Butler Breaks Ground for New Student Residence Hall
Butler University officially broke ground on Friday, May 8, on Sunset Student Residences, a state-of-the-art, 633-bed sophomore residence hall that will substantially modernize and update Butler’s housing options. The $40 million building, which will open in August 2016, will span from Butler Way to Blue Ridge Road along Sunset Avenue, in what previously had been…
How to Succeed in Business By Making Bassoon Reeds
The Butler University Bassoon Reed Co., a partnership between the Butler University Bassoon Studio and students in the Butler College of Business to build reeds for bassoons, has won the $9,000 top prize in the fifth Zotec Business Competition, part of the Real Business Experience curriculum. Second place and $5,000 went to Freedom of Peach…
Butler Celebrates Groundbreaking for New Student Residence Hall
On Friday, May 8, Butler University will celebrate the groundbreaking of the Sunset Student Residences, a state-of-the-art, 633-bed sophomore residence hall that will substantially modernize and update Butler’s housing options. A ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. The $40 million building, which will open in August 2016, will span from Butler Way to Blue Ridge…
Butler 2014-2015: The Academic Year in Review
New construction and renovations, a plan to eliminate greenhouse gases on campus, and three students earning Fulbright Awards are among the highlights of Butler University’s 2014–2015 academic year. While there was sad news, too—the deaths of former University President Bobby Fong and former student Abdul-Rahman Kassig—the year was overwhelmingly positive. Here’s a look back. August…
Two 2015 Graduates Selected to Teach Overseas
Madison Chartier ’15 and Jill Gentry ’15 are the latest in a growing number of recent Butler alumni to receive awards to teach overseas. Chartier will be heading to France as part of the Teaching Assistant Program in France. Gentry has been selected to teach in Madrid, Spain, through the Council of International Educational Exchange.…
914 Students Become Alumni on Saturday
Butler University expects to confer degrees upon 914 graduates during Commencement ceremonies that begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in Hinkle Fieldhouse. The newest Butler graduates include 222 from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 220 from the College of Business, 203 from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 96 from the…
What to See in Indy? Holcomb, Holcomb, Hinkle
Butler University is well represented in the new book 100 Things to Do in Indianapolis Before You Die. And not just because it’s written by Ashley Petry, who went to preschool at Butler, earned her MBA here in 2006, and is finishing her MFA in Creative Writing. No, Petry said, Butler gets its due because…
The Winners of the Distinguished Faculty Awards Are …
Professors Arthur Hochman, Harry van der Linden, and Jeanne Van Tyle are the winners of Butler University’s 2014–2015 Distinguished Faculty Awards. Education Professor Hochman is being recognized for teaching, Philosophy Professor van der Linden for scholarship and research, and Pharmacy Professor Van Tyle for service and leadership. “The selection committee chose three exceptional candidates to…
Chad Pingel, Katelyn Sussli Named Most Outstanding Students
Chad Pingel, a junior Marketing and Finance major from Des Moines, Iowa, and Katelyn Sussli, a junior Organizational Communication & Leadership and Political Science double major from Loveland, Ohio, have been named Butler University’s most outstanding man and woman students, respectively, for 2014-2015. Pingel, who is minoring in Ethics, has served as a Butler Student…
Butler Students, Alumni Win ‘Best in Indiana Journalism’ Awards
Student journalists from The Butler Collegian and IndianapolisNewsBeat.com received nine “Best in Indiana Journalism” awards from the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Friday evening. Former Collegian editor-in-chief Ben Sieck, a senior, won first place for student sports reporting. His story, “Defining a champion: The factors of Indiana high school athletic succes,” examined…
Meet Butler’s National Championship Team (and Some Others Too)
On April 11, the Butler Women’s Club Volleyball team won the national championship by defeating the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. “I think our energy throughout the whole day helped us get through,” said Kerry Risley, the club president. “I know we were all exhausted, but our adrenaline and keeping each other pumped up got us…
Indiana Landmarks Honors Butler for Restoration of Hinkle Fieldhouse
Indiana Landmarks, a private nonprofit organization that saves historic places, has selected Butler University as the winner of its annual Cook Cup for Outstanding Restoration for its preservation of Hinkle Fieldhouse. The dome of Indiana Landmarks Center’s Grand Hall will turn Butler blue when Director of Athletics Barry Collier, Executive Director of Facilities Rich Michal,…
Butler Names New Associate Provost
Butler University has named Thomas Paradis, currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Geography, Planning & Recreation at Northern Arizona University, as the new Associate Provost for Assessment, Scholarship, and Professional Development Programs. Paradis, who has been at Northern Arizona since 1997, will start at Butler on August 1. In his new position, he…
COB Students’ App Makes a rippl in Competition
COB students finish third with their mobile charitable giving app
Blake Moskal ’16 Wins Weidner Award for Altruism
Blake Moskal, a junior from Lake Zurich, Illinois, has been selected to receive the 2014-2015 John Weidner Award for Altruism. Moskal has been involved in a wide variety of service activities for local and national organizations, including the Intercollegiate YMCA, U.S. Dream Academy, Special Olympics, Gleaners Food Bank and Second Servings, and Methodist Hospital. He…