Ball State University, commonly referred to as
Ball State or
BSU, is a
public coeducational research university in
Muncie,
Indiana, United States, with two satellite facilities in
Fishers and
Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the
Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the
Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute for $35,100 and gave the school and surrounding land to Indiana. The
Indiana General Assembly accepted it in the spring of 1918, with an initial 235 students enrolling at the Indiana State Normal School – Eastern Division on June 17, 1918.