A Look into All Things Special Events!

Hello! I am Justin Miller and I am one of the Special Events chairs for BSU’s Steering Committee. My role is to help plan the Homecoming Village, Bed Race, Blood Drive, and our new 5k race! Its hard to believe that its coming down to less than three weeks to the beginning of Ball State’s Homecoming 2013, but my co-chair Jordyn Shreiner and I are hard at work to make sure all the events this year are something to remember for the students and community!

We hope everybody who is planning on competing in the Bed Race this year is getting all of their teams and costumes ready! Just as a reminder we will be accepting entry forms Thursday September 26^th from 9am-4pm at a table in the Atrium, so don’t miss this chance to sign up! There will be age division prizes, overall winner trophies, and a best costume trophy. We just tested the beds the other day and they are ready to go!

We have also been working very hard on putting together the first ever Homecoming 5k race the morning of the parade. With the help of America Multi-Sport we are going to be offering a very exciting 5k experience for all runners and walkers by allowing them to be racing down the parade route before the parade starts! So if you’ve always needed a huge crowd to motivate you to get out and run this is your chance! We are hoping to draw a huge field. Right now we have 95 signed up and are anticipating to have well over 100 people in the race! It is one of the unique ways that students, alumni and the Muncie community can get involved in the Ball State Homecoming experience together. We hope to see you there!

 You can register for the 5k at: http://www.americamultisport.com/ball-state-homecoming-5k-runwalk-2013

I encourage you to get involved in Homecoming this year. It is a very exciting experience at Ball State that we are working hard to share with you! Make some new friends and memories by getting out and participating in what we have to offer. Go Cards!