Hinkle Fieldhouse Renovations Are Ready to Unveil
Fans will get their first look at the $36 million renovation of Hinkle Fieldhouse on November 1 when the Butler men’s basketball team plays Tony Hinkle’s alma mater, the University of Chicago, in a pre-season game. Game time is 7:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the Hinkle Fieldhouse box office or by calling 317-940-3647 between…
Butler’s Office of Institutional Research Earns Recognition
The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) has chosen Butler University’s Office of Institutional Research and Assessment website to be featured on the NILOA website, www.learningoutcomesassessment.org, in recognition of its practices in innovative and transparent online communication of student learning outcomes assessment. “This website is a centralized location for the University’s assessment efforts,” NILOA…
Announcing Our Winter Honorary Degree Recipients
Butler University will confer honorary degrees on alumnus Jauvon Gilliam ’01 and Betty Kessler, who earned her teaching certificate from Butler in 1937, during the December 21 winter commencement at Clowes Memorial Hall. The ceremony begins at 2:00 p.m. Nearly 175 students are expected to graduate. Jauvon Gilliam Gilliam was named Principal Timpanist of the…
BSO to Premiere Professor Felice’s New Composition
Frank Felice describes his new orchestral composition, “Time and Motion,” as the whirling, swirling, and settling of colorful sediment in a glass of water. “It’s as if someone swirls the glass—it becomes more opaque, more zesty in its harmony, and then the piece settles down,” he said. “But it never returns to being completely transparent…
In Lantzer’s Book, the Battle Between the ‘Wets’ and ‘Drys’ Goes On
Prohibition officially began nearly 100 years ago, and that upcoming anniversary has generated ever-increasing attention to the topic. So this appears to be the perfect time for Interpreting the Prohibition Era at Museums and Historic Sites, the new book by Jason Lantzer, Butler’s Honors Program Coordinator. The first half or more of his book looks…
In This Program, Young Writers Find Their Voice
As students trickle into room 238 at Shortridge Magnet High School, stagnant silence grows to a dull roar of laughter and chatter. Butler University students and Shortridge students catch up over peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, then get to the task at hand: creative writing. Today, they will be crafting their own parodies. One student…
For Families at St. Vincent Heart Center, Mozart While They Wait
By Sarvary Koller ’15 Piano melodies of Chopin, Mozart, and Gershwin drift through the air as Patricia Smith walks into the St. Vincent Heart Center lounge to wait for her husband during his surgery. She enters the atrium, makes a beeline past the blaring television and concerned families, and takes a seat to listen as…
Message of the Stand Tall Project: We’re Here and We Care
Students and members of the Butler community have gathered across campus this fall to answer a question: What would you say to a survivor of sexual violence? “I admire your strength,” one said. “It’s not your fault,” added another. “Speak up,” said a third. “We’re here to listen.” Noelle Rich ’16 started the Stand Tall…
United Way Designates Butler a ‘Company That Cares’
Butler University is among a select group in the six-county Central Indiana area that has earned the Company that Cares distinction for results during the 2013 United Way of Central Indiana annual workplace campaign. United Way awards the designation to organizations that reach their fundraising or participation goal and achieve benchmarks in volunteer community participation,…
Author Michael Martone’s Gift to Butler Will Spur Writing About Indiana
Author Michael Martone will make an endowed gift to Butler University in honor of his parents, Patricia ’53 and Anthony Martone, to support undergraduate English majors as they travel to conduct research and publish work about the state of Indiana and its citizens. “My main interest is not to have another contest or award, but…
Bobby Fong Remembered for His Many Contributions to Butler
The event began with a video tribute that looked back at his 10 remarkable years at Butler and ended with the crowd singing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” In between, speaker after speaker rose to celebrate the life of Bobby Fong, Butler’s 20th president, who died September 8 in Collegeville, Pennsylvania, where he had…
For All the Dogs We’ve Loved Before, A Memorial
Butler’s beloved bulldogs got their final resting place on Friday, a granite, brick, and bronze doghouse outside Hinkle Fieldhouse where the remains of Blue I, Blue II, and all future mascots will be laid to rest. Michael Kaltenmark said the bulldog memorial is “a timeless relic. The University dedicated the dog house/columbarium (urn storage)…
Officer Davis: ‘A Hero Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifice’
Butler University Police Officer James Davis, who was killed in the line of duty on September 24, 2004, was remembered on the 10th anniversary of his death as “a professional, friendly, and caring individual” and “a hero who made the ultimate sacrifice for this campus, the Butler-Tarkington neighborhood, and the city of Indianapolis.” Assistant Chief…
Butler Hires Real Estate Consultants to Find Retail Tenants for Parking Facility
Butler University today announced it has retained local real estate consultants CBRE to find high-quality retail tenants to fill 15,000 square feet of space in its new 1,038-space campus parking facility, which will be completed in August 2015. The facility will be built on an existing parking lot between Clowes Memorial Hall and Lake Road…
Love That Took Root in Holcomb Gardens Finds a New Way to Bloom
On September 22, 1974, Sharon Leininger ’70 and Michael Nemeroff got married in Holcomb Gardens. Forty years later, they returned—this time to plant a Japanese maple tree to commemorate their 40th anniversary. “At first, I was going to make this a surprise,” Mike said, “but everything else we’ve done in our marriage has been a…