Michael Hole ’08 Named to Forbes’s 30 Under 30
Michael Hole ’08, a Boston Medical Center pediatrician and founder of an organization that works to reduce child poverty in America, has been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list of America’s most important young entrepreneurs, creative leaders, and brightest stars. Hole is the cofounder of StreetCred, which he describes on his LinkedIn profile…
Butler, IU Law School Create ‘Butler Law Scholar’
Butler University and the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law will create the “Butler University Law Scholar,” a partnership that will allow Butler to nominate one student each year to enroll in the law school and receive a minimum half-tuition scholarship. Graduating seniors and alumni—who often take a gap year or two…
Learning About Service, the Butler Way
At first, the concept seems difficult. How do you help third-graders understand what service means? But for Early and Middle Childhood Education Professor Arthur Hochman and his early elementary education class, the challenge is often the most important part of the lesson plan. For a little over five weeks this semester, Butler students were paired…
Embrace Opportunity, Former First Lady Tells Graduates
Former Indiana First Lady Judy O’Bannon Willsey urged the 93 graduates at Butler University’s winter commencement ceremonies to embrace the opportunities ahead of them.
Butler Profs Earn a Starring Role Teaching the Teachers
Six College of Liberal Arts and Sciences professors and their Dean, Jay Howard, are being recognized nationally for their teaching abilities. They’ve been recorded in their classrooms for the Association of College and University Educators’ (ACUE) online Course in Effective Teaching Practices, demonstrating their skills in areas such as “Motivating Your Students” and “Delivering an…
Grant Helps Professor Samide Continue Art Preservation
Chemistry Professor Michael Samide and Senior Conservation Scientist Gregory Smith will be the beneficiaries of a three-year, $75,000 grant that the Indianapolis Museum of Art has received to continue their work on preserving works of art. The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant will allow Samide to spend the next two summers at the…
Collegian Staff Selects Daniel Comiskey As New Adviser
Daniel Comiskey, deputy editor of Indianapolis Monthly magazine, has been selected by The Butler Collegian’s staff to serve as its adviser. He will take on the role at the beginning of the spring semester. As adviser, Comiskey serves as a consultant to problems, offers advice to the staff when it is solicited, and critiques the…
Butler Community Arts School Adds 3 New Programs
The Butler Community Arts School will introduce three new programs in 2016—youth theater, music composition for high school students, and summer ballet intensive for pre-professional dancers. “We added these new programs for 2016 because the community has been asking,” said Karen Thickstun, Director of the Butler Community Arts School. “We have a strong history of…
Butler Students Head to Asia, Thanks to Freeman Grant
Butler University has been awarded a $339,000 grant from the Freeman Foundation to support undergraduate student internships in East and Southeast Asia in 2016 and 2017. The money will be used to send 20 students to Shanghai in 2016 and 20 to Shanghai, 10 to Beijing, and 10 to Singapore during summer 2017. The grant…
Arick Named a Finalist for CFO of the Year Award
Butler University Chief Financial Officer Bruce Arick was selected as a finalist for the Indianapolis Business Journal’s CFO of the Year honor. In nominating Arick, who has been with Butler for 24 years, the University cited his “solid tenure of stewardship, balanced by his willingness to embrace new endeavors, as was evident with this year’s…
Professor Kercood Receives Grant for Oral Hygiene Training Program
Professor of Special Education Suneeta Kercood has been awarded nearly $25,000 by the Dental Trade Alliance Foundation to develop a video-based training program to teach families of special-needs children about oral healthcare and prepare them for visits to the dentist. “There is a huge disparity in oral health care of children with intellectual/developmental disabilities,” Kercood…
Visiting Writers Series Presents Lev Grossman
Lev Grossman, author of the Magicians trilogy, will speak in the Atherton Union Reilly Room on February 17 at 7:30 PM as part of Butler University’s spring 2016 Vivian S. Delbrook Visiting Writers Series. Admission is free and open to the public to all events in the series. For more information, call 317-940-9861. Grossman’s Magicians trilogy,…
And Now, Some Parting Words From Your Professors
Four Butler professors were asked to give their “last lecture” to graduating seniors. Here’s what they said.
At Lab School, 22 Chinese Principals Are Students for a Day
When 22 principals from China’s Zhejiang Province wanted to see how American elementary schools operate, they chose to spend a day at the Butler Lab School, which the University operates in partnership with the Indianapolis Public Schools system. The Chinese visitors devoted Friday, December 4, to observing how the elementary school at 34th and Meridian…
Coming Soon to the Sunset Avenue Garage: Pita Pit
Butler University has signed its second retail customer for the Sunset Avenue Parking Garage—a 1,400-square-foot Pita Pit franchise owned by 2003 Butler graduate Travis Sealls. Pita Pit, “a fresh, healthy alternative to fast food,” will open in late February or early March. The restaurant will seat approximately 20 inside and will have an outdoor patio…