Bone Marrow Registry, Blood Drives to Honor Andrew Smith
The Butler University community, Indiana Blood Center, and Be the Match Indiana have teamed up to host a blood drive and bone marrow registry drive Tuesday, September 29, at Hinkle Fieldhouse. The event is being organized in honor of former Butler men’s basketball standout Andrew Smith and his continuing fight against cancer. From 4-8 that…
P. Scott Bening Joins Butler Board of Trustees
P. Scott Bening, President and CEO of Merrillville, Indiana-based MonoSol LLC, a manufacturer of water-soluble polyvinyl alcohol films that are used in everything from laundry detergent pods to prosthetic limbs, has been named to the Butler University Board of Trustees. Bening is the co-inventor of at seven least patents and has led MonoSol in obtaining…
Pharmacists Alliance Names Daniel Peterson ’16 Outstanding Student
The Indiana Pharmacists Alliance has awarded Butler PharmD candidate Daniel Peterson ’16 its Outstanding Student of the Year Award. The award recognizes students who have been actively involved in association activities and have helped to promote the advancement of pharmacy. Peterson is scheduled to graduate with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree and an MBA. Daniel…
BIRS Director Taura Edwards Named An ‘Emerging Leader’
Taura Edwards, Butler’s new Director of the Institute for Research and Scholarship, has been recognized by 100 Black Men of Indianapolis as one of nine winners of its 2015 Emerging Leader Awards. The award, to be presented September 24, goes to young professionals ages 25–40 who have demonstrated leadership, initiative, and dedication in improving their…
Meet the New Director of the Center for Faith and Vocation
Daniel Meyers, the new Director of Butler’s Center for Faith and Vocation, faced some tough moments while studying biochemistry at Willamette University. “Chemistry was always a challenge for me and required tremendous energy; there came a point where I was ready to give up my biochemistry major,” he said. “But I had good advice from…
Professor Muedini Has Two Books Published Simultaneously
The new books Human Rights and Universal Child Primary Education and Sponsoring Sufism deal with exceedingly different subjects, but they have this in common: Both came out this summer, and both were written by Butler Assistant Professor of International Studies Fait Muedini. “I am very passionate about human rights and social justice,” Muedini said. “I…
Art, Science, and Nature Merge in Holcomb Gardens
StreamLines, an interactive project that merges art and science to advance the Indianapolis community’s understanding and appreciation of its waterways, will be unveiled Thursday, September 24, at 5:00 PM in Butler University’s Holcomb Gardens. The event, which is open to the public but requires an RSVP, will include environmental visual art by Mary Miss/City as…
Professor Pivec Makes the Most of His ‘Time’
On May 4, 2015, Butler Director of Jazz Studies and saxophonist Matt Pivec, bassist Jesse Wittman, and drummer Kenny Phelps walked into The Lodge recording studio in Indianapolis. Eight hours later, they left with all seven songs recorded for their new CD, Time and Direction. “It was definitely an exhausting day,” Pivec said. “We spent…
Ty Sutton Named Executive Director of the University Arts Center
Ty Sutton, the General Manager of the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center in Midland, Texas, has been named the new Executive Director of the Butler University Arts Center, which includes Clowes Memorial Hall, Schrott Center for the Arts, Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall, and the Black Box Theatre in Lilly Hall. Sutton, who will start at Butler…
Natalie Girman ’17 Selected Porter County Fair Queen
Butler University junior Natalie Girman ’17 was crowned Porter County Fair Queen on Saturday, August 23, at the Porter County Fair in the Park Place Pavilion. Contestants were judged on professional wear, evening gown, and an interview with the judges. They also answered a question while wearing their evening gowns. Girman’s prizes included $500 cash,…
Butler Ties For First Place As Most Innovative School in the Midwest
Butler University tied for first place as the Most Innovative School among Midwestern Regional Universities, according to the U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges rankings for 2016. The rating, released today, is the result of voting by college presidents, provosts, and admissions deans, who were asked to nominate the colleges or universities that are…
Butler to Honor 11 for Service to the University
Nine Butler University alumni and former President Bobby Fong will be honored on September 25 at the Alumni Awards Recognition Program for extraordinary professional achievement and service to the University and their communities. This year’s winners are: Ovid Butler Society Foundation Award Will ’06 and Emily (McIntyre) ’06 Turner Ovid Butler Society Mortar Award Nancy…
Butler Exec Ed, State Bar Offer Business School for Lawyers
The Butler University College of Business’s Executive Education program and the Indiana State Bar Association (ISBA) are partnering to offer the Business School for Lawyers, a program created to combine a lawyer’s technical training with business knowledge and skills required to keep a law practice afloat. The sessions, which begin Oct. 30, will be held…
COPHS Graduates Ace the NAPLEX Exam. Again.
For the fourth time in five years, every Butler College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS) graduate who took the North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam, the NAPLEX, passed on the first try. That first-time pass rate for the national exam ties for third best result among the country’s 130 pharmacy schools. Of the 557 Butler…
The Biggest BITS Ever: 1,200 Bulldogs Hit the Streets
Senior Emma Kortebein spent Saturday morning whitewashing an Indianapolis woman’s fence at her house along 38th Street as part of Bulldogs Into the Streets, Butler’s annual day of serving the community Kortebein and a group of her peers also helped fix a chandelier inside the woman’s home. When they were done, the group came back…