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Kiplinger Again Labels Butler a ‘Best Value in Private Colleges’

        Butler University has made Kiplinger Personal Finance’s list of the best values in private colleges for 2015. The list, which includes 100 private universities from across the country, can be found at Kiplinger.com/links/college. Butler ranked 60th overall—up one spot from 2014. Butler also finished 194th among all schools. This was the…

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See a Free Showing of ‘Mentor,’ A Film About Bullying, at Butler

Butler University’s College of Education and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences present a free public screening of the documentary “Mentor,” about two high school students who were bullied so severely that they died by suicide, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. The film, written and directed…

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Straight from the Bulldog’s Mouth: You’re #ButlerBound!

Any college can send out acceptance letters, but only Butler University is delivering its Big Envelopes by Doggy Express. Trip gives his stamp of approval to the Class of 2019.   On Friday, December 19, at 5:00 p.m., every applicant who is accepted to Butler will get the news from the University’s beloved mascot, Trip,…

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Grant Will Help Butler Students Intern in Asia Next Summer

Butler University’s Center for Global Education has been awarded a grant of nearly $100,000 from the Freeman Foundation to enable students to complete internships in East and Southeast Asia in the summer of 2015. The Center will organize a group experience—Butler Summer in Shanghai—in which 12–14 students will travel with a China-specialist member of the…

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New MBA Class Offers a 360-Degree View of Sports

Students in Butler University’s MBA program said they wanted to learn more about the economy of Indianapolis, and the College of Business listened: It created Business Practicum (MBA522), an experiential 2½-day, two-credit course designed to explore a specific local economic cluster. This spring, the course will focus on the business of sport, including an in-depth…

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Are You Ready for Some Paper Football?!

Deep in the basement of Jordan Hall, Room 048 is a plain, run-of-the-mill conference room, home to ordinary staff meetings and brainstorming sessions. But come Fridays at lunchtime, the room becomes tense with calculated finger flicks as a paper football soars across the table dividing two athletic enemies. This is the Butler University Paper Football…

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Remembering Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig

Abdul-Rahman Peter Edward Kassig, who studied political science at Butler University in 2011 and 2012, was remembered during a memorial service held November 23 at Clowes Memorial Hall. More than 800 people attended. (The recorded video of the ceremony is available at www.butler.edu/live.) Kassig, 26, was born on February 19, 1988. His parents were notified…

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The Generation Rx Prescription: Make Learning Fun

More than 70 rambunctious Girl Scouts poured into the cramped basement of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Plainfield on Friday evening to discuss a topic important to the health of young Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, and Seniors—prevention of prescription drug abuse. Kailey Meadows ’16 teaches some Girl Scouts about prescription drugs.   The kindergarten to…

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She Won a Contest. Now the Kids Are Having a Ball

Jill B. Allen ’13 needed physical education equipment and resources for her Movement Studio classroom at the Butler Lab School and, thanks to the participants in the NFL PLAY 60 DonorsChoose.org Showdown, she’s getting it. Allen’s class will receive an array of volleyballs, basketballs, soccer balls and other gear after her project, called “Help Us…

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For Professor Boyd, It’s Out With the Cage and In With the Schubert

With the release of her new CD, Butler University Associate Professor of Piano Kate Boyd is finishing one project and starting another. The disc, John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes/In a Landscape, which was just released by Navona Records, is the culmination of two years of work that included performances and presentations at Butler and all…

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A 4,763-Mile Trip for Five Minutes Onstage? Yes, Please.

Butler Dance Professor Marek Cholewa took five Butler Ballet students to Bratislava, Slovakia, November 19-24 to participate in the “International Concert of Dance Schools,” a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the prestigious Dance Conservatory of Eva Jacz. Marek Cholewa with Eileen Frazer and Ricardo Dyer   Butler students Ricardo Dyer, Eileen Frazer, Marie Harrison,…

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President Danko’s Statement Regarding Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig

Butler University President James M. Danko today released this statement regarding Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig: Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig had traveled to Lebanon in 2012 to provide medical and humanitarian assistance to those in need. He founded Special Emergency Response and Assistance, an aid organization for Syrian refugees. He approached life selflessly and courageously, and he upheld…

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He Sings, He Dances, He Teaches Math

By day – and for the last 30-plus years – Duane Leatherman has taught math at Butler. By night – and for the next couple of weeks – he’ll don a shoulder-length wig, spectacles, and colonial garb to play Benjamin Franklin in the Belfry Theatre’s adaptation of 1776, The Musical. “It’s amazing because he definitely…

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To Hone Their Skills, Recording Industry Study Students Get a Backstage Pass

Recording Industry Studies juniors Dan Fuson and Jesse May had two of the best seats in the house when Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett from the band Little Feat played Indianapolis in late October. In fact, they had something better than seats: They were on the side of the stage, making a recording of the…

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Pharmacy Student Gives a Shot in the Arm to Vaccination Education

Matthew Budi ’15 wants people to know the truth about vaccines, and he is conducting his senior thesis project through the Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences to educate Indianapolis residents and contribute to research on vaccination. Budi, a sixth-year Pharmacy student in the Butler Honors program, released an informational video and an…