History &
Traditions
Traditions
Located near Bracken Library, this water feature is a common source of "good luck" for many students' tests and exams.
What is Frog Baby?
The place for students to get in touch with a tutor and find online videos tailored to their course(s).
The name of one of the Honors APMs.
Who is Nell / Jackson?
The iconic mascot for Ball State University.
Who is Charlie Cardinal?
He is the Dean of the Honors College.
Who is Jim Buss?
The year the Ball Brothers founded Ball State "Teachers College."
What is 1918?
What is The Writing Center?
The designated dormitory for Honors LLC members.
What is DeHority Complex?
He is the President of Ball State University.
Who is Geoffrey S. Mearns?
The hall mascot that residents refer to at DeHority Complex?
What is DeHo Dinos?
An annual Homecoming week tradition where student organizations particpate in a group-dance competition.
What is Air Jam?
The place to be on campus to get guidance on future career paths, internships, and opportunities within your major.
What is The Career Center?
Where LLC members can go to study with their peers and even get a cup of coffee.
What is the Makerspace?
An alumni late-night TV show host with a building on campus named after him.
Who is David M. Letterman?
The building where the majority of Honors class sessions take place.
What is the Ball Honors House.
The name of the oldest building on campus; located near the North Quad.
What is the Ball State Administration Building?
A digital platform where students can find events that are happening on-campus, within their LLC, or within their major/college.
What is Be Connected?
One of two ways to get in direct contact with your Honors APM(s).
What is E-mail / GroupMe?
Famous alum of Ball State and cartoonist of a familiar feline.
Who is Jim Davis?
One of two student-run publications that allows Honors students to get their articles and creative works published.
What is News & Notes / Odyssey?
A free event at the end of each year full of games, rides, and fair food in the North Neighborhood.
What is Late Nite Carnival?
A student's destination if they're ever feeling stressed from juggling academic, social, and professional responsibilities.
What is The Counseling Center?
The destination of Nell's semester trip on Sunday, September 28th.
What is Mounds State Park?
The name of one of the five Ball Brothers: the founders of the University.
Who is William / Lucius / Edmund / Frank / George?
The Dean of Women in 1946 and the namesake for DeHority Complex in her honor.
Who is Grace DeHority?