Lisa Brooks Named New Chair of the School of Music
Professor of Violin Lisa Brooks, a Butler University faculty member since 1994, has been appointed Chair of the Butler University School of Music. In addition to Brooks’s work teaching violin at Butler, she is the principal second violinist of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra. She is a regular substitute violinist and violist with the Indianapolis Symphony…
COE Professor Suneeta Kercood Selected for Fulbright Award
Professor of Special Education Suneeta Kercood has been selected for the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award. She will conduct research in India this summer and next under the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Kercood, a Butler faculty member since 2001, said her research topic is “A Study of the Health Behaviors of Children and Adults…
Butler Student Researchers Headed to San Francisco
Forty Butler students are taking their psychology research on the road to the Association for Psychological Science (APS) national convention May 22–25 in in San Francisco. From left, Beth McGlone, Karina Hamamouche, and Emily Lauth with their poster for the Association for Psychological Science convention. Accompanied by seven faculty members, the students will present…
Ed Carpenter ’03 Wins Indy 500 Pole for 2nd Straight Year
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS – Local driver Ed Carpenter has made himself at home on the Indianapolis 500 pole. Ed Carpenter and Trip The last of nine qualifiers to take the track, Carpenter bumped James Hinchcliffe from the top spot, posting a four-lap average of 231.067 mph to win the 500…
2013-2014: The School Year in Review
During the 2013-2014 school year, Butler celebrated the creation of the Desmond Tutu Center, the 50th anniversaries of Clowes Hall and the Irwin Library, and more than $17 million in gifts to refurbish Hinkle Fieldhouse. Three students and one faculty member received prestigious Fulbright awards to study overseas. We said goodbye to two…
Ryan Lovelace ’14 Earns Buckley Fellowship in Political Journalism
Graduating journalism major Ryan Lovelace ’14 has been awarded a William F. Buckley Fellowship in Political Journalism. As part of the fellowship, Lovelace will work in the editorial department of National Review magazine in New York for a year. “I’m honored to become a William F. Buckley Jr. fellow, and intend to do my best…
Butler Honors Six Alumni at Recognition Dinner
Six Butler University alumni, including a professor emeritus, were honored May 3 at the annual Alumni Recognition Dinner for extraordinary professional achievement and service to the University and their communities. Ed Carpenter ’03, Christina Fugate ’04, Chris Miskel ’96, Nicole Miskel ’98, Jay Love ’76, Eldon Palmer ’50, Winstan “Bud” Sellick ’44, Fabiola Crain,…
Collegian, IndianapolisNewsBeat.com Win Four SPJ Awards
Colin Likas and Joellen Gentry The Butler Collegian and Butler’s IndianapolisNewsBeat.com picked up four awards at the Society of Professional Journalists’ “Best of Indiana” awards, presented by SPJ’s Indiana Pro chapter. The Collegian won two first places: Sports writing (Colin Likas ’14, Jill McCarter ’13 and Marissa Johnson ’13 for “Packing Up and Moving On?”)…
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…