Building Better Communities Fellows is an
immersive learning program in which faculty and students find real-world solutions to real-world problems for Indiana businesses and organizations. The Fellows program can be best illustrated with examples. We invite you to check out our
current and
recent projects.
Funded in part by the Lilly Endowment Inc., the Fellows program engages interdisciplinary teams of students led by a faculty mentor in on-site, problem-based projects. We want to assist our local economy by focusing on directly improving services, developing new job opportunities, improving quality, or improving competitiveness for our business and community partners.
Building Better Communities Fellows oversees two additional programs:
- Health Fellows, which aims to improve Hoosiers' health and well-being, often through workplace programs
- Emerging Media Fellows, which provides emerging media solutions for our partners
The overall goal of our program is to provide
opportunities for students to put their academic knowledge into action by working directly in business settings and to provide a more educated workforce by increasing the number of college graduates who choose to live in Indiana. The program creates new business connections for students in a wide variety of disciplines, increases the potential for employment for these students in Indiana, and provides professional field experience.
Our partners benefit by having a team of energetic, enthusiastic, bright students examine their problems from a fresh perspective, with the assistance of a
Ball State expert.