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Students from the Butler University World of Plants class and the Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ISBVI) will work together on a tree-planting event on Tuesday, October 20, from 10:00-11:30 AM and 2:30-4:00 PM. At the “Trees for Bees” event, students will plant trees to enhance the pollen sources for ISBVI bee […]

In seven years, Steve Vong ’16 has gone from “zero” English to complete fluency in writing and public speaking

Butler University junior Natalie Girman ’17 was crowned Porter County Fair Queen on Saturday, August 23, at the Porter County Fair in the Park Place Pavilion. Contestants were judged on professional wear, evening gown, and an interview with the judges. They also answered a question while wearing their evening gowns. Girman’s prizes included $500 cash, […]

For the fourth time in five years, every Butler College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS) graduate who took the North American Pharmacist Licensure Exam, the NAPLEX, passed on the first try. That first-time pass rate for the national exam ties for third best result among the country’s 130 pharmacy schools. Of the 557 Butler […]

Butler University will welcome 1,040 first-year students on move-in day Saturday, August 22. Classes begin Wednesday, August 26. Butler’s class of 2019 continues the University’s track record of attracting high-quality, academically prepared students. Here’s a look at some numbers. -42 valedictorians and 16 salutatorians. -Average GPA, 3.78. -ACT middle 50 percent 25-30. -SAT middle 50 […]

The Butler University College of Business will establish a student-run insurance company with the goal of having the company fully operational by the 2019–2020 academic year, thanks to a $250,000 gift from MJ Insurance and Michael M. Bill. The Butler business, known as a “captive insurance company,” will insure certain programs at Butler, perhaps including […]

This summer, after a year and a half trying to grow a protein called OVCA2 that’s thought to suppress ovarian cancer tumors, senior Jessica Bun had a breakthrough. On Wednesday, July 15, she got to share the news with students, faculty, staff, and visitors who came to see the results of research by participants in […]

Madison Chartier ’15 and Jill Gentry ’15 are the latest in a growing number of recent Butler alumni to receive awards to teach overseas. Chartier will be heading to France as part of the Teaching Assistant Program in France. Gentry has been selected to teach in Madrid, Spain, through the Council of International Educational Exchange. […]

Butler University expects to confer degrees upon 914 graduates during Commencement ceremonies that begin at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, May 9, in Hinkle Fieldhouse. The newest Butler graduates include 222 from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 220 from the College of Business, 203 from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 96 from the […]

On April 11, the Butler Women’s Club Volleyball team won the national championship by defeating the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. “I think our energy throughout the whole day helped us get through,” said Kerry Risley, the club president. “I know we were all exhausted, but our adrenaline and keeping each other pumped up got us […]

Student journalists from The Butler Collegian and IndianapolisNewsBeat.com received nine “Best in Indiana Journalism” awards from the Indiana Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Friday evening. Former Collegian editor-in-chief Ben Sieck, a senior, won first place for student sports reporting. His story, “Defining a champion: The factors of Indiana high school athletic succes,” examined […]

Chad Pingel, a junior Marketing and Finance major from Des Moines, Iowa, and Katelyn Sussli, a junior Organizational Communication & Leadership and Political Science double major from Loveland, Ohio, have been named Butler University’s most outstanding man and woman students, respectively, for 2014-2015. Pingel, who is minoring in Ethics, has served as a Butler Student […]