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Stories ByMarc D. Allan, MFA ’18

1,200 Years in the making

1,200 Years in the making

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18

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 […]

Close to Home

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 […]

Growing Gifts

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 […]

Mission Measured

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.

75 Years of Butler Theatre

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.” 

To Dance is to Live

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 […]

Butler Hub Making Significant Progress Since Opening

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.

Better Than Imagined

Better Than Imagined

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

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

Finding Common Ground

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

Hanif Abdurraqib to Serve as Booth Tarkington Writer-in-Residence

Hanif Abdurraqib to Serve as Booth Tarkington Writer-in-Residence

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | March 17, 2021

During Butler’s 2021–2022 academic year, the well-known writer will teach undergraduate English and graduate MFA classes

A Campus Challenged

A Campus Challenged

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | January 22, 2021

Butler Magazine spoke to three alumni and a professor emeritus about what we can learn from the toughest of times

Why We Dance: Butler Student Researcher Refutes Her Generation’s Reputation

Why We Dance: Butler Student Researcher Refutes Her Generation’s Reputation

By: Marc D. Allan, MFA ’18 | May 10, 2019

Millennials tend to be motivated if they can see the impact of the cause.

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