Butler Blue II Turns Over His Collar to Blue III
Butler Blue II, who served Butler University proudly as mascot for nearly nine years, turned over his collar to his successor, Blue III, during the University’s first “Changing of the Collar” ceremony on Saturday, March 9, at Hinkle Fieldhouse. President James Danko took the custom collar created by Reis-Nichols Jewelers from Blue II and placed…
‘Applying Course Material in a Meaningful Way’
Assistant Professor of Psychology Ali O’Malley wanted her “Humans and the Natural Environment” course to have an impact on both the students and the Indianapolis community. And it did. Ali O’Malley Nine students from the class helped collect data that enabled the Unitarian Universalist Church, 615 W. 43rd St., to get an Indiana Office of…
’05 Graduate Sees the World By Bike
Brendan Kay ’05 finished an 8,800-mile bike ride from Shanghai, China, to Dublin, Ireland, to increase awareness of hemochromatosis, raise funds to fight the disorder, and encourage blood screenings for the disease. Brendan Kay at a stop in the Czech Republic Kay and his friend Ben Shuker rode an average of 75 miles per day,…
Smiley, Langston Join University Board of Trustees
The Butler University Board of Trustees has welcomed two new members: Joshua L. Smiley of Indianapolis, senior vice president of finance at Eli Lilly and Co., and Ronald N. Langston of Des Moines, Iowa, principal of Langston Global Enterprises LLC. Both will serve three-year renewable terms as trustees. Joshua L. Smiley Smiley is senior vice…
New Book Provides Lessons in How To ‘Lead Like Butler’
Team unity, embracing the growth process, executing well-thought-out plays and demonstrating toughness in every circumstance—those are some of the traits required to play basketball at Butler University—and to succeed in life, according to the new book Lead Like Butler (Abingdon Press). Through interviews with coaches, players, and alumni, Indianapolis clergyman Kent Millard and Judith Cebula,…
Senior Wins Cell Biology Competition
Butler senior Hitesh Dube won first place in an undergraduate poster session at the American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) meeting in San Francisco. Hitesh Dube and Amy Wasilk In besting a field of nearly 100 undergraduates, which included students from across the country and around the world, Dube won $500 and will have his…
Butler Corporate and Executive Education Offers Professional Development for Women in Leadership
To help women thrive in positions of authority, Butler Corporate and Executive Education will offer a workshop called Advancing Women in Leadership (AWL) one day a month from March through September. The program will take place over six days—from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. March 14, April 18, May 16, June 13, Aug. 15 and…