Dedman Returns to Butler as Associate AD for Communication
John Dedman, a former Butler student who spent the past nine years on the executive team at Indiana Sports Corp, including the past five as Vice President of Communications, has been named Associate Athletic Director for Communication at Butler University. He’ll begin his duties with the Bulldogs on June 29. He’ll be taking over for…
Bryan Brenner ’95 Elected to Board of Trustees
Bryan Brenner ’95, founder and CEO of the Indianapolis-based strategic business advisory FirstPerson, has been elected to a three-year term on the Butler University Board of Trustees. Brenner graduated cum laude from Butler University with degrees in public/corporate communications and journalism, with a concentration in public relations. While at Butler, he was in the band…
‘Make Change’ Program Expands Again
Make Change, the Butler University Center for Urban Ecology program that generates “credit” for doing good for the environment, has added new activities that participants can do to earn redeemable currency. Volunteering with Keep Indianapolis Beautiful at select events, dropping off old electronics at RecycleForce, and enrolling in the IPL Green Power option are some…
Wendi Thomas ’93 Selected for a Nieman Fellowship
Wendi C. Thomas ’93, a columnist for the Memphis (Tennessee) Flyer, has been selected for the 2016 class of Nieman Fellows at Harvard University. She and the 23 other fellows will begin an academic year of study at Harvard in the fall. Her work will concentrate on how to deepen the public conversation on economic…
Forbes Magazine Lauds Butler’s Commencement
Forbes magazine contributor James Marshall Crotty came to campus for commencement and filed a story in praise of speaker Eva Kor’s “never give up” message and Butler’s approach to education. He concluded: “Indeed, as we prepare our students for a tech-driven future, let’s remember the perennial attributes of what made this nation great: service, humility,…
Holocaust Survivor Eva Kor To Class of 2015: Never Give Up
Holocaust survivor Eva Kor advised Butler University’s Class of 2015 on Saturday, May 9, that they should never give up on themselves or their dreams. Kor, who spent from May 1944 to January 27, 1945, in the Auschwitz concentration camp, told the 914 graduates and near-capacity crowd at Hinkle Fieldhouse that she was able to…
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…