Visiting Writers Series Presents NoViolet Bulawayo
Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award winner NoViolet Bulawayo will speak on February 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the Atherton Union Reilly Room as part of Butler University’s spring 2015 Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. All events in the series are free and open to the public without tickets. For more information, call 317-940-9861. Bulawayo is the…
CCOM Presents a Four-Day Symposium on Servant Leadership
The President of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a former CIA officer whose job included briefing former President George W. Bush, and the new CEO of the Indiana-based Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership will be among the speakers at Butler University’s College of Communication (CCOM) Symposium on Servant Leadership, March 2–5. The second annual symposium presented…
Meet Two COB Students With APPtitude
By Sarvary Koller ’15 Andres Pena ’15 sat in his Intro to Marketing class at Butler University last year mulling over a prompt: change the world through a mobile device. Pena considered how the smartphone, with its seemingly endless capability, could be used as a tool to help those in need. He came up with…
Write A Children’s Book About Vaccines? It’s Worth a Shot
In a kindergarten classroom at Indianapolis Public School 91, Anissa Hakim ’15 calms a young girl who is terrified of receiving a vaccine. This is not the first time Hakim has spoken with a child scared of vaccination, but this time, she knew exactly how to approach the subject to ease her student’s nerves. Hakim…
Butler Well Represented In IBJ’s 40 Under 40
Four Butler University alumni and an adjunct professor in the MFA in Creative Writing program are among the Indianapolis Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” for 2015. Ed Carpenter ’03, Michael Grimes ’99 MBA ’07, Eric Payne ’98, and Erin Roth ’98—all College of Business graduates—and writer Ben Winters made the prestigious list. “We are incredibly…
Butler Announces the Hiring of Two New Vice Presidents
Butler University has announced the hiring of two new Vice Presidents—Jaci Thiede, Vice President for Advancement, and Lori Greene, Vice President for Enrollment Management. Thiede comes to Butler from Northwestern University, where she is Associate Dean for Alumni Relations and Development at the law school. Greene is currently Director of Undergraduate Admission at Loyola University…
Visiting Writers Series Presents Maurice Manning
Poet Maurice Manning will speak on February 10 at 7:30 p.m. in the Clowes Memorial Hall Krannert Room as part of Butler University’s spring 2015 Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. All events in the series are free and open to the public without tickets. For more information, call 317-940-9861. Manning was born and raised…
College of Education Is Named a ‘Model of Excellence’
Butler University’s College of Education is the recipient of the 2015 National Model of Excellence awarded by the Association of Independent Liberal Arts Colleges for Teacher Education. The Models of Excellence Award identifies outstanding programs in professional education that serve as tangible models of quality in the areas of Moral and Ethical Dimensions of the…
Butler Celebrates Founder’s Week, February 1-7
One hundred and sixty years ago, Butler University was founded on the principles of diversity, equality, innovation, and access. Those characteristics are still vital today as we seek to recapture and reclaim the values of Ovid Butler. Join us the week of February 1-7 as we celebrate Ovid Butler’s legacy with these Founder’s Week events:…
Ernie Stevens ’16 and Partner Skate Their Way to the World Championships
On the heels of winning the U.S. National Junior Pair title on January 20, Butler University student Ernie Utah Stevens ’16 and his partner, Arizona skater Caitlin Fields, will represent the United States at the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn, Estonia, March 2–8. “Only two U.S. Junior Pair teams are chosen for that…
Illustrator Michele Wood to Sign Books at Butler
Butler Libraries will host a book signing with local children’s book illustrator Michele Wood on Wednesday, February 5, from 4:00-6:00 p.m. in Irwin Library as part of Butler Founder’s Day activities. The public is invited to attend. A representative from the University bookstore will be on hand to sell copies of Wood’s new book with…
Butler Study Abroad Program Ranked Among Nation’s Best
Butler University’s Global Adventures in the Liberal Arts (GALA) program, in which professors accompany students on a semester-long trip, has been named one of the top study-abroad programs in the country by bestcollegereviews.org. “This program is perfect for the student who does not want to settle in one place, but wants to experience several cultures,”…
Celebration of Diversity Lecture Series Announces Spring Speakers
Actor/social activist George Takei, urban revitalization strategist and Peabody-winning radio broadcaster Majora Carter, and journalist Michel Martin will speak at Clowes Memorial Hall of Butler University this spring as part of the Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series. Takei will begin the series on February 16, followed by Carter (March 18) and Martin (April 2).…
Prof. Bauman’s Book Explains the Violence Against Pentecostals in India
As part of his sabbatical in 2011, Associate Professor of Religion Chad Bauman decided to delve into Hindu-Christian violence in India and why Pentecostal evangelists were disproportionately targeted. He took two trips to India and talked to about 150 people—some who were victims of violence, others who are prominent critics of Christianity. Initially, Bauman planned…