Ball State University College of Communication, Information, and Media

The College of Communication, Information, and Media (CCIM) is part of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Located in two buildings—Ball Communication Building and the David Letterman Communication and Media Building—CCIM serves as the location for classes, offices, television studios, and a radio station. There are 1,300 majors and minors within the college, placing it among the ten largest communications programs in the United States.

The College of Communication, Information, and Media started in 1966 as The Center for Radio and Television, offering about 10 different courses. Slowly growing as time and technology progressed, by 1997 the College of Communication, Information, and Media developed audio studios, a screening room, television studios, wireless lab, electronic news room, and more. Currently housed in two main buildings, the Ball Communication Building and the David Letterman Communication and Media Building, the program now contains about 1,300 majors and minors.

The Ball Communication Building was erected in 1988, which helped the College of Communication, Information, and Media program expand. It provided more space, technology, and facilities for students in this field to develop skills.

The David Letterman Communication and Media Building, opened in 2007, added 85,000 square feet of space to the program. It offered more space for the growing number of students, classrooms, and studio spaces, as well as centers for radio, such as the IPR station.

Comprising the departments of Communications Studies, Telecommunications, and Journalism, and the Center for Communication and Information Sciences, the Ball State CCIM offers various degree options for undergraduates and graduates. They are among the top 10 largest communications programs in the country and currently have 2,100 undergraduate students and 200 graduate students enrolled.

One of Ball States University's education initiatives is Immersive Learning. This is facilitated in the College of Communication, Information, and Media through various programs, internships, and projects. Ball State defines these opportunities as mostly interdisciplinary, involving a team of students, guided by a faculty member but led by students, real life results and end products, and having academic credit.

Common yearly Immersive Learning experiences include Summer HD movie project, SportsLink, and WCRD-FM.

Other departments such as Virginia Ball Center for Inquiry and the Business Fellows program often involve students from the College of Communication, Information, and Media. Virginia Ball Center has instigated many award winning projects such as The Other Side of Middletown, an audiobook that received the Margaret Mead Award for Outstanding Research given by the American Anthropology Association, and Consuming a Nation, a radio series that won two first place awards from the Society of Professional Journalists.

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