Campus Life
The campus of Ball State University covers an area of 731 acres, including 109 buildings, covering an area of 7,203,801 square feet, mainly concentrated on two main quadrilaterals. There are more than 400 student organizations and clubs on campus, including 34 fraternities and societies. Sixty-two percent of college students participate in at least one of Ball State’s more than 400 student organizations. These include numerous student government, department and professional, special interest, and service groups. The Ball State Sports Team participates in the NCAA Division I game and is known as the Ball State Cardinals. The university has 34 dormitories, 30 of which are located in seven complex buildings, which can accommodate 7,550 students. The Brecon Library is the main library of the university. It contains five-story classrooms, a computer room, a private study room, and a video viewing room. The library provides access to more than 2.3 million books, periodicals, microforms, audio-visual materials, software, government publication maps, musical scores, archive records, and other information sources.