College of Education Students Facilitate a Loooooong Distance Call
Butler junior Rachel Chambers made the long-distance call of a lifetime Tuesday, April 29—a video conference with astronauts aboard the International Space Station. Rachel Chambers with astronaut David Wolf, who moderated the question-and-answer session. (Photos by Jennifer Messmer) The call took place at The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, where Chambers and 19 students from Indianapolis…
Musicologist Nicholas Johnson Joins School of Music Faculty
Musicologist Nicholas Johnson, a specialist in the music history of the early-modern period and American popular music, will join the Butler University School of Music faculty. As an Assistant Professor, he will instruct courses on music ranging from the Medieval through the Classical periods, as well as seminars on a wide range of musical and…
Butler Students Show the Professional Investors How It’s Done
Seven years ago, students in Professor of Finance Steve Dolvin’s Applied Portfolio Management classes began investing $1 million from the Butler University endowment. That million is now $1.4 million. So the Butler University Board of Trustees has decided that, this fall, Dolvin and his students are getting a second million. “The College of Business is…
School of Music Names New Associate Director of Choral Activities
John Perkins, who has taught music at the American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates since 2008, will join Butler University as Associate Director of Choral Activities and Assistant Professor of Music. His assignment at Butler will include conducting the Butler University Choir (which now moves to an evening rehearsal time to accommodate…
Now You Can Have a Seat from Hinkle Fieldhouse
Want a piece of Hinkle Fieldhouse history? On June 7, Butler University and People for Urban Progress (PUP) will be selling several hundred seats that were removed from the fieldhouse as part of the ongoing renovation. An exclusive pre-sale will be held the day before for Butler men’s basketball season-ticket holders. Jonathan Allinson…
COE Efforts Earn National and Local Attention
The good work being done by the Butler University College of Education (COE) has earned national and local attention. Author Marla Olthof, who spent time at IPS/Butler Laboratory School in 2012 to learn about its outdoor education efforts, has featured the school in her new book, Gardening with Young Children: Second Edition of Hollyhocks and…
After 49 Years at Butler, Dr. Geib to Retire
Inside Professor George Geib’s third-floor office in Jordan Hall are 42 shelves of books he’s donating to the Indianapolis Public Library book sale—and a few boxes he’s keeping for himself. “I’m holding on to mostly 19th century Indiana history and a few books connected to things I’ve done on campus,” he said. “Nice memories of…
Student-Led Initiative Converts Waste Cooking Oil Into Biodiesel Fuel
Thanks to a $30,000 grant from the Butler Innovation Fund, students in the Chemistry Department have partnered with the Center for Urban Ecology (CUE) to convert waste cooking oil into biodiesel fuel. Biodiesel interns Tyler Schenck and Kyle Graden This student-led initiative seeks to recycle vegetable oil waste from the Marketplace at Atherton Union and…
What’s in Our Garbage? A Lot of Waste
Digging through trash is McKenzie Beverage’s idea of fun, and on Thursday she couldn’t have been happier. For two hours on April 17, Beverage and her students in the Butler Sustainability Practicum class sifted through nearly a ton of trash – 660 pounds from Ross Hall and another 1,140 pounds from Atherton Union – poured…
Butler Announces Student-Housing Partnership with American Campus Communities
Butler University has partnered with Austin, Texas-based American Campus Communities to develop new student housing facilities on Butler’s campus. The initial phase of development will include a state-of-the-art facility with approximately 500 beds, and is tentatively scheduled to open in fall 2016. Under the initial agreement, American Campus will build and maintain the facility, while…
Collegian Has 3 Winners, 3 Finalists at SPJ Awards
The Butler Collegian had three winners and three finalists in the small newspapers category at the Society of Professional Journalists Region 5 awards banquet April 12 in Chicago. From left: Maggie Monson, copy desk chief and opinion columnist; Mallory Duncan, Arts, Etc. assistant editor; Marais Jacon-Duffy, news editor; Katie Goodrich and Natalie Smith, assistant news…
Dr. Stark Honored With Sagamore of the Wabash
Eric Stark was in the middle of conducting the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir in a rendition of Benjamin Britten’s “War Requiem” Tuesday evening when State Rep. Dan Forestal and about 25 guests stepped onstage to deliver a surprise: Stark had been named a Sagamore of the Wabash, one of the State of Indiana’s highest individual awards.…
Butler Names Three ‘Women of Distinction’
College of Education Associate Dean Debra Lecklider, Clowes Memorial Hall Executive Director Elise Kushigian, and senior Chemistry/Pre-Medicine student Brittany Moore have been named Butler University’s 2014 Women of Distinction. The awards will be presented at the Women of Distinction reception on April 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Efroymson Diversity Center, Atherton Union Room 004.…
Clowes Hall Introduces Sensory-Enhanced Seating for the Hearing Impaired
Beginning Friday, April 11, Clowes Memorial Hall will launch a first-of-its-kind project that enhances the concert performance experience through a system it has dubbed “audio sensory enhanced seating.” These seats are equipped with technology designed to convert audio into vibration to create physical sensation from sound. The project started through an idea by Joshua Lingenfelter,…
Alex Still ’14 Receives Fulbright French Government Teaching Award
Alex Still graduates in May with a bachelor’s in dance pedagogy and French, along with a history minor. And she’ll be using all she learned when she heads to France this fall as recipient of the Fulbright French Government Teaching Award, sponsored by the French ministry of education. Still, who came to Butler from Williamsburg,…