00:00:00:00 - 00:00:22:54 Geoffrey Mearns Each semester, Cardinal Compass strives to highlight the great work being done by Ball State University in partnership with people and organizations in our region. For our last episode, we look back on the past academic year and highlight the programs and the initiatives that are strengthening ties between our campus community and our friends and neighbors right here in East Central Indiana. 00:00:22:59 - 00:00:31:34 Geoffrey Mearns I'm Ball State President Geoff Mearns and this is Cardinal Compass. Year in review 00:00:31:38 - 00:00:36:40 Announcer from the campus of Ball State University on Ball State, PBS and Indiana Public Radio. 00:00:36:48 - 00:00:54:14 Announcer This is Cardinal Compass Campus and Community Conversations at Ball State University. Our promise is simple to empower the success of our students. Our students benefit from immersive learning, innovative academic programs and state of the art facilities. 00:00:54:27 - 00:01:12:39 Announcer Ball State offers a distinctive, yet affordable educational experience, and the ideal environment to prepare for a fulfilling career and a meaningful life. We inspire cardinals to transform their communities, to revolutionize their industries, and to make a difference. We fly. Are you ready to fly? 00:01:12:44 - 00:01:17:01 Vaughn Jacobson Hello and welcome to Cardinal Compass. Campus and Community Conversations. I'm Vaughn Jacobson. 00:01:17:13 - 00:01:18:30 Bo Mullett And I'm Bo Mullett . 00:01:18:34 - 00:01:22:54 Bo Mullett This season, we talk with different people from the Muncie community, both on and off campus 00:01:22:59 - 00:01:40:37 Vaughn Jacobson as we look back at our favorite moments from this year. We start with a project that's two years in the making where students and residents alike can find both community and opportunity. This comes in light of the Village Revitalization Project, which aims to re-envision the way students interact and engage throughout their college journey. 00:01:40:41 - 00:01:50:16 Bo Mullett With the completion of the project on the horizon, let's take a look at the building blocks that went into this innovation, as well as the cornerstones that made it happen. Daniel Huber has the story. 00:01:50:20 - 00:01:58:33 Daniel Huber In the Boston Village stands the stillness of a future campus landmark surrounded by a frenzy of craftspeople. It's a race to close the building off before winter. 00:01:58:44 - 00:02:02:29 Daniel Huber And as director of construction, Robert Ramey says, it's a necessary chaos. 00:02:02:31 - 00:02:13:50 Robert Ramey Everybody seems to be, quote unquote, on top of each other, right? When you have buildings like this that are, you know, have a smaller footprint. But yeah, it's just an orchestrated madness. 00:02:13:52 - 00:02:19:32 Daniel Huber While workers are installing windows, paneling and layering bricks, others are setting up h-back electrical and plumbing. 00:02:19:43 - 00:02:26:00 Daniel Huber The design of the building is more than just office spaces, classrooms and a café. As the little details give the building its character. 00:02:26:06 - 00:02:38:59 Robert Ramey Cool thing about this building, I think that people will like is all the natural light that comes into it, right? You know, I mean, natural light for a lot of people, right, is beneficial. You know, instead of being in dark spaces. 00:02:38:59 - 00:02:47:26 Robert Ramey Right. Be able to, you know, or seem like you're, you know, out in nature. But you also have to balance this type of building because this is a media building. 00:02:47:30 - 00:02:53:56 Daniel Huber Natural light was always in the mind of the team at Ratio Architects. Brock Roseberry is the principal and director of talent at the firm. 00:02:53:58 - 00:03:04:35 Brock Roseberry These spaces have to create a welcoming, safe, open environment for students to really and faculty and the collaborators that are going to be in this building to really do their craft. 00:03:04:36 - 00:03:20:55 Daniel Huber Trying to build this welcoming environment was a challenge, especially when the firm had to cater to the needs of nine different groups planning to use the building. These include Ball State's Honors College, the Center of Emerging Media Design and Development, and the Muncie, Delaware County Black Chamber of Commerce. All the while sticking to a budget 00:03:21:00 - 00:03:27:01 Brock Roseberry to try to craft something that hits all those marks on what the users are looking for. 00:03:27:03 - 00:03:36:24 Brock Roseberry The priorities, the goals, the spaces that they need, you know, the architectural expression. We're trying to hit all those things within, you know, a set dollar amount, 00:03:36:24 - 00:03:43:05 Daniel Huber Meeting the budget is also a concern for Ramey. But with construction going smoothly, he is confident that the building will open next summer. 00:03:43:07 - 00:03:54:13 Robert Ramey Just to be able to see the enormity of that space and just to see, you know, all the different types of people collaborating in that space, once it's open, it's not closed off. 00:03:54:18 - 00:03:56:55 Robert Ramey I think it's just going to be a great space for everybody. 00:03:56:56 - 00:04:05:54 Daniel Huber And with the anticipation of what the building may bring to the community, the construction might be the calm before the storm. Daniel Huber. Cardinal Compass 00:04:05:59 - 00:04:20:14 Host and joining us now is Chris Palladino, director of Real Estate Services. Chris, thank you so much for joining us today. What is going to be the main goal for the center of innovation and collaboration and who is in Muncie is going to benefit from its construction? 00:04:20:19 - 00:04:43:57 Chris Palladino Well, we've always described the Center for Innovation and Collaboration as the intersection between the world of higher education with private industry and community engagement. The center is going to connect Ball State's faculty, its students and its programs with outside partners that are off campus. So our primary goal is to pursue the advancement of innovation and entrepreneurship by leveraging the primary assets of ball state. 00:04:43:57 - 00:04:58:30 Chris Palladino So programs relating to emerging media technologies, design. And we're going to do this in a way of creating an entirely new ecosystem on campus, one that fosters new ideas and tries to promote economic opportunities. 00:04:58:35 - 00:05:10:17 Host All right. So then in what ways do you ensure that a project like this one, like the center of innovation and collaboration, can align with the university's long term strategic goals? 00:05:10:22 - 00:05:33:19 Chris Palladino Well, when I think about the university's strategic plan, I know we emphasize a lot about undergraduate experience and an undergraduate education. We talk a lot about lifetime learning opportunities. We talk about community engagement. And I think the Center for Innovation and Collaboration does all three of these things. We certainly will have opportunities for students to engage in high impact interdisciplinary experiences in the center that they currently are not able to do. 00:05:33:19 - 00:05:56:56 Chris Palladino So we also will have opportunities for our lifetime learning program to provide programing and training opportunities for the Greater Muncie community and expand their outreach. And certainly it ties into our broader theme of being a community engaged institution, one that is looking at ways to bring in other resources from outside of the city and also within other elements of Muncie to strengthen what we do as a community engaged institution. 00:05:56:56 - 00:06:02:11 Chris Palladino So a lot of what we're doing with the Center for Innovation is directly tie in to our long term strategic plan. 00:06:02:25 - 00:06:16:30 Geoffrey Mearns Yeah, and if you think about even everything from our partnership with the Muncie Community Schools to immersive learning, what we recognize as a community engaged institution is that the future of our university is linked very closely to the future of Muncie and Delaware County. 00:06:16:43 - 00:06:32:15 Geoffrey Mearns And this center is a perfect example. This center is a way in which our students can get, as Chris said, more experiential learning opportunities. And those learning opportunities will enhance the businesses and nonprofit organizations again, lifting all of the boats. 00:06:32:20 - 00:06:39:37 Vaughn Jacobson Before we move on to our next topic, a quick update on the Village Revitalization Project, which is so much more than the Performing Arts Center and hotel. 00:06:39:42 - 00:06:48:24 Vaughn Jacobson Let's highlight the recent strides in the College of Architecture and Planning contest that allowed student input to be at the forefront of innovation. The Village Green Project. 00:06:48:29 - 00:06:58:59 Bo Mullett Dozens of teams across the architecture program participated to bring their vision to life a new outdoor space for students and residents can come together, share ideas, make memories and grow as a community. 00:06:59:04 - 00:07:12:21 Bo Mullett They're looking at those design submissions now. All terrific ideas that eventually blended into the perfect blueprint. Their combined efforts have fostered the next chapter in the Dream for a Closer Village, which will be completed in the fall of 2027. 00:07:12:26 - 00:07:17:59 Vaughn Jacobson Staying with the College of Architecture, we now turn to how Cap students found a new home when they needed it most, 00:07:18:04 - 00:07:18:49 Bo Mullett when they are Estopinal 00:07:18:49 - 00:07:24:09 Bo Mullett College of Architecture and Planning underwent major renovations last fall. The students needed a place to go, 00:07:24:14 - 00:07:28:59 Vaughn Jacobson so the university stepped up to the challenge and offered space wherever it could. 00:07:29:04 - 00:07:39:09 Bo Mullett Ransom True reveals what that United effort looked like and how this helped Ccap students continue to build a better future not just for themselves, but for their community. 00:07:39:13 - 00:07:49:28 Ransom True The Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning has been experiencing growing pains as it runs out of room for students during renovations to make up for the lost space. 00:07:49:37 - 00:07:52:13 Ransom True External studios are being established, 00:07:52:17 - 00:08:07:58 Eric Mainzer so right now we have studios spread out across the university. Some are in the science building Innovation Center. Wherever there was space where we set up and our My Urban design studio had the opportunity to be located down on Walnut Street. 00:08:08:03 - 00:08:20:03 Ransom True Eric Mainzer’s fifth year Urban design studio class, thanks to this Walnut Street Design studio, have gained access to a far more immersive education by being located in downtown Muncie. 00:08:20:08 - 00:08:39:03 Eric Mainzer And it works out great for us for urban design, because now, instead of showing students pictures on laptops or bringing up like maps or something like that to show examples, we've been able to actually point at examples that are present in Muncie to teach urban design. 00:08:39:07 - 00:08:45:53 Ransom True Dean Dave Ferguson believes this is the beginning of more immersive experiences for students in Muncie. 00:08:45:58 - 00:09:06:08 Dave Ferguson So since we've been looking for a couple of years to be here in the center of the city, to finally realize that moment has been really exciting for us and leadership in the college, for our faculty, and increasingly for our students since they get a chance to taste it. So we now see that we can go into the future in a much more effective way. 00:09:06:08 - 00:09:15:53 Dave Ferguson We feel like we can bring even better learning experiences to our students and at the same time we can benefit to our hometown, the community we live in. 00:09:15:58 - 00:09:28:30 Ransom True In the meantime, CAP is still working on closing the door on the first round of remodeling the opportunities for students. Ransom True Cardinal Compass. 00:09:28:35 - 00:09:31:55 Host Joining us now is Andrew Swartz, associate dean of Ccap. 00:09:32:00 - 00:09:40:46 Host Thank you so much for joining us today, Andrea and president. Good to be with you. Thank you. And Andrea, what inspired moving classes into the building on Walnut Street? 00:09:40:50 - 00:09:54:12 Andrea Swartz Well, a few reasons. Number one is our history. We have a long history of working with the community. Tony Costello was one of our first professors. And in 1980, he set up a MUDs studio downtown Muncie. 00:09:54:12 - 00:10:23:37 Andrea Swartz Urban Design. He they worked on things like the White River restoration and building facade renovation. We also, in addition to that sort of lineage, we've continued to do that work without a physical presence. But this sort of extends that idea. We have worked in recent projects, which I can elaborate on later. But the other issue was getting out of our building. 00:10:23:42 - 00:10:49:57 Andrea Swartz We're under renovation right now, so we had to find a home for about 25% of our students. So we've located some and Cooper science, some downtown and some in West Quad. I think also the idea of the strategic plan is what sort of encouraged us to do it. We are interested in community engagement and doing stuff to make this a better place for everyone. 00:10:50:08 - 00:10:58:16 Host So you kind of touched on it briefly, but can you elaborate on how this building acts as a bridge not only to the community but between campus as well? 00:10:58:21 - 00:11:11:08 Andrea Swartz I would say, yeah, it's a it's a bridge place for our students to meet community and for community to meet are college and university. It's a place where kids can go. 00:11:11:10 - 00:11:32:10 Andrea Swartz Students can go and learn about the world as our laboratory, basically, so we can learn from observation and meeting with people. So it serves as an education bridge in that regard. You know, I think also it's a place where the community can come in and meet us much easier than they can here. 00:11:32:11 - 00:11:43:15 Geoffrey Mearns So and I think, as Andrea said, there have been so throughout the history of Cap, there's been a great deal of opportunities for our students under the supervision of faculty to work on community related projects. 00:11:43:20 - 00:12:04:26 Geoffrey Mearns This takes it to a new level in having a large physical space right downtown. One of the things as we think about the revitalization project in the village, we want to ensure that that village revitalization doesn't draw from the renewed energy that is happening downtown. This is a way in which we can demonstrate that we want to support both the campus and the village as well as downtown. 00:12:04:26 - 00:12:12:30 Geoffrey Mearns So. And then it also, as Andrew said, serve the need while they're undergoing some construction in the building itself, to have that extra space, too. 00:12:12:35 - 00:12:19:29 Vaughn Jacobson But CAP students aren't the only ones looking for a space to get their work done, and they're not the only ones being given the opportunity of a lifetime. 00:12:19:34 - 00:12:26:26 Bo Mullett We turn now to a Ball Brothers Foundation initiative, where I.U. medical students have the chance to find a sense of belonging all while staying rooted together. 00:12:26:31 - 00:12:34:21 Vaughn Jacobson Amelia Wynter. Walk us through the sense of community found in the walls of Maplewood Mansion, located right here in Muncie 00:12:39:53 - 00:12:52:27 Amelia Winter At first glance, Maplewood Mansion looks like a quiet place, but a lot goes on. The mansion serves as a guest house for medical students working in or near East Central Indiana, behind closed doors. 00:12:52:28 - 00:12:59:16 Amelia Winter Ball State hospitality and property management students are gaining experience beyond the classroom. 00:12:59:18 - 00:13:18:31 David Martin It gives them a competitive edge because they're actually working in a business that's owned by Ball State. They're working in a real world business here. And so this is something that they can use to give to future employers and say, hey, you know, I worked and I did this. 00:13:18:33 - 00:13:29:35 Amelia Winter Before Maplewood Mansion opened, Muncie was the last choice for many medical students out of nine programs. But now a property manager, David Martin, says Muncie is the second choice in the state. 00:13:29:40 - 00:13:44:59 David Martin A lot of that is because of the partnership with Optimus Primary. The experience that the students have at Ball Hospital. And I like to think a lot of the reason is because of the housing in Maplewood. 00:13:45:04 - 00:13:53:02 Amelia Winter While the partnership with Optimus Primary plays a role, Martin says the goal goes beyond housing. It's about creating connection. 00:13:53:15 - 00:14:10:06 David Martin These rooms here connect people. This room, particularly the first floor, we have events that connect people. And so those connections, I think, last a lifetime. 00:14:10:11 - 00:14:15:17 Amelia Winter For student workers. That connection becomes hands on experience with real impact. 00:14:15:18 - 00:14:27:20 Enik Griffin I find a lot of fulfillment in being able to kind of just share information about the history and the important assets that were left behind by, you know, the Ball Foundation and whatnot. 00:14:27:25 - 00:14:45:12 Amelia Winter And that hands on impact is only expected to grow with future projects planned at Maplewood Mansion. Martin says he hopes to add more amenities and program involvement across Ball State in the mansion in Muncie. Amelia Winter, Cardinal Compass. 00:14:45:17 - 00:14:53:53 Host Joining us now are Ashley Cantanzarite, an IU medical student and Jacy Schidgall, hospitality student here at BSU. 00:14:53:58 - 00:15:04:19 Host Thank you both for coming in for this program. Absolutely. Thank you for having me. There are several programs through this initiative. What are your connections to Optimus Primary? 00:15:04:24 - 00:15:13:01 Host So I'm a fourth year med student. I had the pleasure of being here in Muncie for the first two years of my training, and now I'm in Indianapolis primarily for my rotations. 00:15:13:05 - 00:15:22:50 Ashley Cantanzarite But I've had the opportunity to come back and do a couple of rotations here at Ball Memorial Hospital. And while I'm here, I've had the pleasure of staying at Maplewood. It's been a lovely time. Yeah, 00:15:22:55 - 00:15:33:19 Jacy Shmidgall I'm a second year hospitality student and it's been really cool. I've gotten to do a lot of hands on classes, working at Maplewood and getting to see how that's run there and getting to have a hand in it. 00:15:33:19 - 00:15:35:20 Jacy Shmidgall And it's just a wonderful experience. 00:15:35:33 - 00:15:44:05 Host Yeah, I'm sure those are both very great experiences as students just to get some more experience. How do your programs align to your future careers? 00:15:44:10 - 00:15:57:36 Ashley Cantanzarite So I plan to be a pediatrician here in the near future. I graduate in May. It's very exciting that I have really enjoyed my time in Muncie and I think there's a version of Future where this plays out, where I get to come back and be a pediatrician here. 00:15:57:41 - 00:16:01:02 Host Awesome. Well, happy early graduation. Thank you. 00:16:01:07 - 00:16:17:23 Jacy Shmidgall Yeah, I would love to work in catering or restaurants. Basically, anything where I can get to go and serve others. And Ball State has such a unique experience for us as students to get to learn all of the different opportunities in that. And this is just really been eye opening. Yeah. 00:16:17:28 - 00:16:23:51 Host And Ashley, a question for you. How did Maplewood influence your decision to join this program as a medical student? 00:16:23:56 - 00:16:35:05 Ashley Cantanzarite Yeah, I was here, like I said, for my first couple of years, so I knew April was here and how beautiful it was, and it made the decision to come back and do those a couple of extra rotations here in Muncie versus staying full time in Indianapolis. 00:16:35:18 - 00:16:54:54 Ashley Cantanzarite Really easy. I it's it's beautiful. Have you been there because you need to check it out. Yeah, it's stunning. It makes it so much easier to know that when I'm done at the end of the day, I have a little bit of extra time to be a human being instead of just being a full time medical student because they take care of some of the details, like the floors get vacuumed 00:16:54:59 - 00:16:58:53 Ashley Cantanzarite So I don't have to think about it like that. That's amazing. It makes everything easier. 00:16:59:06 - 00:17:02:36 Geoffrey Mearns Yes. And when it's not minus five degrees outside, you walk along the. 00:17:02:43 - 00:17:09:30 Ashley Cantanzarite Absolutely. It's beautiful. I've been to a play there. They have so many cool opportunities there. I mean, at Minnetrista. It is huge. So, yeah, it's beautiful. 00:17:09:30 - 00:17:14:46 Vaughn Jacobson Now that we've looked at what it means to find a home, we now turn to the process of building them. 00:17:14:51 - 00:17:22:57 Bo Mullett Evan Shotts looked at the local chapter of a world wide initiative striving to provide affordable housing for those who dream of having a place to call their own. 00:17:23:02 - 00:17:39:30 Evan Shotts For 40 years, the Greater Muncie, Habitat for Humanity has worked to bring communities together, build homes and build homes. It holds to the philosophy of being a hand up and not a hand out when partnering with families in need of help. 00:17:39:34 - 00:17:50:37 Evan Shotts Director of Community Engagement Kristin Freehill says while the communities habitat serves are important, the volunteers they seek to recruit matter just as much. 00:17:50:41 - 00:17:58:33 Kristin Freehill Ultimately, you know, we're building this home for a family in need of decent housing, but we're also teaching and training and building skills with volunteers. 00:17:58:38 - 00:18:06:44 Evan Shotts Seven years ago, she began as a volunteer greeter, ensuring each one had everything they needed from care to training. 00:18:06:49 - 00:18:21:13 Evan Shotts But as her work at Habitat expanded, free health felt called to a greater purpose. Now, meeting and coordinating with those in her community and with hope, she says that coordination can grow into something special 00:18:21:17 - 00:18:28:09 Kristin Freehill and the hope is implied. But not everyone thinks about the bringing people together piece of the mission, and that's a really beautiful part of the habitat story. 00:18:28:09 - 00:18:35:46 Kristin Freehill As we've seen best friends come together. We've seen, you know, people that maybe don't have a family. They, the volunteers, become like a family 00:18:35:55 - 00:18:51:05 Evan Shotts in the beginning. One of the first people Freeheld, worked with was Brandie Cook, now the construction site host. Once afraid of other people, Cook says Habitat not only built her a new home, it gave her a new sense of self. 00:18:51:10 - 00:19:01:02 Brandie Cook Whenever I was coming out and the construction guy Jay put a hammer in my hand and started helping me build my house. It gave me a lot of my pride and self-worth back. 00:19:01:16 - 00:19:19:03 Evan Shotts Each home tells a story whether giving someone a shelter or like Cook, returning dignity and hope for a brighter future. Volunteers remain the lifeblood of habitat, but it will always be the people placed at the center. 00:19:19:08 - 00:19:23:04 Evan Shotts Evan Shotts, Cardinal Compass. 00:19:23:09 - 00:19:32:25 Host Joining us now is Lindsey Arthur, chief executive officer of Greater Muncie, Habitat for Humanity. So what impact does Habitat for Humanity have for the Muncie community? 00:19:32:30 - 00:19:49:05 Lindsey Arthur Muncie Habitat for Humanity is building homes, communities and hope right here in Muncie. We build houses with volunteers and we are able to sell them at affordable prices to local low income families who qualify for our program. 00:19:49:10 - 00:19:54:48 Host And that Muncie affiliate program was created over 40 years ago. Can you talk about how the program's evolved and grown over time? 00:19:54:57 - 00:20:23:35 Lindsey Arthur Yes. Over the last 40 years, Muncie Habitat has really transitioned from being just one house on one property, serving one family organization to becoming an organization that really thinks about neighborhoods as a whole. We've really transitioned our efforts to start thinking about neighborhood revitalization work and the supports that all neighbors need while we're building houses for individual families. 00:20:23:39 - 00:20:30:16 Host So being a mostly volunteer organization, what kind of challenges might you have kind of getting people to volunteer? 00:20:30:20 - 00:20:59:56 Lindsey Arthur Sure. Actually, our volunteers come to us very unskilled. People do not have to know how to swing a hammer when they come to habitat. So we teach and train volunteers every single day of the week as we build houses. We've been blessed to have large community support from organizations, churches, corporations and businesses, as well as Ball State students and employees and faculty coming to help us build houses every day here in our community. 00:21:00:01 - 00:21:09:13 Vaughn Jacobson And now that we've seen what goes into building foundations, let's pan back to those who make it a reality. Not only that, let's zoom into the cardinals taking flight in their community. 00:21:09:18 - 00:21:20:47 Bo Mullett The Ball State athletics department contributed more than 600 hours over the summer of 2025. We look at one Ball State team in specific who for the first time led the charge for change in their local neighborhoods. 00:21:20:52 - 00:21:46:08 Kelli Miller Phillips We had and we didn't know the whole back story when it got finished and in totality, we were actually invited to be able to like, go to the open house and see them receive the key. So at the time they had known some basics for like how big they had to have the house. And I guess some of the specifics, we weren't overly privy to that, but they had something in mind and you could tell like, okay, this is specific for this family. 00:21:46:08 - 00:21:47:12 Kelli Miller Phillips We didn't know that. 00:21:47:16 - 00:21:52:33 Geoffrey Mearns And so that must be particularly gratifying, know that there's going to be a real family on the other end of your service. 00:21:52:35 - 00:22:03:36 Kelli Miller Phillips Absolutely. And and, you know, it's we could drive by there every day. It's like it's it's a place in Muncie that you see. It's tangible. We could drive there today and see that all happening. 00:22:03:36 - 00:22:16:07 Kelli Miller Phillips And what an impact that that's made on someone's life. I mean, that's a huge deal. And I'm from Muncie, and I've lived here all my life and being able to continue to make that type of impact in the community I grew up in, that was super important to me as well. 00:22:16:12 - 00:22:19:50 Bo Mullett Today, we've talked about different pieces of what makes our community whole. 00:22:19:55 - 00:22:32:52 Vaughn Jacobson Our last highlight today recognizes a program determined to help future educators gain their footing and education right here in Muncie. Evan Shotts reveals what goes into this program and how it could impact the Muncie community for semesters to come. 00:22:32:57 - 00:22:42:28 Evan Shotts The Muncie Leadership Pipeline is a program under the Teachers College. Students involved will have the opportunity to get hands on experience in local schools. 00:22:42:32 - 00:23:07:13 Evan Shotts The leadership can take on many forms, such as working at classroom and school levels and instruction coaching. While teachers can take their experiences anywhere after college, the hope is for these teachers to remain in Muncie and the surrounding area. Professor, Department Chair of Educational Leadership Serena Salloum believes the key to investment in the local community is through strong leadership skills. 00:23:07:18 - 00:23:13:45 Serena Salloum We're really invested in our local community. We want the best for MCS. That mix in strong leadership is key to that. 00:23:13:50 - 00:23:22:07 Evan Shotts While Salem has an administrative role, Assistant clinical Professor of educational leadership, Jeremy Coleman's role is more hands on. 00:23:22:11 - 00:23:36:21 Jeremy Coleman My role here is to make sure that our aspiring leaders feel supported, feel the presence of Ball State University, and that they are connected in a way that builds community and keeps the focus on students and staff 00:23:36:25 - 00:23:37:40 Evan Shotts Outside the program. 00:23:37:41 - 00:23:52:08 Evan Shotts He also teaches various courses to give students a feel for teaching and prepare them for what leadership looks like. Coleman says while crushing this content down to a certain amount of time is difficult, the goal is to raise awareness of the field. 00:23:52:20 - 00:24:03:26 Jeremy Coleman It's impossible to condense all the skills and competencies that are needed in an eight week course, but what we do is we just expose and raise awareness. 00:24:03:31 - 00:24:22:43 Evan Shotts Ultimately, Solloum and Coleman believe the why of this program is to give back to the community by building stronger, more connected learning communities. As Coleman put it, when our leaders lead, we fly. Shots Cardinal Compass. 00:24:22:47 - 00:24:38:25 Host Joining us now is Katrina Bulkley, dean of the Teachers College. Thank you very much for joining us. Katrina, you said what drew you went into becoming dean for the Teachers College was you said and quote, It was an institution that was deeply engaged with its community. 00:24:38:30 - 00:24:43:02 Host What about the teachers college community engagement caught your eye? 00:24:43:06 - 00:25:13:29 Katrina Bulkley Well, I think to start with, people who know teachers college nationally know the exceptional quality of our educator preparation programs. And one of the things that is really notable about our programs is that we have students in schools early and often. And so right from the beginning of the time that a student has come in to be prepared to be an educator at Ball State, they are having opportunities to not only learn but to serve the communities in our area. 00:25:13:33 - 00:25:22:23 Bo Mullett And that's all we have for you this season of Cardinal Compass. We heard stories about the power of coming together for the greater good through engagement with the Muncie community and Ball State students. 00:25:22:28 - 00:25:27:12 Vaughn Jacobson There was a lot to look back on and we hope you enjoyed it just as much as we did. I'm Vaughn Jacobson, 00:25:27:17 - 00:25:28:13 Bo Mullett and I'm Bo Mullett. 00:25:28:27 - 00:25:34:02 Bo Mullett Make sure to join us next season for Cardinal Compass Campus and Community Conversations 00:25:34:07 - 00:25:49:36 Announcer at Ball State University. We welcome you as a learning partner from day one. Our students bring creativity and determination to each aspect of the learning experience from the classroom to the community at Ball State. We hope students turn an emerging passion into an enduring purpose. 00:25:49:40 - 00:26:04:03 Geoffrey Mearns Our beautiful campus welcoming environment, immersive learning and collaborative culture provide the ideal place for you to pursue your journey to a fulfilling career and a meaningful life. We fly. Are you ready to fly?