
Amy, Emily and Rebecca are 3 best friends who took their unique talents and created The Bold Edit. This small, women-owned business helps individuals and organizations maximize the impact of their training sessions, workshops, and presentations. Find out how their love for community helped them make their switch to Thrive! Learn more about The Bold Edit by visiting theboldedit.com
Cornerstone Center for the Arts)
Indiana Liquor Group (ILG) has partnered with Spirits for Smiles(SFS) to create WhiskeyFest, an event to celebrate great whiskey while raising funds for charity! SFS will utilize these funds to help our community receive dental care.
WhiskeyFest features 60+ whiskeys, a Whiskey Draft for rare products, and an auction to bid on the world’s most coveted “Unicorn Whiskeys.”
Masks and face coverings are required. Must be 21+ to enter. Must be present to win.100% of the proceeds from ticket admission sales and auction benefit Spirits for Smiles.
Delaware Country Fairgrounds Heartland Hall)
Would you like to know some words in a different language?
Join us and learn some slang and fun phrases in Mongolian!
Mongolian is official language in Mongolia and official provincial language of Inner Mongolia. It is part of the Altaic language family, term related to the Altaic Mountains located in the Western Part of Mongolia!
Student Center: Yuhas Room (102))
Stylists, Barbers, and beauty culture creatives are ready to showcase their talents! Lights, music, makeup, and HAIR! Creatives present their models in their chosen theme which uniquely represents them! We are so excited to share DIVERSITY!
General seating with preferential seating given to our sponsors.Sponsorship opportunities are still available!
Our Mission is to give under resourced individuals the opportunity to acquire a skilled trade through Beauty Culture education.
Muncie Civic Theater)
It's time again for one of Homecoming's most exciting traditions since 1980! Each Bed Race team consists of five people – four pushing the bed, and one riding on it. Teams will compete against the clock, two teams at a time, on a 100-yard course.
Plaques are given to the first place team in each division. A trophy is also given to the team with the best costume and overall winner. Thank you to the R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning for the donation of time and resources for the Bed Race trophies!
Riverside Avenue)
Best known as the star of the hit series, THE CARBONARO EFFECT on truTV, Michael Carbonaro has also showcased his hidden-camera magic frequently on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."
In 2016 Michael embarked on his first theater tour with the widely acclaimed show “Michael Carbonaro Live!” Now Michael is back with a brand-new show “Carbonaro: Lies on Stage” which will continue to showcase his unmatched blend of humor and charisma along with inventive illusions which will amaze audiences of all ages.
Emens Auditorium)
The 5K event officially starts at 9:45am at City Hall in Muncie. We will have walk-up registration on Saturday morning. Walk-up registration is $35. All registration and sign-in takes place at Emens Auditorium from 8am - 9:25am. There is a shuttle bus to transport participants after they check-in or register to City Hall. The last shuttle bus will leave at 9:25am, so we can start at 9:45am. Don't be late! The 5K will start at City Hall and run towards and around Ball State campus, finishing in front of Emens Auditorium.
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The Homecoming Parade has been one of Ball State's greatest traditions since it began in 1939. University organizations and Muncie community businesses and groups enter floats, cars, bands, and even horses to show off their Cardinal Pride!
Starts at Muncie Central High School)
"Fly Your Way Back Home" to celebrate Homecoming weekend at CharlieTown! You won't want to miss live music from The 5 Speeds and a special performance from our Homecoming Student Scholarship Talent Search winner.
Alumni Center)
All friendly pets on a leash (or in a carrier) are invited to attend with their family. The event will feature animal rescue groups, contests, raffles, silent auction, obedience demonstrations, and pet specialty vendors! There will be three costume contests: Best look-a-like (owner and pet), Most creative and Cutest.
Emerson Memorial Park, 900 W Ashland Ave, Muncie, IN)
Rinker Center for Global Affairs will host a FREE FALL FESTIVAL!
The event will take place at Landess Farm on October 24th from 2pm to 5pm.
The activities included for this event are a hayride and a 10-acre corn maze. Everyone will also receive a small pumpkin!
Please meet at the Rinker Center (room 102) inside the Student Center by 1:30pm. We will take a bus to Landess Farm and arrive by 2pm. The bus will leave by the farm to return to the Student Center.
Landess Farm)
Curious about Immersive Learning?
Looking for a Spring 2022 course?
The Office of Immersive Learning is hosting an Immersive Learning Course Pitch Night. Students will hear faculty pitch their Spring 2022 immersive learning courses. Faculty will have up to five minutes to make their pitches. There will be time for a Q&A session after the pitches to learn additional information about the courses. This event is also a great opportunity to learn more about immersive learning at Ball State.
To register for the event, go to bit.ly/ILPITCHNIGHT
Student Center - Cardinal Hall)
Dare to experience the chilling 1922 German silent horror film, “Nosferatu” accompanied by composer Kermit Poling’s original score performed by Poling and the Muncie Symphony Orchestra String Quartet live at the Cornerstone E. B. Ball Auditorium!
The MSO quartet will perform Poling’s original score during the screening of a digitally remastered version of the classic vampire flick.
Cornerstone Center for the Arts)
Join us for Farmers Market and discover fresh and healthy food, produce, and more. It’s here you can connect with local vendors to discover what our community has to offer.
Presented by: First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors
Minnetrista)
What do you associate with Halloween? Trick-or-Treating, costumes… astronomy? After all, Halloween is an astronomical holiday! During this program you will learn the history of Halloween and how it fits into the seasons as a “cross-quarter day.” We will also explore the night sky and learn what planets, constellations, and stars will be out on your Halloween evening.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium)
This dance piece follows a young girl and her family of dolls on a whimsical, sensual, and magical journey to a world where the lines between reality and imagination no longer exist. As these worlds collide, the audience catches a glimpse of the relationships between these characters, their worlds, and how they color and shape each other.
Strother Studio Theatre)
Follow Sesame Street's Big Bird and Elmo as they explore the night sky with Hu Hu Zhu, a new friend from China. Together, they take an imaginary trip from Sesame Street to the moon. They will also find shapes in the sky that will help them find the North Star.
Charles W. Brown Planetarium)
During this session you will learn more about the program mission and philosophy, course structure, and admission requirements. By attending this session, we will waive the cost of the $60 Ball State University Graduate School application fee. Once you have attended the session, you will receive more information about this offer.
Zoom)
Celebrate the significance of the land in an art competition and exhibition, Open Space: Art About the Land. Open Space, an annual art competition and exhibition, has encouraged Indiana artists to derive creative inspiration from the land and recognizes new artistic creations that celebrate the notion of “open space” as it relates to the land.
This year's juror is Betsy Stirratt, the Founding Director of the Grunwald Gallery of Art at Indiana University Bloomington where she has curated exhibitions and published catalogs since 1987.
This show is presented by Minnetrista and Red-tail Land Conservancy.
Minnetrista)
Celebrate the significance of the land in an art competition and exhibition, Open Space: Art About the Land. Open Space, an annual art competition and exhibition, has encouraged Indiana artists to derive creative inspiration from the land and recognizes new artistic creations that celebrate the notion of “open space” as it relates to the land.
Minnetrista)
Nominated 51 times and awarded five Academy Awards, John Williams is responsible for some of the most beloved movie scores of all time. The concert features music from Superman, Jurassic Park, Far and Away, E.T.: Adventures on Earth, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Schindler’s List, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Star Wars.
301 South Walnut Street (Suite 101))
Unravel the opioid crisis one step at a time when you explore FIX: Heartbreak and Hope Inside Our Opioid Crisis. Using a mix of art, science, multi-media, hands-on interactives, and inspiring artwork, this exhibit will help you better understand the nature of addiction, how we got here and what we can all do to help change the course we’re on and move Indiana from crisis to resolution. FIX aims to break the stigma surrounding opioid use disorder, remove the shame and isolation surrounding this disease, and show how we can play a pivotal role in managing this crisis. Come join the conversation at Minnetrista!
Organized by the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites. FIX is supported by Next Level Recovery, FSSA, Ball Brothers Foundation, George and Frances Ball Foundation, Efroymson Family Fund/ A CICF Fund, CVS Health, and Jasper Group Brand.
Minnetrista
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