PUBLISHED ON Apr 05 2018
Butler Theatre closes its 2017–2018 season with The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery's tale of love and loyalty, April 11-22 in the Lilly Hall Studio Theatre 168.
Show times are:
Wednesday, April 11, 7:00 PM (Preview)
Thursday, April 12, 7:00 PM (Preview)
Friday, April 13, 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 14, 7:00 PM
Sunday, April 15, 2:00 PM
Friday, April 20, 7:00 PM
Saturday, April 21, 7:00 PM
Sunday, April 22, 2:00 PM
Tickets are $5-$15. They are available online at ButlerArtsCenter.org or at the box office before each performance.
The Little Prince, a childhood favorite, is the story of a pilot stranded in the desert who meets an enigmatic young prince who has recently fallen from the sky. Audience members can let their imagination take flight in an adventure that celebrates fantasy and friendship.
The cast:
Aviator: Zane Franklin, Morgantown, Indiana
Lamplighter/Geographer/Businessman: Ryan Moskalick, Highland, Indiana
The Little Prince: Abby Glaws, Deerfield, Illinois
Snake/King: Mary Hensel, Indianapolis
Rose/Conceited man: Kitty Compton, Evansville, Indiana
Fox: Lexy Weixel, Columbus, Ohio
(In the photo: Zane Franklin and Abby Glaws)
Media contact:
Marc Allan MFA '18
mallan@butler.edu
317-940-9822
PUBLISHED ON Apr 23 2018
The Alumni Association has announced Butler University's Top 100 Outstanding Students, honoring the top juniors and seniors for the 2017–2018 academic year.
The list is below. Top 15 students have an asterisk next to their name.
The students honored each year continue the tradition of dedication and service to Butler. They reflect outstanding character, scholarship, engaged citizenship, leadership, and commitment to fostering diversity.To be considered a Top 100 student at Butler University, students must have a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and may not be on conduct probation during the application process or the announcement for Top 100 and Top 15.
The Top 100 students are determined by the Top 100 Selection Committee composed of representatives of each of the six colleges, student affairs, academic affairs, and alumni. Each candidate is judged against the core values of the program on a numeric scale. At the end of the judging period, all scores are tabulated, and the Top 100 students are selected.
Visit the Top 100 website to view guidelines for the program.
The Alumni Association in conjunction with the Office of Student Affairs conducts the Outstanding Student Recognition program. The program is in its 57th year.
The full list of honorees, majors, and hometowns:
Lynn Alsatie, International Studies and French, Carmel, Indiana
Siena Amodeo, International Business and Marketing, Powell, Ohio
Deborah Arehart, Middle/Secondary Education and French, Dayton, Ohio
Thomas Baldwin, Biochemistry, Carmel, Indiana
*Adam Bantz, Strategic Communication, Marketing, Muncie, Indiana
Alex Bartlow, Accounting and Spanish, Bloomfield, Indiana
Leah Basford, International Business, Chinese minor, Centerville, Indiana
Brianna Borri, Psychology, Ada, Michigan
Lauren Briskey, Actuarial Science, Statistics, Avon, Indiana
Amy Brown, Accounting, Saint Charles, Missouri
Rachel Burke, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Mount Vernon, Indiana
Jeremy Caylor, Biology, Chemistry, Tipton, Indiana
*Parker Chalmers, Finance/Risk Management & Insurance, Wyoming, Ohio
Lauren Ciulla, Biology, Carmel, Indiana
Brooklyn Cohen, Elementary Education, Glenview, Illinois
Hannah Coleman, Pharmacy, Danville, Indiana
Dana Connor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Tallahassee, Florida
Vickie Cook, Chemistry, Woodburn, Indiana
Meredith Coughlin, Human Communication and Organizational Leadership, Tipp City, Ohio
*Ryan Cultice, Accounting and Finance, Warsaw, Indiana
Ashley Dale, Physics, Electrical Engineering, New Palestine, Indiana
Erin Dark, Pharmacy, West Lafayette, Indiana
Darby DeFord, Biology and Chemistry, Spencer, Indiana
Matt Del Busto, English creative writing and Spanish, Carmel, Indiana
David Dunham, Human Movement and Health Sciences Education, Zionsville, Indiana
Suzanne Dwyer, Pharmacy, Tinley Park, Illinois
Shelby Jo Eaton, Psychology and Sociology, Indianapolis
Ashlyn Edwards, Philosophy, Critical Communication, and French, New Albany, Indiana
*Katie Edwards, Marketing and Finance, Libertyville, Illinois
Sarah Elam, International Studies and Spanish, Indianapolis
John Evans, Accounting and Finance, Indianapolis
Hannah Faccio, Psychology, Belmont, Michigan
Megan Farny, Pre-PA, Evansville, Indiana
Megan Fitzgerald, Elementary Education and Religion, Dublin, Ohio
Annie Foster, Spanish and Chemistry minor, Westfield, Indiana
Jacklyn Gries, Pharmacy, Evansville, Indiana
Hannah Hartzell, Strategic Communication and Spanish, Powell, Ohio
Patrick Holden, PharmD/MBA, Brownsburg, Indiana
Jonny Hollar, Finance and Marketing, Warsaw, Indiana
Kate Holtz, Risk Management and Insurance, Finance, Godfrey, Illinois
*Nick Huang, Finance and Marketing, Geneva, Illinois
Karla Jeggle, Actuarial Science, Upper Arlington, Ohio
Nathan Jent, Health Sciences/Pre-PA, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Drew Johnson, Pharmacy, Noblesville, Indiana
Jakob Jozwiakowski, Chemistry, Boston, Massachusetts
Colton Junod, Biology and Biochemistry, Vincennes, Indiana
Libby Kaufman, Elementary Education, Chanhassen, Minnesota
*Nida Khan, Pharmacy/Pre-Med, Noblesville, Indiana
Rachel Koehler, International Studies and French, Franklin, Tennessee
*Caroline Kuremsky, Elementary Education with a Mild Intervention Minor, Cincinnati, Ohio
Carly Large, Accounting, Bloomington, Illinois
*Emily Lawson, Chemistry and Mathematics (Pre-Med), Fort Wayne, Indiana
Becca Lewis, Biology and Chemistry, Danville, Illinois
Rachael Lewis, Marketing, Spanish, and International Business, Danville, Illinois
Kayla Long, Critical Communications and Media Studies, Digital Media Production, Spanish, Evanston, Illinois
Kelsey McDougall, Biology, Canton, Michigan
Kirsten McGrew, Pharmacy, Louisville, Kentucky
Kasey Meeks, Health Sciences and Chemistry, Robinson, Illinois
Rachel Metz, Health Science, Ferdinand, Indiana
Joshua Murdock, Pharmacy, Grand Junction, Colorado
*Kelly Murphy, Human Communication and Organizational Leadership, Dublin, Ohio
Emily Nettesheim, Health Sciences and Spanish, Lafayette, Indiana
Alexis Neyman, Biochemistry, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Olivia Nilsen, Communication of Sciences and Disorders, Neuroscience minor, Ballwin, Missouri
Gehrig Parker, Sports Media, Park Ridge, Illinois
Justin Poythress, Accounting and Finance, Geneva, Illinois
*Tori Puhl, Actuarial Science, Mequon, Wisconsin
*Salman Qureshi, Biology, Fishers, Indiana
*Courtney Raab, Health Sciences, Highland, Indiana
Jordan Rauh, Pharmacy, Wabash, Indiana
Allison Reitz, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Newburgh, Indiana
Kate Richards, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Effingham, Illinois
Sophie Robertson, Dance Arts Administration and Journalism, Gig Harbor, Washington
*Abdul Saltagi, Biology, Fishers, Indiana
Kaitlyn Sawin, Marketing, Appleton, Wisconsin
Olivia Schwan, Marketing and Spanish, Kalamazoo, Michigan
*Abby Sikorcin, Health Sciences, Lisle, Illinois
Sundeep Singh, Biology and Political Science, Fishers, Indiana
Maree Smith, Spanish and Marketing, Monticello, Minnesota
Lilli Southern, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Solsberry, Indiana
Madison Stefanski, Elementary Education and seeking licensure in Special Education with minors in Reading, Frankfort, Michigan
Isaiah Strong, Strategic Communication/Recording Industry Studies, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
Natalie Van Ochten, Biology and Biochemistry, Shorewood, Minnesota
Alexander Waddell, Accounting, Greenwood, Indiana
Skyler Walker, Pharmacy, Racine, Wisconsin
Kathryn Warma, Science, Technology, and Sociology, Carlinville, Illinois
Riley Wildemann, Pharmacy, Plainfield, Indiana
Alexander Wright, Chemistry, Fishers, Indiana
Heather Wright, Music, Greentown, Indiana
Jill Yager, Biology, Rushville, Indiana
Due to a tie in scoring, more than 100 students are being honored for the 2017–2018 academic year. All honorees were recognized at the Outstanding Student Banquet on April 13, where the Top 15 Most Outstanding Students were announced.
This list includes all students who opted to post their names.
In the photo:
Front row: Emily Lawson, Nida Khan, Nicholas Huang, Caitlyn Foye, Katie Edwards, Adam Bantz, Kelly Murphy
Back row: Abby Sikocin, Abdul Saltagi, Courtney Raab, President Danko, Salman Qureshi, Tori Puhl, Ryan Cultice
Media contact:
Marc Allan
mallan@butler.edu
317-940-9822
Butler Honors Top 100 Students
This is the 57th year to recognize the Top 100 students' dedication and service to Butler.
This is the 57th year to recognize the Top 100 students' dedication and service to Butler.
PUBLISHED ON Feb 08 2018
Indianapolis-based soprano Angela Brown, who had taken some time off due to vocal stress, returns to the stage for a free concert on Sunday, February 25, at 7:30 PM at Butler University's Schrott Center for the Arts as part of the Celebration of African-American Music Concert.
The concert will feature Brown, Butler University choirs, and the Eastern Star Church Choir performing together and separately songs such as "This Little Light of Mine," "Wade in the Water," and "Lift Every Voice and Sing."
The Celebration of African-American Music Concert, pioneered by Jeremiah Marcèle Sanders MM '17 in collaboration with the Efroymson Diversity Center, Mu Phi Epsilon and the School of Music, celebrates the vast wealth of African-American culture through singing.
"Our singing is a tool for increasing the awareness of the oppression under which African slaves were brought to this land," Sanders said. "We wish that all see a day in which we celebrate a reconciliation of racial injustice. Until that day arrives, we rejoice in hope, sing in unity of mind and spirit, and educate toward equality."
Brown, a Butler University Visiting Guest Artist during the 2017–2018 academic year, sang on the Grammy-winning recording of "Ask Your Mama,” composer Laura Karpman’s setting of the poem by Langston Hughes of the same title. She also co-starred in the new American opera Charlie Parker’s Yardbird in the 2015 world-premiere performance with Opera Philadelphia.
She reprised the role of Addie Parker in historic performances at The Apollo in New York City in 2016, for Lyric Opera of Chicago and Madison Opera, and in London at The Hackney Empire in 2017.
This season includes solo appearances with the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, Venice Symphony Orchestra, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, and Duisberger Philharmonic (Germany) as well as performances of Opera…from a Sistah’s Point of View in the United States.
The Butler choirs will be conducted by John Perkins, Associate Director of Choral Activities, who joined the University in 2014. Perkins previously served at the American University of Sharjah (UAE) from 2008-2014. Perkins’ teaching and research centers around broadening reasons for choral musicking, including social justice education. In pursuit of these goals, in the spring of 2016 he created a transnational course entitled "Peacebuilding through Choral Singing."
Sherri Garrison, who conducts the Eastern Star Church, Cooper Road campus, has been the Minister of Music there for the last 30 years. During her tenure at Eastern Star Church, she has overseen six choirs, of which she taught and directed five, two praise teams, two dance ministries, and a full music staff.
Media contact:
Marc Allan
mallan@butler.edu
317-940-9822
Angela Brown Sings Again in Celebration Concert
Performance will feature the great soprano along with Butler choirs and the Eastern Star Church choir.
Performance will feature the great soprano along with Butler choirs and the Eastern Star Church choir.
PUBLISHED ON Apr 03 2018
After footing the bill to send two students to present papers at an undergraduate research conference in the south, Butler Biology Professor Jim Berry decided that the university needed to host its own event.
He founded the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference (URC) in 1989 "to encourage undergraduate students to become involved in research," he wrote in the program. "We believe that the best way to teach science is by actually doing science. Only through the actual process of asking questions and solving problems can one become experienced in the methods of science."
Today, Berry's creation is stronger than ever: On April 13, from 8:00 AM to 4:15 PM, Butler will welcome 896 participants from 23 states to present their work at the 30th annual URC.
Berry, now Professor Emeritus, will be recognized at the luncheon, and Major Matthew Riley '01 will deliver the keynote address. Riley is Department Chief at the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, the Department of Defense’s lead laboratory for medical biological defense research.
In its first year, the URC that Berry created included 171 participants in five disciplines—Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Engineering, and Social Science—all of whom were from Indiana. The next year, Music Professor Jim Briscoe ushered in Music and Arts.
This year's conference will feature presentations in 25 disciplines. Topics this year will be as varied as "Manufacturing: An Uncertain Future," "Beyond Godzilla: Reflections of National Identity in Japanese Horror Films," and "Can You Outsmart the ImPACT Test? A Study of Sandbagging on Baseline Concussion Assessments."
"Because of Jim Berry's hard work—and the hard work of other folks—we're now one of the largest undergraduate research conferences in the nation," said Dacia Charlesworth, Butler's Director of Undergraduate Research and Prestigious Scholarships.
Under Charlesworth's guidance, the URC has added research roundtables that allow students just embarking on their research projects to share their plans with experienced professionals and receive feedback and a competitive-paper division. This year, 28 students submitted competitive papers.
The Butler Collegian interviewed Berry about the URC in 1995. He described the conference then as "a district version of the big national conferences you always hear about. We’ve just brought it closer to home so that more students can take part.”
Charlesworth said that with 79 colleges and universities participating, the conference has expanded beyond what anyone expected.
"I'm happy we're continuing Jim’s mission," she said. "At the heart of it, we're still fulfilling his original intention: Helping students understand research by conducting research."
Media contact:
Marc Allan MFA '18
mallan@butler.edu
317-940-9822
Butler's Undergraduate Research Conference Turns 30
The URC has grown from 171 participants in 1989 to nearly 900 this year.
The URC has grown from 171 participants in 1989 to nearly 900 this year.