Feeling the stress? Take a break and reset at the carnival while helping your department compete.

For just $3, you’ll get plenty of chances to win candy, fun retro prizes, stickers, and entry into a raffle featuring gift bundles worth $60+, all while helping your department compete for the $500 Dean’s prize.

• WHEN: April 1, 2026

• WHAT TIME: 10:30AM – 3:00PM

• WHERE: Games will be on the 2nd and 4th floors in the Collab spaces in Architecture Building.

• $3 gets you 6 tickets, 5 to play any game (to win stuff) and one for popcorn.
• Write your name on the back of your tickets to enter the raffle for a grand prize worth $60+.
• The winners of the grand prizes will be announced around 3:00 PM.
• 6 grand prizes and 2 ultra grand prizes
• Just want popcorn? $1 gets you a bag.
• Help your department win $500 from the Dean!

Dean’s Challenge this year…

• The Dean will donate $500 to the CAP department/program’s (Architecture, Construction Management, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning) general fund with the largest increase in the number of distinct donors from last year.
• https://oneballstate.bsu.edu/giving-day/111892/set/8366

ONE BALL STATE DAY is a 24-hour celebration of everything we love about Ball State and CAP!  On April 1, alumni, friends, faculty, staff, and students will come together to support what matters most to them. Because of Ball State, lives are changed, opportunities are created, and students are prepared to succeed.