Student Services

Career Center

The Career Center offers opportunities for each Ball State University student and graduate to engage in:

• One on one career coaching with a career coach assigned to students in each academic area.

• Developing a clear career objective, obtaining relevant experience, and learning the skills necessary to conduct a successful professional job search.

• Connecting with employers through on-campus career fairs and interviews with recruiters from business, industry, government, and educational organizations seeking interns and graduates at all degree levels.

• Skills training through programs such as practice interviews, KEY Careers, Inter-Ready, and Career-Ready.

• On-campus part-time student employment.

• Up-to-date materials on careers, salaries, the job-search process, and graduate and professional school preparation; career brochures and publications on self-assessment, career exploration, resume writing, interviewing, job success, social media presence, and other items.

• The Career Center also provides support to internship programs across campus.

For more information, call the Career Center at 765-285-1522, visit the office’s Web site at www.bsu.edu/careers, or come to Lucina Hall 220.

Disability Services

The Office of Disability Services coordinates university efforts to provide access and opportunity to students with disabilities, including students who have disabilities that are non-apparent. Students wanting to learn more about services or accommodations available to those with a documented disability should contact the Disability Services office. Advance notice in planning services is strongly encouraged. Please visit Student Center 116, call 765-285-5293, TTY users 765-285-2206, or refer to our Web site www.bsu.edu/disabilityservices or e-mail: dsd@bsu.edu.

Multicultural Center

The Multicultural Center supports and advances the university's commitment to diversity and inclusion. Our programs and services address the co-curricular needs of all students by promoting multicultural understanding, sustaining an inclusive environment for a diverse student population, and celebrating the historical contributions of diverse groups. We also serve as a resource for students of color and LGBTQ students. For more information please visit our Web site at www.bsu.edu/multiculturalcenter or call 765-285-1344.

Counseling Center

The Counseling Center uses a brief treatment model to provide a broad range of counseling programs and services. Services are designed to help students reach their educational and personal goals. Services are provided both in person and via telehealth. Services include workshops, group counseling, individual counseling, testing, urgent consultation, and outreach programs. The Counseling Center also offers a number of self-help and self-directed services that are available on our website (https://www.bsu.edu/campuslife/counseling-center). Services are free, confidential and are provided by therapists who have special backgrounds and experience with young adults.  Appointments can be made in person by visiting Lucina Hall, room 320 or by calling 765-285-1736.

Health Center

In order to receive services at the Health Center, students must pay the Health Fee each semester.  The Health Fee covers office visits and plan of care by a doctor or nurse practitioner at both the Health Center and the Women's Center.  Evaluation by our physical therapist and treatment is also included.  Please go to our website to view more information about our services.

There may be out-of-pocket costs during a visit at the Health Center or Women's Center that are not covered by the Health Fee.  The Health Center and Women's Center do not bill any insurance for services provided at the time of a visit.  The cost of these services is often minimal and may even be less than the typical deductible paid to your insurance.  If you want to have any services billed to insurance, we recommend you contact your insurance company.  They will be able to direct you to a local primary care provider in your insurance network with whom you can establish as a new patient.  Otherwise, cost of services provided at the Health Center or Women's Center must be paid at the time of the visit or they can be put on your bursar account to be paid later.  

Mandatory vaccine requirements include the following:

• A total of 2 meningitis B vaccines, either Trumenba or Bexsero, if you are under age 24 
• 1 quadrivalent (ACWY) meningitis vaccine (between 16-21 years of age)
• A total of 2 MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccines
• 1 Tetanus/diphtheria vaccine within the last 10 years

Visit your healthcare provider to obtain these vaccines and then submit this information directly to the Health Center.  Students who do not complete this requirement will have a hold placed on their record. 

Contact Information

Student Health Center

1500 W. Neely Ave.

765-285-8431, 800-382-8540

healthcenter@bsu.edu

bsu.edu/healthcenter

Tech Center

Unified Technology Support (UTS), a division of Information Technology (IT), is here to provide you with outstanding technology support. The UTS Tech Center is centrally located on campus, in Bracken Library (BL 101) and offers a wide-range of technology support services to faculty, staff, and students in a comfortable, collaborative, and inviting space. 

When visiting the Tech Center, your first stop is the Concierge Desk, where our courteous staff will provide assistance to help you resolve your issue.  As an enrolled student, you will also have access to the Technology HelpDesk to get answers to your technology-related questions; to the Technology Store if you would like to purchase computers, printers, tech accessories and more; and to TechTime for help resolving issues with your computer, such as installing software, removing a virus, maintaining your operating system, or determining next steps with issues related to your hardware.  

The Tech Center is here to help you utilize the many technology resources available to you, to enhance your educational experience.  For more information about Tech Center services, visit us at www.bsu.edu/techcenter.   

Working Well Programs

Working Well Programs offers employees and students a variety of family services to help them balance their responsibilities to both the university and to their families. Information on relocation, movers, utilities and other community services, local school systems, and employment opportunities for partners, and things to do (in Muncie) is available online 24/7 under Relocation at https://www.bsu.edu/about/live-near-your-work.

University Libraries

Ball State University Libraries serves users by providing access to and assistance with resources to meet student information needs related to the teaching curriculum, research mission, service programs and general interest. The Libraries also provide a range of physical spaces to support individual and collaborative learning.

The University Libraries, comprised of the Alexander M. Bracken Library and the Architecture and Science-Health Science branch libraries, offer convenient access to more than 1.5 million books, periodicals, digital resources, DVDs, CDs, microforms, software, government publications, maps, manuscripts, music scores, archival records, and electronic databases.

The University Libraries’ home page  provides access to an array of research resources and services including full-text databases, course reserves, online tutorials, interlibrary loan, digital resources, library information and much more. OneSearch, available from the homepage, is a powerful tool and the primary entry-point for discovering resources in the Libraries’ collections – online, media and print. 

Friendly assistance in using these resources, as well as help with beginning or advanced research, is available at the Reference Desk, Bracken Library, First Floor West, 765-285-1101, or via email, live chat, and/or text msg. Extended individual help, featuring one-on-one reference appointments with research librarians, is a great way to get started on a research project. Research guides for over 200 popular subjects and short tutorials are available to further assist students in the research process. 

Digital equipment, including laptops, data projectors, camcorders and video cameras, webcams, power cords, adapters, and more are available for use from Educational Technology Resources and Collections.  Bracken Library features multimedia workstations for video editing, GIS, and other intensive computing applications.

Bracken Library is open a generous 123 hours weekly during academic semesters, with hours to meet the needs of both early birds and night owls. The library’s arrangement of service, collection, and study areas facilitates access to information sources. Library personnel are available at each service point to assist library users.  Group study rooms are available for collaborative use throughout Bracken Library and may be reserved online.

Wireless connectivity is available throughout the libraries. Scanners, a large-format printer, laminating, and standard-format color and B&W printers and photocopiers are available. Bracken Library hosts the Bookmark Café, featuring hot and cold beverages and light snacks.

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