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Stories ByMarc D. Allan, MFA ’18

Spirited
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Spirited

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | January 1, 2025

From the classroom to the distillery, Jamie (Pierce) Fahrner ’05 mixes it up.

4 mins
Crystal Clear
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Crystal Clear

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | July 24, 2024

Butler Chemistry Professor Dr. Anne Wilson and her students send their work into orbit.

4 mins
So It Is Written.
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So It Is Written.

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | July 24, 2024

Best-selling author, Cat Bohannon ’01, perfects her craft.

4 mins
1,200 Years in the making
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1,200 Years in the making

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | November 30, 2023

Professor of Physics and Astronomy Brian Murphy has traveled great distances for an optimal view of a total solar eclipse—to Manitoba, Canada (1979), Vietnam (1995), and southern Illinois, with students and alumni (2017). On April 8, 2024, all he’ll have to do is exit the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium. That day, for the first time […]

5 mins
Close to Home
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Close to Home

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | April 28, 2023

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 […]

4 mins
Growing Gifts
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Growing Gifts

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | April 28, 2023

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 […]

2 mins
Mission Measured
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Mission Measured

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | November 29, 2022

Long before the initials DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) were part of the lexicon, Ovid Butler founded the University that bears his name with a goal to admit students “without distinction on account of sex, race, or color.”
One hundred and sixty-seven years later, Dr. Khalilah Shabazz, Butler’s new Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, intends to build on that mission.

4 mins
75 Years of Butler Theatre
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75 Years of Butler Theatre

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | November 29, 2022

Since 1947, Butler students have been able to formally study theatre and earn what Chair Diane Timmerman calls “the most practical degree at the University.” 

4 mins
To Dance is to Live
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To Dance is to Live

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | June 6, 2022

The Bud Kerwin Jordan College of the Arts Dance Scholarship During a reunion in October 2017, a group of Butler Ballet alumni from the 1970s and early ’80s decided they wanted to honor one of their favorite professors, Bud Kerwin, by creating a scholarship in his name. Imagine their surprise when they found out that […]

4 mins
Butler Hub Making Significant Progress Since Opening
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Butler Hub Making Significant Progress Since Opening

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | February 14, 2022

The Hub for Black Affairs and Community Engagement has made significant progress toward its goals since opening its doors.

4 mins
Better Than Imagined
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Better Than Imagined

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | October 20, 2021

Coach Scott Drew ’93 lives out his dream—and then some

3 mins
Finding Common Ground
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Finding Common Ground

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | October 20, 2021

At Butler, Kenneth Russell DeGraff ’03 learned how people with differing perspectives can come together to make the world a better place

5 mins

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