Pickleball Expansion at Butler University
Butler is adding four new pickleball courts to the north side of the Sellick Bowl, between the Tennis Bubble and Apartment Village. Construction will begin in May following Commencement and will be completed in July. The cost of the new pickleball courts is being covered by a gift from an anonymous donor. Pickleball is the…
Blue’s Views
A lot more goes into being a mascot than what is shown on your screen. The same is true for our student-athletes. As they don their Butler-branded jersey and step onto the big stage, it can be easy to forget that beneath those moisture-wicking uniforms are students; students who are striving to become the best…
Speaking Up & Standing Out
Mary Majewski Shaw ’93 knew she had to pay for college herself. Her parents had made that clear. Growing up in South Bend, Indiana—in the shadows of the University of Notre Dame—the three-sport athlete dreamed of playing basketball for the Fighting Irish. She was offered the opportunity to walk on, but when Butler coaches saw…
Close to Home
Jack Krebs ’63 chose to attend Butler for many reasons—a desire to play for Tony Hinkle, the location (Indianapolis, close to home), and the fraternity system among them. And because of the experience he had at Butler—getting to play for Hinkle, being close to his family and their insurance business, becoming a Phi Delt, learning…
Hink—The Inside Story
One of Butler’s great mysteries is, just who is bringing that eight-foot-tall “Hink” suit to life? A beloved fixture at Butler’s many sporting and special events around campus, the costumed “Butler Bulldog” first appeared over 60 years ago. It was criminal activity that brought to light the need for a name change. In summer 2008,…
Scoring 2,000 Miles from Home
In high school, Butler senior and Germany native Aliya Diagne knew she wanted to pursue both of her passions in college—soccer and academics. “As a college student in Germany, you can only play soccer as a hobby,” she says. Not willing to sacrifice one passion for another, Diagne was willing to travel thousands of miles…
Making the Cut
The road to medical school for senior Jon Vore began with a concussion. A multi-sport athlete in high school, Vore took a hard hit on the field. One of the unexpected side-effects: a new fascination with medicine. “I’d always been interested in science, but now I was curious about why I felt the way I…
Celebrating Our 2023 Graduates: Emma Shepherd
When College of Liberal Arts and Sciences student Emma Shepherd interned with the Marion County’s Prosecutor’s Office, she felt inspired to find a career where she could support her community. After graduation, Emma will pursue a master’s in Jurisprudence at Indiana University McKinney School of Law.
Inspired to Give
Kurt Mahrdt grew up a few blocks from Butler’s campus and attended elementary school at 49th and Boulevard, across the street from Hinkle Fieldhouse. Beginning around the fourth grade, Mahrdt recalls using Butler’s athletics facilities to play basketball, football, and baseball with his neighborhood friends after school. Tony Hinkle was often nearby, overseeing practice for…
All Good Dawgs
The landscape of college athletics has changed dramatically over the last few years as a series of state laws throughout the country and adjusted NCAA by-laws now allow for studentathletes to be compensated for their name, image, and likeness (NIL). A group of Butler alumni set out to find a way for both Bulldog student-athletes…
Positive Reflections
More than a year has passed since Xan Korman died, but his legacy at Butler University is still just getting started. Korman was a rising junior and a promising photographer who loved covering the Butler Men’s Basketball team when he was gravely injured in a drive-by shooting in his home state of Maryland. He passed…
Butler University Names Honorary Degree Recipients
Kathryn G. “Katie” Betley, long-time Butler University Trustee and Indianapolis community leader; Leonard J. “Len” Betley, lawyer and philanthropist (posthumous); Reverend Marvin Chandler, Civil Rights activist, Indianapolis Jazz musician, and lecturer in the Jordan College of the Arts; and Everett F. Greene, Sr., legendary Indianapolis Jazz musician and lecturer in the Jordan College of the…
It’s What Mattas
Thad Matta ’90 grew up watching his father, Jim, a high school athletic director and coach, explain Xs and Os and discuss training philosophies. “I was raised in a gymnasium,” Matta says. “I was the little kid sitting in the locker room after a win or after a loss listening to the coaches.” Matta began…
Growing Gifts
It started with $100. Kent ’94 and Brittney (Howard) ’94 Greer loved their years at Butler, and it felt wrong not to give to the place that had molded them both and provided a backdrop for the beginning of their relationship. He first spotted her at Atherton Union (where he proclaimed to buddies, “I’m marrying…
Celebrating Our 2023 Graduates: Alexis Rice
As College of Education student Alexis Rice prepares to walk across the stage, she credits her next career opportunity to her professors who have helped expand who she is as an educator. Following graduation, Alexis will travel across the pond to England to teach year 10 math for at least two years.