Partners

Ball State couldn't have become a leader in emerging media by isolating our efforts on campus, no matter how extensive our resources might be and how many great minds we gather in Muncie, Indiana.

Leadership in this field requires reaching out to partners, collaborators, and sponsors. We are privileged to work and interface with corporate giants like Apple, Adobe, PepsiCo, Time Warner, NBC Universal, and Eli Lilly; government agencies and nonprofits, including National Public Radio and the Guggenheim Museum; and leaders in media research, such as the Nielsen Council for Research Excellence and the Poynter Institute.

The Emerging Media Initiative also has established a national advisory board to provide guidance in curriculum development, internships, research, and partnerships with industry. Members include media and technology industry experts from across the nation and beyond.
  • Michael Adamson, vice president of sports new products and services at Turner Sports
  • Michael Becker, North American Managing Director of the Mobile Marketing Association
  • Mike Bloxham, director of Insight and Research at Ball State University's Center for Media Design
  • Dale Herigstad, chief interaction officer for APAC and EMEA regions, Possible Worldwide
  • Eric Jones, senior vice president and founder of Channel One 2.0
  • Kurt Kratchman, managing partner, ASB.tv; former chief strategy officer, Schematic
  • Glenn Platt, C. Michael Armstrong chair, professor of marketing; director, Interactive Media Studies program, Miami University
  • Randy Pond, executive vice president of operations, processes, and systems at Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Jay Williams, senior vice president, mOcean
  • Jeff Yapp, executive vice president, MTV Networks

Find a sampling of our many other valued partners listed below. We thank them for their generosity and cooperation.
[r]EVOLVE Mark Cabrinha, CalPoly
3FORM McGraw Hill Construction Group
A. Zahner Company Mediapost Publications
A2SO4 MediaSauce
ACADIA Mediavest
ACS Sign Systems MessegeNet
Adobe Microsoft
Allyn & Bacon Publishing Midwest Health Strategies
Altairnano Midwest Metals
Amos-Hill Associates MIT Technology Review
AOL LLC. mOcean
Apple Moore Technologies
Arrowhead Plastic Engineering MovieLink
AutoDeskSys, Inc. Muncie Children's Museum
Ball Memorial Hospital Muncie Downtown Development
Barkow Leibinger Architects Muncie/Delaware Robotics Team (F.I.R.S.T)
Bentley Systems, Incorporated National Public Radio
Calamari NBC Universal
Caligari New Center Gallery (the Yard)
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs New Media Consortium
Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) Nielsen Council for Research Excellence
CICF Northern Light Productions
Clair Sinnett Casting, Los Angeles Octatube
Clothespin Films, LLC Off the Streets (Production Company)
Colts (Indianapolis) OMA*AMO
David R. Webb Online Publishers Assoc.
dECOi Overstock Art
Design Group Oxygen Education
Downtown Indy, Inc. Paws, Inc.
Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science Pearson Education
Electrotap, LLC. Pearson, Allyn & Bacon
Element Labs PepsiCo
Eli Lilly Performance Dynamics
ETH Zurich Pine River Entertainment Literary & Talent Mgt.
Ferrell and Barker Construction Poynter Institute
FUEL Collection Gallery Real Simple Furniture
Gallery 308 ReD
GSN Red Bull Promotional Representative
Guggenheim Museum Red Light Management
Hammer Lighting & Grip Rivars
Hotbox Pizza Road Pictures
HSN Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
iLoop Mobile, Inc. Rubber Form
Indiana Department of Parks and Recreation Rundell Associates
Indiana Economic Development Corporation Schematic
Indiana Hardwood Lumbermen's Association Sequent Partners
Indiana Limestone Fabricators Servo
Indiana Limestone Institute of America SHoP
Indiana Research Southern Illinois University
Indiana State Fair Starcom
Indiana Venture Center Starz Entertainment
Indianapolis Museum of Art Studio/Gang/Architects
Indianapolis Zoo The Brain: Visual Information Management
Innovation Connector The Muncie Star Press
Innovative, Inc. Thermwood
INShape Indiana Thinkvine
International Precast Concrete Institute Thornton-Tomasetti
Junked TV Time Warner Inc.
LAB Architecture Studio Transylvania University
Laird Plastics Truss Manufacturing Corporation

LaViaz Mobile

University of Kentucky
LTL Architects Walker Research
Make My Yard Productions WFYI

Z Corp