Historical Timeline
| Prior institutions in what is now BSU's Administration Building | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Indiana Normal School | Established | 1899 | Type | private |
| Palmer University | Acquired | 1902 | ||
| Indiana Normal School and College of Applied Science | Acquired | 1905 | ||
| Closed | 1907 to 1912 | |||
| Muncie Normal Institute | Acquired | 1912 | ||
| Muncie National Institute | Renamed | 1913 | ||
| Closed | 1917 to 1918 | |||
| Modern era | ||||
| Eastern Division of Indiana State Normal School | Established | 1918 | Type | public |
| Ball Teachers College, Eastern Division, Indiana State Normal School | Renamed | 1922 | ||
| Ball State Teachers College | Renamed | 1929 | Governance | Indiana State Teachers College Board |
| Ball State College | Independence | 1961 | Governance | Ball State's Board of Trustees |
| Ball State University | Renamed | 1965 | ||
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