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…
Professor Rao Has a Crazy-Busy Summer
Associate Professor of Art Gautam Rao’s work was all over Indiana this summer—and still is for a little while longer. His work is currently on view at the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art as part of its Finders Keepers exhibit. Finders Keepers runs through September 17. More information is available at http://indymoca.org/exhibitions/2015/08/finders-keepers/ Additionally, his work…
800 Bulldogs Heading Out Saturday to Serve Indianapolis
More than 800 representatives of Butler University are expected to volunteer for the 2015 Bulldogs Into the Streets (BITS), Butler’s annual effort to give back to the city of Indianapolis, on Saturday, August 29, from 10 AM to 1 PM. This year, the program has been moved to the weekend to accommodate not only student…
Board of Trustees Renews Contract of President James M. Danko
The Butler University Board of Trustees has unanimously voted to renew the contract of President James Danko for another five years, extending his leadership to the year 2020. Although Danko’s contract is not set to expire for another year, the Board determined that securing him now would ensure strategic continuity and maintain Butler’s positive momentum.…
Butler, ISMA Introduce a Physician Leadership Program
Butler University’s Executive Education program and the Indiana State Medical Association (ISMA) will partner this fall to deliver a Physician Leadership Program. The courses, created to enhance leadership and business acumen, are being offered through ISMA’s new Indiana Center for Physician Excellence. Sessions are designed to combine a physician’s scientific knowledge with sound leadership principles…
Diversity Lecture Series Begins With Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor
Holocaust survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who emerged from a trauma-filled childhood to become a brilliant example of the human spirit’s power to overcome, will open Butler University’s 2015–2016 Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series on October 22 at 7:30 PM in Clowes Memorial Hall. Tickets are free, but they are required for admission. They will…
The First Tenant in the New Parking Garage: Scotty’s
Scotty’s Dawghouse will be the anchor tenant in Butler University’s new Sunset Avenue Parking Garage, leasing 6,400 square feet in the northeast corner of Sunset Avenue and Lake Road. The new restaurant—its name is a twist on the more familiar Scotty’s Brewhouse—is scheduled to open in February 2016, with construction to begin in November. “We’re…
Butler to Welcome 1,040 First-Year Students
Butler University will welcome 1,040 first-year students on move-in day Saturday, August 22. Classes begin Wednesday, August 26. Butler’s class of 2019 continues the University’s track record of attracting high-quality, academically prepared students. Here’s a look at some numbers. -42 valedictorians and 16 salutatorians. -Average GPA, 3.78. -ACT middle 50 percent 25-30. -SAT middle 50…
Grant Helps Butler Create Student-Run Insurance Company
The Butler University College of Business will establish a student-run insurance company with the goal of having the company fully operational by the 2019–2020 academic year, thanks to a $250,000 gift from MJ Insurance and Michael M. Bill. The Butler business, known as a “captive insurance company,” will insure certain programs at Butler, perhaps including…
Elise Kushigian Honored for Her Service to Clowes Hall, Butler, Indiana
Elise Kushigian was honored on Friday for her more than 20 years of service as executive director of Clowes Memorial Hall, with Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard proclaiming August 7, 2015, “Elise J. Kushigian Day,” and Gov. Mike Pence naming her a Sagamore of the Wabash. Butler President James M. Danko also weighed in, praising Kushigian…
Four Butler Teams Earn BIG EAST Academic Excellence Awards
Four of Butler’s teams were recognized by the BIG EAST Conference with the 2014-15 Team Academic Excellence Award. Twenty-two teams received the award for having the highest collective grade-point averages in each conference sport on August 4. With four team recipients, Butler ranked second among BIG EAST universities. Butler participates in 18 of the 22…
Prosecutor Names Butler ‘Crime Fighter of the Year’
Butler University is the 2015 recipient of the Marion County Prosecutor’s Crime Fighter of the Year Award, presented on August 4 by Prosecutor Terry Curry to Butler University Chief of Staff and Executive Director of Public Safety Ben Hunter, Assistant Professor Brandie Oliver and Butler University Police Department Detective Bruce Allee. Speaking at the 32nd…
Butler Chorale Members Are Back For An Encore
He left Butler nearly 20 years ago, but, from 1986–1996, Michael Shasberger provided his students in the Butler Chorale with great memories—including five international tours and the staging of Handel’s “Messiah”—along with instruction that still guides them today. The memories are so strong, in fact, that over the July 24–26 weekend, about two dozen of…