Professor Rao’s Artwork Is All Over Indy This Summer
Summer break? What summer break? Just as school is letting out, Art + Design Associate Professor Gautam Rao finds himself participating in three upcoming high-profile events. The first is the Indianapolis Museum of Art’s miniature golf course, which opens to the public May 10. The course features 18 holes designed by local and regional artists,…
COB Renamed the Andre B. Lacy School of Business
Butler University’s College of Business has been renamed the Andre B. Lacy School of Business, in recognition of a $25 million commitment from the Chairman of the Board of Indianapolis-based LDI, Ltd (Lacy Diversified Industries) and his wife, Julia, Butler President James M. Danko announced today. In addition, Lacy will serve as senior adviser to…
Bloomberg Rates Butler’s College of Business No. 1 for Internships
Butler University’s College of Business is the top-ranked business school in the country for internships, according to Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2016 rankings. “Studies have shown that college students with internships fare better in the labor market after they graduate, compared to students without internships,” Bloomberg said in the rankings released April 19. “Many undergraduate business programs…
Our Risk Management Students: ‘These Guys Are Good’
Butler’s Risk Management students place third in national competition. As consolation prizes go, this one was pretty great. Matt Pauszek, Melissa Lakin, Erin Bundy, and Jake Doman. A Butler team of seniors Jake Doman (from Chicago) and Melissa Lakin (Westfield, Indiana) and juniors Matt Pauszek (Indianapolis) and Erin Bundy (Knightstown, Indiana) has just…
Butler’s Literary Magazine Wins Three ICPA Awards
Manuscripts, Butler University’s undergraduate literary magazine, won three awards at the Indiana Collegiate Press Association (ICPA) conference on April 9. The three awards all came from the Spring 2015 issue of the magazine. Manuscripts won first place in the category of Best Short Story, for a piece named “Grown-Ups” written by IUPUI student Olivia Emerich.…
Butler Senior’s Foundation Receives Second LIDS Foundation Grant
For the second time this year, the Little Wish Foundation—founded and operated by Butler senior Liz Niemiec—has received a major gift from the LIDS Foundation. This time, it was a $75,000 Tip the Hat Award. Senior Liz Niemiec (second from left) receives her second award from the LIDS Foundation. Little Wish Foundation delivers wishes, such…
Butler Becomes Indiana’s First Fair Trade Campus
Butler University today became the first Fair Trade Designated campus in Indiana, agreeing to use and sell products such as coffee, chocolate, and clothing that were grown, harvested, crafted, and traded in ways that improve lives and protect the environment. Fair trade items such as Barkthins dark chocolate and Alta Gracia apparel are available in the Butler Bookstore,…
URC Let Students Show Their Work
More than 900 individuals representing 58 colleges and universities in 11 states participated in Butler University’s 28th annual Undergraduate Research Conference on April 8. The students presented in 26 subject areas, from music and English to biology and chemistry. Indiana University-Bloomington student Reyan Coskun presents her poster on “Toward Efficient Chemoenzymatic Syntheses of Sialyl-a-2,3-Lactose/Lactosamine Assisted…
51 Years and Counting: Mulholland Still Makes Sweet Music
You might think that having just turned 81, Professor of Music James Mulholland would be in the winter of his career. If so, it’s a mighty busy winter. During March and early April, Mulholland: -Served a week in residency at University of Wisconsin Eau Claire, which culminated with a concert of Mulholland compositions by the…
Junior Matt Pauszek Wins Weidner Altruism Scholarship
Matt Pauszek, a junior from Indianapolis, is the recipient of the 2015-2016 John Weidner Endowed Scholarship for Altruism in recognition of the extensive volunteer work he has done in the community. Pauszek, a Risk Management and Finance major, has served as a lead community volunteer for the Patachou Foundation, which provides food and education for…
Prof. Kelly’s Book Explains How Conservatives Won the Culture Wars
In a groundbreaking study of Hollywood films produced since 2000, Butler University Associate Professor of Critical Communication and Media Studies Casey Kelly has found that the overwhelming majority of movies now associate premarital sex with shame and degradation, while they romanticize traditional nuclear families, courtship rituals, and gender roles. Kelly published his findings in Abstinence…
Butler Partners With Be The Match to Honor Andrew Smith
Butler University has entered into a partnership with Be The Match, which operates the national bone marrow registry, honoring the late Butler Bulldog Andrew Smith, who bravely fought a two-year battle with cancer. As an element of the partnership, Butler’s live bulldog mascot, Blue III (commonly referred to as “Trip”), has been named a national…
Butler Inducts 29 Into Phi Beta Kappa
Butler University’s Theta of Indiana Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa will induct 29 new members at a ceremony to be held April 16 at 8:30 AM in the Irwin Library. Students are considered for membership based on their grade point averages in liberal arts studies, typically ranking in the top 10 percent of arts and…
Video is Their Business (And Their Business is Good)
They’re not even finished with college yet, but already Joshua Gaal and Tim Valentine are successfully building up Train 918, the video production, marketing, and branding company they founded as sophomores and will run after graduation. For 10 days in February, the Butler seniors were in Kenya, making promotional videos for a company called Roots…
Surprise! You’ve Earned a Tuition-Free Scholarship to Butler
With classmates cheering, family members on hand for hugs, and Butler’s live mascot, Trip, there to pose for pictures, Shortridge International Baccalaureate High School seniors Jacob Charboneau, G. Gray, and Aaliyah Coe got an enormous surprise on March 3: They each received full four-year Butler Tuition Guarantee scholarships. “I was kind of upset earlier in…