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Butler Giving Circle Grant to Support Chemistry Lab Experiences for Local High School Students
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Butler Giving Circle Grant to Support Chemistry Lab Experiences for Local High School Students

By: Jennifer Gunnels | June 24, 2025

At its June 3, 2025, annual shareholder meeting, the Butler Giving Circle (BGC) selected the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department as the 2025 recipient of its community grant. The $11,602 grant from shareholder funds will build on a partnership established during the 2024-2025 academic year between the Chemistry & Biochemistry Department and Indianapolis area high schools. […]

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Butler Receives $1.2 Million Gift to Launch the Lori Ziemba and Ken Massaroni Greek Life Leadership Institute
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Butler Receives $1.2 Million Gift to Launch the Lori Ziemba and Ken Massaroni Greek Life Leadership Institute

By: Jennifer Gunnels | June 17, 2025

Butler University announced today the creation of the Lori Ziemba and Ken Massaroni Greek Life Leadership Institute funded by a generous $1.2 million commitment from Butler graduates Lori Ziemba ʼ82 and former Trustee Ken Massaroni ʼ83. The couple’s gift was inspired by their own fraternity and sorority experiences at Butler and those of their daughter, […]

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Burks Wing and Sandhu Wing of Fairview House Named In Honor of Butler Donors’ Longtime Philanthropic Leadership
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Burks Wing and Sandhu Wing of Fairview House Named In Honor of Butler Donors’ Longtime Philanthropic Leadership

By: Jennifer Gunnels | June 9, 2025

On Thursday, June 5, Keith Burks MBA ‘90, Tina Burks, Jay Sandhu ‘87, and Roop Sandhu were recognized for their significant and loyal philanthropic leadership to Butler University through the permanent namings of the Burks Wing and the Sandhu Wing within the Fairview House residential hall.  All four individuals contributed particularly significant leadership support throughout […]

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Trustee Rebecca Graham Paul Commits $12 Million in Support of Butler Women’s Athletics
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Trustee Rebecca Graham Paul Commits $12 Million in Support of Butler Women’s Athletics

By: Jennifer Gunnels | February 5, 2025

Butler University announced today that Trustee Rebecca Graham Paul ʼ70, MS ʼ75 has committed $12 million to the University through a future estate gift to support Butler Athletics. The gift, announced on National Girls and Women in Sports Day, is the largest documented estate commitment in University history and the largest gift ever to Butler […]

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Butler University Receives $4.4 Million Anonymous Gift in Memory of Beloved Late Professors Ney and Shaughnessy
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Butler University Receives $4.4 Million Anonymous Gift in Memory of Beloved Late Professors Ney and Shaughnessy

By: Jennifer Gunnels | January 27, 2025

Butler University recently received a $4.4 million gift commitment from an anonymous donor in memory of two beloved former Butler faculty members, Bill Ney ʼ58 MS ʼ67, and Ed Shaughnessy ʼ58 MA ʼ63. The gift is a testament to the enduring influence of dedicated Butler faculty members in the lives of their students and in […]

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As 2024-25 Butler Basketball Season Tips Off, Butler Athletics Announces More Than $7.5 Million Raised in Gifts and Commitments in 2024
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As 2024-25 Butler Basketball Season Tips Off, Butler Athletics Announces More Than $7.5 Million Raised in Gifts and Commitments in 2024

By: Jennifer Gunnels | October 28, 2024

Fans got a preview of the 2024-2025 Butler basketball season on Thursday, October 24, at the inaugural Butler Basketball Tip-Off Party, where head coaches Thad Matta and Austin Parkinson introduced their squads and hyped up the crowd with insights and predictions for the season ahead. Adding to the excitement as the season gets underway, Grant […]

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Former Students Honor Late COPHS Professor Emerita Through Dr. Margaret Shaw Pharmacy Scholarship
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Former Students Honor Late COPHS Professor Emerita Through Dr. Margaret Shaw Pharmacy Scholarship

By: Jennifer Gunnels | August 28, 2024

Dr. Margaret Shaw, a longtime professor in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS), taught in COPHS for 29 years before retiring in 1994 as a Professor Emerita. She passed away in June, but her legacy lives on through the many students whose lives were changed by her mentorship. Several of those former students […]

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Butler University Announces Founder’s College Programs
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Butler University Announces Founder’s College Programs

By: Jennifer Gunnels | August 15, 2024

Students accepted into the inaugural cohort of Founder’s College at Butler University can choose from among four interdisciplinary programs, University officials announced today. Founder’s College, the newest and now seventh College on the Butler campus, will offer two-year associate degrees in Business Data Analytics, Business Management Studies, Healthcare Studies, and Youth and Community Advocacy. Applications […]

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Butler Athletics Launches Philanthropic Initiative with The Butler Way Society
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Butler Athletics Launches Philanthropic Initiative with The Butler Way Society

By: Jennifer Gunnels | August 1, 2024

Less than 100 days into the tenure of new Vice President and Director of Athletics Grant Leiendecker ’11, Butler Athletics continues to enhance its efforts to resource the student-athlete experience at an elite level with the introduction of a new philanthropic giving society called The Butler Way Society.  Donors who make commitments of $75,000 or […]

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Supporting For Success
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Supporting For Success

By: Jennifer Gunnels | July 24, 2024

Marianne Glick ’73, MS ’74 continues her legacy of support with a gift to Butler’s newest entity, Founder’s College.

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Butler Giving Circle Awards $15,000 Community Grant to Support Black Student Leadership Summit
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Butler Giving Circle Awards $15,000 Community Grant to Support Black Student Leadership Summit

By: Jennifer Gunnels | June 27, 2024

Shareholders from the Butler Giving Circle recently voted to award the group’s annual community grant to Future Black Leaders (FBL), a student affinity group out of Fishers High School, to support its 7th Annual Black Student Leadership Summit on Butler’s campus in 2025. The $15,000 grant will provide funding for 400 Black student leaders from […]

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Xan Korman Legacy Project’s Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in Memory of Butler Student
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Xan Korman Legacy Project’s Endowed Scholarship Fund Established in Memory of Butler Student

By: Jennifer Gunnels | November 11, 2022

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 […]

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