A Book Made By Mr. Mark Twain, Interpreted by Professor Andy Levy
You thought you knew Huck Finn. Andy Levy is about to change your thinking. In Levy’s new book, Huck Finn’s America: Mark Twain and the Era That Shaped His Masterpiece ($25, Simon & Schuster), Butler University’s Edna Cooper Chair in English argues that contemporary readers misunderstand Twain’s classic: It is neither a carefree adventure story…
President Danko’s Mid-Year Update
One year ago, we introduced the Butler 2020 Vision—the culmination of two years of discussion and feedback from Butler students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Twelve months later, we have made major strides and are poised for great achievement in the months and years to come. I would like to begin the year by sharing updates…
Carnegie Foundation Recognizes Butler’s Community Engagement Efforts
Butler University has been selected to receive the Carnegie Foundation’s 2015 Community Engagement Classification, a distinction that recognizes the University’s efforts to connect with the Indianapolis community. This designation acknowledges the ongoing involvement of college students, staff, faculty, and community partners in working together to improve the quality of life in Central Indiana and beyond.…
151 Graduate at Winter Commencement
One hundred fifty-one students became alumni on Sunday, December 21, at Butler University’s winter commencement. Graduates include 47 from the College of Business, 42 from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 30 from the College of Education, 17 from the College of Communication, nine from the Jordan College of the Arts, and six from…
Kiplinger Again Labels Butler a ‘Best Value in Private Colleges’
Butler University has made Kiplinger Personal Finance’s list of the best values in private colleges for 2015. The list, which includes 100 private universities from across the country, can be found at Kiplinger.com/links/college. Butler ranked 60th overall—up one spot from 2014. Butler also finished 194th among all schools. This was the…
See a Free Showing of ‘Mentor,’ A Film About Bullying, at Butler
Butler University’s College of Education and College of Liberal Arts and Sciences present a free public screening of the documentary “Mentor,” about two high school students who were bullied so severely that they died by suicide, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. The film, written and directed…
Straight from the Bulldog’s Mouth: You’re #ButlerBound!
Any college can send out acceptance letters, but only Butler University is delivering its Big Envelopes by Doggy Express. Trip gives his stamp of approval to the Class of 2019. On Friday, December 19, at 5:00 p.m., every applicant who is accepted to Butler will get the news from the University’s beloved mascot, Trip,…
Grant Will Help Butler Students Intern in Asia Next Summer
Butler University’s Center for Global Education has been awarded a grant of nearly $100,000 from the Freeman Foundation to enable students to complete internships in East and Southeast Asia in the summer of 2015. The Center will organize a group experience—Butler Summer in Shanghai—in which 12–14 students will travel with a China-specialist member of the…
New MBA Class Offers a 360-Degree View of Sports
Students in Butler University’s MBA program said they wanted to learn more about the economy of Indianapolis, and the College of Business listened: It created Business Practicum (MBA522), an experiential 2½-day, two-credit course designed to explore a specific local economic cluster. This spring, the course will focus on the business of sport, including an in-depth…
Are You Ready for Some Paper Football?!
Deep in the basement of Jordan Hall, Room 048 is a plain, run-of-the-mill conference room, home to ordinary staff meetings and brainstorming sessions. But come Fridays at lunchtime, the room becomes tense with calculated finger flicks as a paper football soars across the table dividing two athletic enemies. This is the Butler University Paper Football…
Remembering Abdul-Rahman (Peter) Kassig
Abdul-Rahman Peter Edward Kassig, who studied political science at Butler University in 2011 and 2012, was remembered during a memorial service held November 23 at Clowes Memorial Hall. More than 800 people attended. (The recorded video of the ceremony is available at www.butler.edu/live.) Kassig, 26, was born on February 19, 1988. His parents were notified…
The Generation Rx Prescription: Make Learning Fun
More than 70 rambunctious Girl Scouts poured into the cramped basement of St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Plainfield on Friday evening to discuss a topic important to the health of young Daisies, Brownies, Juniors, Cadettes, and Seniors—prevention of prescription drug abuse. Kailey Meadows ’16 teaches some Girl Scouts about prescription drugs. The kindergarten to…
She Won a Contest. Now the Kids Are Having a Ball
Jill B. Allen ’13 needed physical education equipment and resources for her Movement Studio classroom at the Butler Lab School and, thanks to the participants in the NFL PLAY 60 DonorsChoose.org Showdown, she’s getting it. Allen’s class will receive an array of volleyballs, basketballs, soccer balls and other gear after her project, called “Help Us…
For Professor Boyd, It’s Out With the Cage and In With the Schubert
With the release of her new CD, Butler University Associate Professor of Piano Kate Boyd is finishing one project and starting another. The disc, John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes/In a Landscape, which was just released by Navona Records, is the culmination of two years of work that included performances and presentations at Butler and all…
A 4,763-Mile Trip for Five Minutes Onstage? Yes, Please.
Butler Dance Professor Marek Cholewa took five Butler Ballet students to Bratislava, Slovakia, November 19-24 to participate in the “International Concert of Dance Schools,” a celebration of the 35th anniversary of the prestigious Dance Conservatory of Eva Jacz. Marek Cholewa with Eileen Frazer and Ricardo Dyer Butler students Ricardo Dyer, Eileen Frazer, Marie Harrison,…