M A G A Z I N EA magazine for alumni, parents, and friends of Butler University Spring 2014

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Fieldhouse of DreamsMajor improvements at Hinkle benefit students.

Going PlacesButler students are studying all over the globe.

The Best and (Ful)brightestFulbright recipient Anna January ’12 studies in Canada.

Skating AwaySusan (Dresel) Caudill ’73 talks ice dancing.

Music and MoreBobby Phillips ’09 gets us to Carnegie Hall.

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Butler Magazine is published for alumni, parents, and friends of Butler University. Send story ideas and comments to Butler Magazine, 4600 Sunset Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46208-3485; email butlermagazine@butler.edu.

Editorial Team: Marc D. Allan, Sally Cutler ’84, Phil Eichacker, Michael Kaltenmark ’02, Clare Lintzenich ’14, Alisha Luckenbill, Nancy Lyzun, Katie Orlowski, Brent Smith, Mary Ellen Stephenson, Rachel Stotts, Courtney Tuell ’99, Megan Vawter MS ’13Class Acts: Office of Alumni and Parent Programs (alumni@butler.edu)

President

Butler’s mission is to provide the highest quality of liberal and professional education and to integrate the liberal arts with professional education, by creating and fostering a stimulating intellectual community built

upon interactive dialogue and inquiry among students, faculty, and staff.

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International education and global perspective are essential elements of our Butler 2020 Vision to create and develop transformative, student-centered learning experiences that prepare graduates to make a meaningful impact in the world. While it may seem counterintuitive, an international experience begins right here in Indianapolis. True to Butler’s liberal arts tradition, we introduce students to other cultures through our core curriculum—specifically Global and Historical Studies—and other coursework. Grasping diverse perspectives helps our students understand larger issues in the world, and the historical trajectories that have brought us to where we are today. More than one-third of graduating Butler seniors will have had a study experience abroad for academic credit. If non-credit-bearing activities are included, the percentage is higher. Many rate it among their top Butler experiences. The University’s partnership with institutions in other countries adds robust context to a Butler education. Through these collaborations, students have participated in study abroad and exchanges in locations ranging from Hong Kong, Germany, and Israel, to Tasmania, South Africa, Panama, and more. Several stories in this edition quote students and faculty who say that their time abroad truly changed them for the better. International education is critical to our graduates’ future success. As more companies—large and small—begin operating in the global marketplace, our graduates must have the ability to communicate and collaborate across linguistic and cultural boundaries. As part of a global community, they will be responsible for helping find solutions to humanity’s common problems. Butler’s 2020 Vision challenges the University to expand our institutional capacity for global education. Delivering transformational student experiences starts with an investment in our faculty. Success depends upon our efforts to attract diverse faculty with global experience to develop and deliver our international curricula. Equally important is ongoing faculty development and retention through increased opportunities to engage in international experiences alongside students and colleagues, and to participate in scholarly inquiry with cultures and experts around the globe. Faculty members who regularly go out into the world come back to Butler energized and focused. As you read this issue of Butler Magazine, I hope you will share my excitement for Butler students’ openness to learning from other cultures, and my pride in a University that is committed to preparing graduates for success in a multicultural workforce and global society.

Sincerely,

James M. Dankopresident@butler.edu

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46th & Sunset | NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Lilly Endowment Grant to HelpGraduates Transition to Careers

Butler received a $999,952 grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. to create Butler Advance, a program focused on helping students—especially those in the liberal arts—further cultivate key attributes needed for professional success and the transition to careers in Indiana. The program will include collaborations with the Central Indiana business, non-profit, and higher education communities. It will involve summer and academic year components promoting integrated academic and career advising, exploration, experiential learning, and career preparation. A central element of Butler Advance will be an intensive, four-week summer program, beginning in 2015, that will allow students to apply the liberal arts skills they are learning in their degree programs to case studies and interactive exercises. The students also will be provided with hands-on practice in communication, teamwork, and creative problem solving.

College of CommunicationIntroduces New Majors Starting this fall, Butler students will have the op-portunity to major in two new subjects: sports media and interactive media. The sports media major, which is designed for students interested in careers in sports infor-mation, production, or journalism/media, was a natural fit for the College. “We have several faculty members with expertise in this area, high-quality internships available in Indianapolis and on campus with Butler Athletics, and many alumni who are associated with sports who can help guide our students after they graduate,” said Nancy Whitmore, Di-rector of Butler’s Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism. Students majoring in interactive media will learn how to create and distribute content using multimedia tools. They also will learn web development languages and obtain in-depth knowledge of web development, mobile applications, and how to best design them. “This major will teach students how to create interactive websites and mobile apps that will be responsive to various media devices while being mindful of their usability issues,” said Professional Practice faculty member Carrie Rector.

Schrott Center Receives LEED Gold Certification Butler’s 450-seat performance hall, the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts, was awarded LEED (Leader-ship in Energy & Environment Design) Gold Certifica-tion from the U.S. Green Building Council. The facility uses 55 percent less water and 22 percent less energy than a typical building its size because of construction measures that include: a white roof that reflects heat rather than absorbs it; dual-pane insulated window as-semblies featuring a thermal break; energy-efficient light fixtures; motion and occupancy sensors; and low-flow restroom fixtures. The reduction in energy use will save the University an estimated $19,000 every year based on current energy prices. The Schrott Center is Butler’s second LEED gold-certified structure on campus, com-ing after the Pharmacy and Health Sciences Building addition in 2009.

Butler Names New Dean of Student Life Anne G. Flaherty has been named the new Dean of Student Life, replacing Dean Irene Stevens, who retired in spring 2013 after 15 years at Butler. Flaherty has more than 18 years of student affairs experience in higher education, most recently

serving as Assistant Dean for Medical Student Affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In this role, she managed the department of Medical Student Affairs, which included the Office of Student Financial Services, Student Records, Medical Service Learning, Student De-velopment and Mentoring, Student Technology, Building Services/Microscopes, and Educational Support, Coun-seling, and Wellness. Flaherty earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Iowa, a master’s in higher education administration with a concentration in student affairs administration from the University of Kansas, and a doctoral degree in higher education administration, with a minor in health policy and management, also from the University of Kansas.

Butler Ranked Top SocialMedia School Butler is among the Top 100 Social Media Colleges in the nation, according to the website studentadvisor.com. In ranking Butler 35th overall, the website wrote: “Butler’s English bulldog mascots Butler Blue II and III rose to celebrity status through a social media campaign that gathered 13,000 followers! The cute, wrinkly faces of Bulldog nation toured the country along with the Final Four basketball team.” The list is based on a mathematical algorithm that quantifies the social media footprint of each college and university in the United States. Butler is one of the three percent of the nation’s colleges and universities that are leading the way in social media best practices in higher education, the website said.

Center for Urban Ecology AddsMobile Classroom The Center for Urban Ecology has a new mobile classroom where visiting students can learn about the growing operations and participate in farm activities. The classroom, which was completed in early December 2013, is a former shipping container that was repurposed by Ball State University Professor of Architecture Tim Gray and his third-year students. They equipped the space, which is about the size of a large truck trailer, with movable tables and chairs made from recycled wood, an acrylic canopy for shade, and a rainwater-collection system. The classroom also has a deck and planters made from recycled, heat-treated lumber.

MBA Program Nationally Rankedfor Third Year Butler University’s part-time MBA program ranks 72nd in U.S.News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools, 2015 Edition. This is the third consecutive year Butler has been on the list of the nation’s top 125 part-time MBA programs. Rankings are based on five factors: average peer assess-ment score; average GMAT score of students entering in fall 2013; average undergraduate GPA; work experience; and the percentage of the school’s fall 2013 part-time enrollment. College of Business Dean Chuck Williams said the ongoing national recognition can be credited to graduate faculty’s efforts to connect theory with actual busi-ness practice. “Working with area executives, our MBA faculty incorporate relevant, real business experiences into courses—activities such as our one-day immersion Gateway Experience and our FirstPerson Board Fellows program, which places our graduate students on the boards of local non-profit organizations.”

RECEnT FACulTy Books

Assistant Professor of EducationCatherine Pangan

Pangan found the inspira-tion for her latest book—NO Peanuts for ME!— from her 3-year-old son Hudson, who suffers from a life-threatening peanut allergy. Written with input from Hudson, the book celebrates the many good

foods and good times he can still enjoy. In the book’s foreword, Pangan suggests that young readers share NO Peanuts for ME! as a way to start conversations about their food allergies. The book is geared toward readers ages 2–6, but older siblings and parents also can read and pass on its lessons, she said. Indianapolis artist Gracie Warf illustrated the book, also with input from Hudson.

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Associate Professor of Communication Kristin Swenson Swenson’s book, Lifestyle Drugs and the Neoliberal Family, looks at the commercial promotion of “pharmaceutical solutions” for common rough patches in life. “Advertisements for

lifestyle drugs promise to make us sexier, happier, and better liked; not to cure us of a disorder, but, ultimately, to make us better workers, suggesting that drugs do indeed work to keep us working,” said Swenson. Peter Lang USA, a subsidiary of an international academic publishing company, published Swenson’s book as part of its “Popular Culture and Everyday Life” series, and featured Swenson in a book-signing during the recent National Communication Association conference in Washington, DC.

Dean Gary Edgerton Edgerton, Dean of the College of Communication, had two books published in 2013—American Film Exhibition and Analysis of the Motion Picture Industry’s Market Structure 1963-1980 and The Sopranos. American Film Exhibition was Edgerton’s first published book when it was initially released in 1983. The book analyzes the film industry exhibi-tion structure in relation to production, distribution, and outside factors. Routledge Publishing reissued the volume in December, as part of its “Major Works in Media and Film Studies” series. In March 2013, Wayne State University

Press published Edgerton’s book The Sopranos as part of its “TV Milestones” series. The work provides a one-stop introduction to multiple dimensions of HBO’s innova-tive breakout series, including analyses of the cable chan-nel and the people who contributed to the show.

Sociology andCriminology Professor Antonio Menendez Alarcón Menendez Alarcón’s book, French and U.S. Approaches to Foreign Policy, presents the differing worldviews and concepts for establishing an international order. It argues

that the differences between U.S. and French approaches to foreign policies and international affairs historically are entrenched in political cultures and could transcend other elements, such as economic interests or the politi-cal inclinations of the individuals or parties who control their governments. His findings are based on document analysis and on the evaluations, perceptions, and judg-ments of people involved in framing, making, and apply-ing foreign policy—in both countries—as foreign affairs officials, lawmakers, or think-tanks’ associates.

Sociology and Criminology Professor Katherine Novak Novak’s book, Individual and Society: Sociological Social Psychology—written with Bradley University Professor Lizabeth Crawford—is a text for

undergraduate sociological social psychology courses. The book is designed to give students an appreciably better understanding of the field of sociological social psychology; how and why social psychologists trained in sociology ask particular kinds of questions; the types of research they are involved in; and how their findings have been, or can be, applied to contemporary societal patterns and problems.

guest of Indiana Senator Dan Coats and Butler alumnus Scott Nemeth ’13. A trek north in February also offered a private tour of U.S. Cellular Field from Chicago White Sox mascot Southpaw, and an appearance on Chicago’s WFLD-TV, FOX 32, with anchor and Butler graduate Corey McPherrin ’77. Come March, the BIG EAST Tournament brought Trip to New York’s Times Square and an appearance on the Fox News national morning news program, Fox & Friends. And, by attending the BIG East Tournament, Trip also became the first live mascot allowed inside Madison Square Garden for an athletic event. Before heading home, Trip finished the tour by ven-turing up the East Coast to Boston to check in on an old friend, former Butler men’s basketball coach Brad Stevens. Coach Stevens took his former mascot on a tour of the TD Garden, complete with a photo opportunity at center court on the Boston Celtics logo. With appearances on national television broadcasts, coverage in numerous print and online publications, thousands of photo views, and “#BigDawgsTour” reach-ing more than one million Twitter timelines, it’s safe to say the tour was another rousing success.

see the Big Dawgs Tour highlights through storify and Flickr at www.butlerblue.com.

On The Road Again—Big Dawgs Tour, Take Two Given Butler Blue III’s (Trip) abundant supply of pup-py energy, the 2-year-old mascot rarely needs an excuse to get out of his campus office. So, Butler University’s new membership in the BIG EAST Conference served as more than enough reason to resurrect the Big Dawgs Tour and hit the open road. Trip and his human counterparts Michael Kaltenmark ’02 and Tom Otero ’09—members of Butler’s Marketing and Communications team—covered 5,303 miles across 13 states and the District of Columbia in February and March in the Built Ford Tough Blue Mobile provided by Don Hinds Ford. Specifically, the trio ventured to St. Louis, Chicago, New York, Boston, Washington, DC, and more. This year’s travels featured no shortage of exciting des-tinations, visits, and experiences for the young mascot. In January, Trip enjoyed the view from great heights, surveying the Windy City from Skydeck Chicago on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower before boarding his first flight bound for Providence on the men’s basketball team charter. While in Rhode Island, Trip ventured over to Bryant University for a mascot meeting with Bryant Tupper, his bulldog counterpart. In February, Trip traveled to the Nation’s capital for another bulldog summit, this time with Georgetown University’s live mascot, Georgetown Jack. While in town, Trip also toured the U.S. Capitol Building as a

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Butkus and Range made a gift to the University to create a new, more permanent Chain of Office, which symbolizes the authority vested in the President by the Board of Trustees and is worn by the President at formal academic events such as Commencement and the annual convoca-tion for new students. While Butler had a chain in the past (that was a gift from the Alumni Association in 1962), there was a desire to create a more formal, lasting piece that would be unique to Butler. Through the joint efforts of a number of individuals and vendors, the chain became a reality. The new Chain of Office was designed with the creative input of Butkus, Range, Reis-Nichols Jewelers in Indianapolis, as well as the Office of Conferences and Spe-cial Events and Marketing and Commu-nications—and was ultimately crafted by Medallic. (Medallic specializes in custom medals and has featured Butler’s Chain of Office on the cover of their catalog.) Director of Conferences and Special Events Beth Alexander worked closely with all involved and ex-plains that the chain is “such an impressive piece,” with features

that have now been incorporated into the collar for Butler’s live mascot Blue III. The elements of the chain represent Butler’s history and are drawn from the University’s mace (a staff used to open and

close commencement ceremonies), which features the same designs carved in walnut. Designs that symbolize each of the University’s six colleges are also featured in the banners that hang at academic events. The chain bears the names of all presidents of the University, as well as the University seal.Butkus explains that the idea to develop a new Chain of Office came during the November 2011 inauguration ceremony of President James Danko. Butkus and his husband Range wanted to create a lasting piece that would serve the University well into the future. Presi-dent Danko first wore the chain at the winter 2012 Commencement ceremony. “The Chain of Office is an important piece of Butler’s academic tradition, and we were honored to be a part of that,” Butkus said. “It is an incredibly meaningful symbol of the

history of the University and will serve as a legacy for our future leaders.”

Formal symbols are an integral part of academia, and Butler University, thanks to a generous donation from Trustee Gary Butkus ’88 and Jason Range, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences faculty member and Executive Director of the University’s Innovation Fund.Chainof

Office“It is an incredibly

meaningful symbol of the history of the

University and will serve as a legacy for our

future leaders.”

Alex Barlow Earns Top BIG EAST Honor Butler junior Alex Barlow picked up one of the top four BIG EAST individual honors at a press conference at Madison Square Garden on Wednes-day, March 12. The Butler point-guard was named BIG EAST Men’s Basket-ball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, just prior to the Bulldogs’ opening game in the BIG EAST Tournament. Barlow, an honor student majoring in finance, started all 30 Butler games this season, and he led the Bulldogs in both assists and steals. He ranked second in the BIG EAST in assist/turnover ratio and in steals, and he was ranked sixth in the conference in three-point field goal shooting. He entered the BIG EAST Tournament with a career-best 6.7 scoring average. The Springboro, Ohio, native was named to the Capital One Academic

All-District V team, and was honored on the Butler Athletic Director’s Honor Roll. He originally earned his spot on Butler’s roster as a walk-on.

Mara Olson Earns NCAA Bid Junior Mara Olson, who was the first Butler female runner to qualify for the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championship, has been named second team All-American by the U. S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. Olson placed 10th in the women’s 3,000-meter run at the national championship meet in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on March 15. She covered the distance in 9:24.86, finishing just over 10 seconds behind national champ Abbey D’Agostino of Dartmouth. The honor came on the heels of Olson receiving the NCAA’s Elite 89 Award, presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade point average participating at the finals site for each of the NCAA’s 89 championships. With these honors, Olson became Butler’s first indoor track and field All-American and just the second Butler athlete (other than men’s basketball player Matt Howard ’11) to earn the Elite 89 Award.

Senior Jon Dawson Joins Indy Eleven Senior goalkeeper Jon Dawson has signed a professional soccer contract with the Indy Eleven. The Indianapolis native was a three-year starter for the Bulldogs, starting in 19 of Butler’s 20 games in his last season—Butler’s first in the BIG EAST Conference. He also played for several Development League clubs throughout his college career.

Butler Athletes Boast Academic Honors•Butlerhad209student-athletesnamedtotheAthleticDirector’sHonorRoll (3.25 GPA or higher).•Sixty-oneButlerfootballplayerswerenamedtothePioneerFootballLeagueAcademic Honor Roll.•Butlerjuniormen’sbasketballplayer,AlexBarlow,wasnamedtotheCapitalOneAcademic All-District V Team.

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“People can see that vision of the future coming together in Hinkle.” Improvements funded by the campaign are improv-ing Butler’s athletic-recruiting efforts, he said. “Prospective student-athletes see that Butler will provide them with the outstanding facilities, physical training, and academic support they need to succeed, as well as an enthu-siastic fan base. BIG EAST Commissioner Val Ackerman has commended Hinkle renovations, saying they support the BIG EAST Conference’s dual focus on exceptional competition and education.” Soccer player Tessa Faulkens ’17 agrees. “These new addi-tions fit our new role in a bigger conference,” she said. Faulkens called the new academic center “awesome,” a great place for her team to maintain its status as having the best team GPA—3.58—among Butler women’s sports last fall.“The coaches emphasize that we’re students first, before ath-letes,” she said. “They want us to get our schoolwork done, so we can then focus on soccer.” Butler coaches set team GPA goals—generally 3.0 or high-er—and mandate that freshmen student-athletes, and some transfers, spend six or more hours per week at study tables, said Sonya Hopkins, the Athletics Department’s Coordinator of Academic Support. She works with an average of 30 fresh-men per semester, and up to 60 or 70 during football season. “We want to put them in a monitored atmosphere so we can help them develop good study skills,” she said. “But we’ve never had a consistent location where student-

Last year, Butler linebacker Sean Horan waited for a daily email to let him know which vacant class-room he and other football players would be using for study tables that evening. He’s looking forward to the convenience of hitting the books next semester in Hinkle Fieldhouse’s new academic center, just a few steps away from a new strength and condi-tioning room and sports medicine center. Attorney Nick Kile ’87 can’t wait to take clients of Barnes & Thornburg to a game at Hinkle, where they can enjoy the fieldhouse’s enhanced fan amenities, including a larger hospitality suite. Athletic Director Barry Collier ’76 thinks fans will like see-ing more of Hinkle’s early 20th century interior, as offices and excess wiring are removed from hallways, and vintage-look lighting goes up. These and more improvements to Butler’s athletic facilities are coming, thanks to the $17.4 million in gifts and pledges contributed to The Campaign for Hinkle Fieldhouse through last January. The figure surpassed the $16 million public fundraising goal announced in November 2012. Gifts are still being accepted at www.hinklecampaign.com. The campaign has funded needed exterior maintenance on the 86-year-old fieldhouse and ongoing interior renovations, including the transformation of an unused swimming pool into three levels of new classrooms, training facilities, locker rooms, and offices. That construction was expected to be completed in April. A new scoreboard, arena seating, conces-sions area, and restrooms will be installed in Hinkle over the summer, which are only part of the upgrades that will enhance the spectator experience. Butler President James Danko said the generosity of cam-paign donors “honors Hinkle’s historic place in our com-munity, as well as Butler University’s continuing ascent as a nationally recognized leader in collegiate athletics and academics.” “The campaign is an investment in the next 86 years of the life of the fieldhouse and Butler,” Collier said.

athletes could go day and night,” Hopkins said. “When we’re no longer confined to evening hours of operation like we are now, students can put in study hours before a game trip or a practice, without having to trek across campus.” “The academic center will be really convenient,” Horan, the linebacker, said. “When my teammates and I are studying together, it will be inspiring. There will be accountability.” Football Coach Jeff Voris said Hinkle’s new strength and conditioning center will be bigger than the current weight room and offer more sports-specific training options for football under one roof. The center will have artificial turf space to practice footwork for agility, and more consecutive platforms of strength and power machines, such as bench press and squats. “The layout will allow our athletes to get more work done in shorter time because they will no longer need to move from the weight room to the gym or the field to perform certain exercises,” Voris said. By August, the football offices and locker rooms will be renovated, moving into part of the former weight room space. “We have never had a room large enough in Hinkle to meet as a team, so the new classroom space and meeting areas on Hinkle’s northwest corner will be a great addition,” he said. Work began in April to expand Hinkle’s men’s and women’s basketball suites. “It’s really exciting,” said Beth Couture, head women’s bas-ketball coach. “Between the video room and locker room, we’ll have a space that can be the team’s living room, where we can

do business. Players’ lockers will be doubled in size, and they’ll be able to charge iPads and phones

at their lockers. Now, you see cords all over the place.”

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Coaches won’t have to share offices anymore and will have a conference room, rather than meeting in Couture’s office. “Now that we can open up, it will make everybody more pro-ductive,” she predicted. “The bells and whistles will be neat for recruits, making being a Bulldog very special,” she said. “And the pride our returning players are going to have—people have worked really hard for them to have these things.” Starting in summer and continuing through October, Hinkle’s main gym and surrounding concourses will undergo several fan-friendly updates. Approximately 5,000 new chairback seats will be installed from the arena floor level up to the walking track, providing more leg room and better accessibility to aisles. A new scoreboard will have video capability. As more offices move from the concourses to the renovated pool area, paint will be removed from the brick concourse walls, bringing back Hinkle’s earlier look. Freshly exposed steel trusses will eventually be painted Butler blue. Markers placed along the concourses will form a self-guided walking tour of Butler and Indiana sports history. The Wildman Room, the fieldhouse’s hospitality suite, will triple in size thanks to the Hinkle Campaign. That renovation motivated Barnes & Thornburg to contribute its first major gift to Butler. Nick Kile, who has been a partner with the firm since 1999, said several Butler graduates who work for the firm encouraged the gift. “Our clients and networking contacts want to go to games at Hinkle,” Kile said. “We see a lot of our lawyers in the over-crowded Wildman Room now during games. You can’t get across the room.” The Bulldogs added to their already strong fan base when they joined the BIG EAST athletic conference in 2013, he said. “There’s an added attraction to the team with the move. And, while I love the romance of Hinkle Fieldhouse, it needs to be up-to-date to impress young 18-year-old prospects.” Butler’s careful plan to make the fieldhouse user-friendly in the 21st century, while preserving its heritage as a Hoosier land-mark, appealed to the Indiana-based Barnes & Thornburg, and to Kile and his wife, Kim Stamm Kile ’89 MS ’98, who made a personal gift to the campaign. “When you walk in that building, a feeling of connection comes over you, whether you went to Butler or not,” he said. “The history speaks to you. To have this treasure sitting right here in Central Indiana ... Preserving that is so important.”

ThirTEEn donorS froM acroSS ThE counTry made a joint gift of $50,000 to the Hinkle campaign,

honoring Bobby Plump ’58, Butler Athletic Hall of

Famer and the hero of the “Milan Miracle.”

Plump sank the final shot that turned tiny Milan

High School—with just 161 students—into the 1954

Indiana state high school basketball champions and

the legend that inspired “Hoosiers.”

Butler President James Danko, former Indiana

Governor Mitch Daniels, and screenwriter and

producer Angelo Pizzo took part in the January gift

presentation in the fieldhouse.

Plump’s friend Tom Kohlmeier initiated the gift

fund, supported by the Indiana Basketball Hall of

Fame and 12 individuals who live in five states.

“This gift is something to honor Bobby, Butler,

and the town of Milan,” he said.

“Several donors do not know Mr. Plump; they

only know of him and the Milan story,” Butler

Advancement Officer Graham Honaker said. “Three-

quarters of the funding came from first-time donors

to Butler.”

Celebrating the 60th anniversary of their state

title, members of the Milan championship team

were introduced during the February 23 Butler men’s

basketball game against Providence at Hinkle.

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That was a perspective offered almost uniformly by faculty who lead these trips. They said the opportunity to gain a broader view of the world contributes immeasurably to students’ education. From eating different foods to hearing new languages to navigat-ing unfamiliar streets, students come back more self-reliant and confident. They invariably change for the better. Dance Professor Marek Cholewa has taken students to eastern Europe since 1995, when he went to St. Petersburg, Russia, with 15 students and a couple of faculty members for three weeks. “We were trying to see how we can embrace that world—espe-cially the students,” he said. “Some of them had never traveled overseas—and so far east.” Since then, the locations have varied—Taiwan, the Republic of Georgia, the Czech Republic, Vienna, Prague, and, once, a month in Poland—but the ex-perience has always been fascinating. This May and early June, 36 students will spend 11 days in Warsaw, Poland; a week in St. Petersburg, Russia; additional time in Krakow, Poland; and Prague, the Czech Republic. The students have four hours of daily training each morning—culminating in performances of pieces they choreographed—fol-lowed by visits to museums, castles, and palaces to see the art and architecture. Sometimes, the students are so energized they don’t want to come home. And a few times, they’ve parlayed their experience into jobs overseas. “We are learning about those countries sitting in the classroom, but it’s very different going in and connecting with those people,” Cholewa said. “I would encourage every department: If there’s an opportunity for you, find out what the students can learn. It’s a great opportunity for students to learn about the world, meet the people, talk to the people, and have that direct experience, not just read about it.”

Ken Creech, Professor of Communication in the College of Communication, has been taking students to Germany since 2005. That first year, with the Iraq war still fresh, the students went with a limited perspective of America’s role in the world, he said. “After going to Germany and talking with people there, they came back with a more enlightened view. Some of those people have gone on to jobs in government and state politics. It brings them a perspective that makes them not more political, but makes them more human.” Seventeen students are taking the trip this spring. In Bonn,

Berlin, and Cologne, they will use gear and facilities provided by the Academy for International Education to produce various video projects as part of the ex-perience. In addition, they’ll hear from speakers in German media, production, and music. When they’re not doing class-work, they’ll take historical tours, bike through Berlin, and visit the Sachsenhausen concentration camp. With weekends free, some will take side trips to Paris, Amsterdam, or Vienna. One group, this year, plans to visit Auschwitz. “They’re apprehensive when they start this, but after the first

day or two, it’s so cool to see them taking the initiative,” Creech said. “They have to ride trains and navigate a city where they don’t speak the language, and they do it. And they do it so well that, in a couple of days, they’re old hands at it.” A change of scenery can do wonders for students, Assistant Pro-fessor of English Michael Dahlie said. Last spring, Dahlie started the Chamonix Summer Writing Programs—Butler University in France. For three weeks, students—mostly in the MFA in Creative Writing program—stayed in this ski-resort town to write and listen to writers speak. This year, the trip has doubled in length. It’s two sessions of three weeks each, and will bring in a half-dozen bestselling and celebrated authors: Lynda Barry, Erin Belieu, Dan Chaon, Terrance Hayes, Ann Hood, and Cheryl Strayed. As many as 84 students may make the trip.

Where in the World Are Butler Students? Everywhere! Wherever you are in the world this spring and summer, you may well run into Butler students. They’re writ-

ing in France, studying dance in Poland and Russia, gathering news stories in Germany, and getting international

exposure in Paris, Provence, Barcelona, and Madrid. Maybe examining business practices in Brazil, too.

Butler’s six colleges each offer at least one trip outside the United States—mostly in May—and

most offer opportunities throughout the year.

“There’s no substitute for being there—just walking around in a differ-

ent place,” said Economics Professor Bill Rieber, who took a

group of business students to Greece in

2011—his first trip to Europe. “You have

to be there. You can read about it, you can

watch on TV, but there’s great benefit to

just being with people who are different,

walking about and interacting with the

culture.”

By Marc Allan

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“I’m interested in being in one of the most beautiful places in the world,” Dahlie said. “It’s so starkly different from what most of our students experience that their mind is clear and they can write freely. That’s what happened last semester. It really opened up a lot of students.” Dahlie lived in Europe with his family from ages 8-12 and spent time there after college. He urges his students to “get out of your own environment” and experience the world. “This looks great on a résumé, too,” he said. “No boss is going to look down on you for spending two years in New Zealand, even if you were working in a coffee shop.” Spending time in another country also helps students develop a global mindset. That’s been the thinking behind the College of Busi-ness’ study trips for MBA students. One is a stand-alone trip, typically a week to 10 days, where students and faculty go to markets such as Chile (or Argentina, Malaysia, China, Japan, or Brazil) and are immersed in the foreign business envi-ronment. They learn about the economics, history, and politics of that country, visit the U.S. Embassy for a briefing with the ambas-sador to learn about the challenges American companies face in that market, and experi-ence the people, food, and culture. Then, there’s the trip that’s part of the Applied International Business class, where students work on a consulting project that helps a local Indianapolis company trying to gain a foothold in a foreign market. The class is typically implemented throughout the summer. After learning all about the company they’re consult-ing for—including collecting data on the company’s industry, the competitive environment, its strengths and weaknesses, and opportunities and potential threats to entering a foreign market—the class visits that market for a week. Then the students come back and build a strategy based on what they found. Their final task is to provide a report to the company on whether there’s a market for the company’s product or service and, if so, how to tap into it. “One of the ways we assess the MBA program overall is through an exit interview,” said Professor of Finance Roberto Curci. “It comes back again and again that one of the most valuable experi-ences students have in the program are the study trips. For many students, it’s their first trip outside the United States. Imagine the impact that would have.”

International travel has become so popular at Butler—almost 40 percent of graduates study abroad at some point—that students whose schedules didn’t allow time for trips felt left out. So, the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (COPHS) and the College of Education (COE) both made adjustments to include travel. Eight years ago, COPHS started taking students to Spanish-speaking countries in January to practice their language skills in one of four courses offered in the Medical Spanish program. This year, 10 students spent almost two weeks in Costa Rica for Span-

ish immersion. “We have so many patients and so many Spanish-speaking people who come to the United States and don’t know the language, so the idea for the students is to be able to learn to communicate with them,” said Adjunct Professor Gala Kennedy, who oversees the trip. “That’s what the program is all about. The students come back and their experiences are great—not just because of the culture, but because they get to be in small classes and they practice the language so much. They really improve their lan-guage skills.” COE started its trips five years ago, on request from former men’s basketball player Ronald

Nored ’12, who wanted a trip that would accommodate student-athletes’ schedules. From that request sprang COE’s annual May trip, known as the Dean’s Short-Term Study Abroad Initiative. On the first trip, about 25 students visited Italy and France. They’ve since been to other countries, including Greece and Australia, and this year 60 students will spend 12 days in France and Spain. Students from all over the University go on the COE trip, and they’re surveyed afterward. Asked if the experience had an impact on their life, 100 percent answered yes. “Changed my outlook on education and the world,” said one. “It taught me so much about who I am as a person, independence, culture, history, and how to appreciate others and how they live,” another said. “This opens their eyes to the world,” Associate Professor of Edu-cation Deb Lecklider MS ’89 said. “They have these opportunities to see different cultures, to be around people who aren’t speaking English. For many of these students, it’s the first time they’ve gone abroad. You see them transform in just 12 days. To a T, every student who goes comes back a different person.”

Anna January ’12 received a standing ovation from her Postmodernism in the Arts classmates when they heard she’d been selected for a U.S. Student Fulbright award to study for her master’s in art history at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Two years later, she’s finishing her degree and enjoying every-thing about her international experience. “Most people, when they think of Canada, wouldn’t think of it as super-international or that different from the U.S.,” Janu-ary said. “But living in Quebec is quite different. It’s definitely a cultural atmosphere that’s completely different from how I grew up. But it’s really interesting and I like it here. I hope to stay after I graduate.” The differences—including the language (“My French has improved a lot”) and the winter of her adopted country—re-quired some adjustment, but the experience cemented her love of art. She wrote her thesis on “Depictions of Indigenous Women in Studio Photography in the Late 19th Century,” worked as a curatorial intern in the photographic archive at Montreal’s McCord Museum, and built on what she learned in the individualized major in art and museum studies she had at Butler. January said she’s always been interested in studio art, and, when she was little, she wanted to be an artist. “I wasn’t really that good,” she said. “But I like doing research and I like study-

ing art—how art is an expression of our culture at a certain time—and what you can learn through art.” At Butler, January took a class with Associate Professor of Art Elizabeth Mix that met once a week in the Indianapolis Mu-seum of Art. That experience spurred her interest in museums. She also was an international studies major interested in the intersection of politics and art, and how museums can act as a center for cultural education. The Fulbright, then, was perfect for her interests. She is one of seven Butler students to earn that opportunity since 2003. “Butler is really on a roll with international fellowship applica-tions,” said Rusty Jones, Interim Associate Director of the Center for High Achievement and Scholarly Engagement. “Even more important is the fact that we are doing a good job recruiting qualified students. We had a record number of applicants for Fulbrights this year, and I hope to continue building on that in the future.” January’s goal now is to work in a museum. She’s looking for a collections-based job, perhaps as an assistant curator or registrar. If she decides to continue her education and get a doctorate, she’ll look for a curator’s position after graduation. She said she has never for a second regretted her decision to study art history. Not even when President Obama went to her home state, Wisconsin, early this year and said: “Folks can make a lot more, potentially, with skilled manufacturing or the trades than they might with an art history degree. Now, nothing wrong with an art history degree—I love art history. … I’m just saying you can make a really good living and have a great career without getting a four-year college education, as long as you get the skills and the training that you need.” “I don’t think an art history degree is for everyone,” January said, “and contrary to what the president said, I don’t think I entered art history to make millions of dollars. It’s a field I’m really passionate about and—despite the fact that people in our culture are telling everyone that you should major in science and math—I think there’s something to be said for the arts, as both a form of expression and a form of education, even of cultural diplomacy. “Although it might not be a discipline that many consider as important as the sciences, I disagree. Art produces a way of expression for us as a country or a culture, and I think that’s really important.”

Thanks to aFulbright,It’s January in Canada

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“I was enthralled by it,” Broaded said. “They taught us some ba-sics of French language, some French folk songs, a little bit about food—what crêpes were—and some geography. The language part of it was very appealing to me.” In the years after, Broaded continued to study language (Spanish and Chinese) as a sociology major at the University of San Diego, California and in graduate school at the University of Hawaii—with a focus on China. He went on to positions at the

University of Pittsburgh and the University of Sydney. And he became a staunch advocate for global education, assuming his role at Butler in

2000. “Butler gradu-

ates will need to communicate and

collaborate across linguistic and cultural

origins and differences,” he said. “This will be true

for those who travel and for those who don’t. Butler

needs to continue to build the institutional capacity to help our

students do that—to prepare them for a global future.”

Broaded’s focus on identifying and building exchange partner-ships with institutions abroad has furthered that mission. These relationships ensure that Butler students studying overseas at one of Butler’s partner universities receive a rich experience while their tuition dollars remain at Butler. Reciprocally, students from the partner institutions come to Butler, adding a global element to campus life. Today, Butler has 20 such partner institutions around the world. In the 2012–2013 academic year, of the 144 students who studied abroad, one-third utilized the exchange programs. Another third studied overseas through faculty-led programs like Global Ad-ventures in the Liberal Arts (GALA), in which students spend an entire semester traveling overseas while taking four or five Butler core courses. The remaining third traveled via third-party organiza-tions—down from 95 percent when Broaded started at Butler. The grant-writing experience Broaded had developed in his previous positions, along with his expertise in Chinese culture, proved beneficial to Butler when The Freeman Foundation in-vited the University to request funding to build an Asian Studies department. Thanks to Broaded’s efforts, the foundation awarded $680,000 toward the creation of a new position in East Asian His-tory, a Chinese language program, and scholarships for students to study in Asia.

The seeds for Broaded’s own interest in China were sown during his under-graduate years. At the University of Hawaii, he focused on the Chinese Revolution. “Now that’s a good topic for a com-parative sociologist—one of the most fundamental efforts at intentional social change in human history,” he grins. “What are the limits and the possibilities of a revolution? What’s the result?” After starting a family while in graduate school, Broaded real-ized his dream of doing fieldwork in China, studying educational stratification in both Mainland China and in Taiwan—comparing educational attainment processes in the two Chinas. The passion Broaded applies to his academic interests translates to his optimistic outlook on the future of global education at Butler and the kinds of students attracted to the University’s pro-grams. As international education has become one of the defining characteristics of Butler, he noted that incoming students and their parents are more aware of the global opportunities available before they arrive on campus. “I think it has an impact on what kinds of students decide to come to Butler. A high proportion come in with an orientation to-ward international engagement—wanting to study abroad, wanting to learn about the rest of the world.” He has gotten to know many of them through his position as director, but also as professor. In spring 2012, the GALA program traveled throughout East Asia and he had a chance to teach Con-temporary Chinese Social Issues on-site in China. He also served on the team that developed the East Asian Interactions course for the Global and Historical Studies core curriculum program. Broaded believes Butler’s responsibility to develop culturally open-minded students becomes more important every day. “Our graduates will be responsible for solving global problems that will face humanity, to be a part of the solution—in their careers, or simply as informed citizens.”

has served as Director of Butler's Center for Global Education for the last 14 years—and he has a stint as a fifth-grader in a French-themed summer enrichment program to thank for it.

Monte Broaded

Monte Broaded

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Across nine intercollegiate sports at Butler University, 22 student-athletes are living a long way from home. These athletes are not from Florida or the West Coast, but instead represent 11 countries, including Australia, Indonesia, Greece, and the United Kingdom. Like their American peers, international student-athletes are drawn to Butler to be able to compete at a high level athletically in the BIG EAST Conference, according to Sports Information Director Jim McGrath. “International students are generally looking for an urban en-vironment, paired with a small campus and the opportunity for personalized attention,” McGrath said. “Butler fits all of those needs, and we seem to have found our niche with international athletes in recent years. “We welcome international student-athletes here, as we are continually impressed with both their maturity levels and experi-ences in international athletic contests.” While at Butler, international student-athletes have the chance to participate in a variety of experiences, both on and off the field. Butler Magazine asked international student-athletes, “What is a unique experience you have had, or opportunity you have been able to participate in, during your time at Butler?” Here’s what they told us:

“When I first got to Butler, I never expected to get a chance to play on the large stages that have come with the changes in conference (first to the Atlantic 10 and, now, in the BIG EAST). Before coming here, I dreamt of simply getting the chance to watch games in venues like Rupp Arena or Madison Square Gar-den. Getting the chance to actually play in those places has been incredible.” Jackson Aldridge, Australia (Men’s Basketball) “My favorite moments in America have come competing for Butler. The atmosphere at some races has been so intense, thanks to fan support. As a runner, that adds a whole new element to racing, making it a lot more fun. That is something I would never have experienced back home.” Tom Curr, united king-dom (Men’s Cross Country/Track and Field) “College sports in America are unlike anything I have ever been exposed to—the dedication, support, and unity of a com-mitted college team is something special. Experiences I will always remember are the close (tennis) matches I have been fortunate enough to be a part of. The intensity of the guys on court, the coaches moving from court to court, and multiple matches being played at the same time in that sort of atmosphere is truly special.” sam o’neill, Indonesia (Men’s Tennis) “By playing soccer here at Butler, I have been able to travel across the United States, playing schools in cities that I never would have had the chance to see otherwise. I have had the opportunity not only to see these beautiful cities, but also to im-merse myself in the American culture and learn about the history of the country as well. I am very fortunate that Butler University

has provided me with amazing opportunities that have made my college experience a positive one.” olivia Colosimo, Canada (Women’s soccer) “Butler has given me the opportunity to learn and experience the meaning of true ‘team spirit.’ In my time here, I have come to learn that there is nothing better than traveling with team-mates who have become your friends, while at the same time enjoying the sport you all know and love.” konstantina Adami, Greece (Women’s Tennis) “Since moving to America and spending my first couple of semesters at Butler, I have been thrilled to be able to watch new, exciting sports that I have never watched before, like American football, basketball, and baseball. I love that I have been able to meet a lot of amazing people and learn a lot from them about a new, exciting culture.” David Goldsmith, united kingdom (Men’s soccer) “Butler’s small size and supportive athletic community have given me the exclusive opportunity to play a sport in college, while still maintaining a primary focus on academics. Getting this chance to continue to compete in tennis, while not having to sacrifice my education, is an opportunity I do not take for granted.” stephanie Mcloughlin, Canada (Women’s Tennis) “We have traveled to some of the most beautiful places in the States with track, such as Seattle, Washington; San Francisco, California; and Eugene, Oregon. I completely fell in love with those places. The races I’ve run in at these amazing locations also have been of tremendous quality, and I’ve had the privilege of

running alongside some of the best competition in the United States.” katie Clark, united kingdom (Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field) “I have never experienced anything like the support we, as student-athletes, receive at Butler. Seeing the cheerleaders, the mascot, the band, and the Dawg Pound at our games to cheer us on is unlike anything I was expecting or have experienced before.” Zoe Reichman, Israel (Women’s Basketball) “I had the chance to create a business of choice with several peers as part of the Real Business Experience class. Our business made zero profit. However, there is a nice reward from Zotec Partners—the sponsor of the class and competition—if your team shows substantial progress throughout the semester. My team came in third place, winning $1,500. It was great, real-world experience that I could not have had if I had not come to Butler.” Brandon Woods, Australia (Men’s Tennis) “The cumulative hard work, dedication, and unwavering commitment shared by my teammates as we endured six months of daily training was an incredible experience. We shared the same worries, we faced the same pressure to constantly achieve, and, sometimes, we had to put aside individual demands for the greater good of the team. It showed me the camaraderie created when a group of hard-working athletes, who all share the same purpose and desire, work toward a common goal.” katie Good, united kingdom (Women’s Cross Country/Track and Field)

Bringing the World to Butler

Student Stories

Jackson Aldridge

sam o’neill

konstantina Adami

olivia Colosimo

Brandon Woods

Zoe Reichman

katie Good

katie Clark

stephanie Mcloughlin

David GoldsmithTom Curr

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even had the opportunity to pose for a photo with special guest Levester Johnson, Vice President for Student Af-fairs, who attended as “Santa LJ.” Attendees received a complimentary download of their photo courtesy of Lucky Heart Photography, owned by Christina Vawter ’04 MBA ’09. The board collected toys at the event to support the University’s annual Toys for Tots drive.

Bay Area Alumni ChapterHoliday Gathering Alumni, family, and friends in the Bay Area gathered on December 7 for an intimate get-together to celebrate the holiday season. Guests were hosted at the home of Christine (Litz) Curry ’00 and Trevor Curry for an evening of appetizers, holiday treats, and fun. For more information about the Bay Area Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/bay-area.

Chicago Alumni Chapter HelpsThose in Need Chicago area alumni, family, and friends joined forces on December 7 at the Greater Chicago Food Depository to assist with volunteer projects at the facility.

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Washington, DC Alumni Chapter Good Eats and Ghosts Washington, DC alumni, family, friends, and cur-rent student-interns set out to explore all that’s scary in the capital. The October 18 adventure began at the Woodward Table restaurant, where guests enjoyed an assortment of gourmet flatbreads while connecting with old and new friends and meeting the Butler fall interns. Following dinner, the group traveled just two blocks for a 90-minute, walking ghost tour operated by Washing-ton, DC Ghost Tours and featuring the most haunted square in the nation, Lafayette Park. Historically dressed tour guides led guests by lantern light to delve into the conspiracies, crimes of passion, duels, and assassinations that have given Washington’s Lafayette Park the nick-name “Tragedy Square.” For more information about the Washington, DC Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/washington-dc

Family Weekend Family Weekend 2013 was a huge success. In Novem-ber, family members from across the country came to Butler to experience campus with their student. The

weekend began on Friday night with the Family Boat Float Challenge, where families built an original card-board vessel, then raced their creation in the Health and Recreation Complex pool. During the weekend, families participated in information sessions and enjoyed student performances, open houses, and campus traditions. There was a food truck lunch with faculty and staff, and Bulldog fans had the opportunity to see many of our athletic teams in action, including both the football and men’s basketball teams. Visitors of all ages were able to enjoy the atmosphere of campus and visit with their special Bulldog.

An Evening at The Nutcracker The Jordan College of the Arts Alumni Community and the Central Indiana Alumni Chapter teamed up on December 6 for a special event offered to alumni, family, and friends. An Evening at The Nutcracker featured the spectacular Butler Ballet at Clowes Memorial Hall. The evening began with a private dessert reception and a spe-cial appearance and photo opportunity with Butler Ballet cast members in costume. Immediately following the reception, guests enjoyed the only fully staged produc-tion of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker in Central Indiana. For more information about the Central Indiana Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/central-indiana. To connect with the Jordan College of the Arts Alumni Community, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/clubs.

YAB Holiday Open House The Young Alumni Board of Directors hosted a holiday open house for recent graduates to spread holiday cheer and celebrate the season. Attendees enjoyed refreshments and an appearance from Butler Blue III (Trip). Guests

Washington, DC area alumni enjoyed an evening with the fall DC interns at a pre-event gathering before embarking on a ghost tour.

Participants pose with their creation for the Boat FloatChallenge at Family Weekend.

Alumni, family, friends, and kids of all ages enjoyed the exclusive pre-show gathering and photo opportunity before a spectacular Nutcracker performance.

“santa lJ” poses with kevin ’07 and Jessica ’07 Brolsma, and their son Mason, at the young Alumni Holiday open House.

kara lynch ’02, Meghan Boots ’99, Emily Pearse Moran ’05, and Bernard Ringer ’93 enjoyed the Bay Area holiday gathering at the home of fellow Butler alumnus Christine (litz) Curry ’00.

Chicago Alumni Chapter members gathered at the Greater Chicago Food Depository for a morning of service and fun.

Volunteers repacked bulk products to individual/family sizes, assembled boxes with assorted food, and more. The Food Depository distributes 66 million pounds of food—including more than 21 million pounds of produce—to 650 pantries, soup kitchens, and shelters in Cook County. Nearly 678,000 people use the network annually. Later that evening, volunteers were treated to a complimentary beverage at Brownstone Tavern & Grill during the Butler vs. North Dakota viewing party. For more information about the Chicago Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/chicago.

Atlanta Alumni Chapter Cheers onFormer Bulldogs The Atlanta Alumni Chapter gathered for an exciting evening of basketball at Phillips Arena on December 20. Former Butler Bulldogs Gordon Hayward of the Utah Jazz and Shelvin Mack of the Atlanta Hawks met with the group prior to tip-off and graciously took photos and signed autographs. For more information about the Atlanta Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/atlanta.

Atlanta Alumni Chapter members were treated to a special pre-game meet and greet with former Bulldog Gordon Hayward before the Hawks vs. Jazz matchup that also featured former Bulldog shelvin Mack.

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Butler vs. Evansville andPre-game Lunch Evansville area alumni gathered for a casual pre-game party and the Butler Bulldogs vs. Evansville Aces men’s basketball game on December 21. Alumni, parents, and friends met at Rí Rá Irish Pub on the Riverwalk for networking, food, and fun. Immediately following the party, guests met again at the Ford Center to cheer on the Bulldogs.

Central Indiana Alumni ChapterViewing Parties Alumni, family, and friends were treated to two view-ing parties hosted by the Central Indiana Alumni Chap-ter. During the men’s away game matchups on January 4 and February 8, Indianapolis area fans gathered with fellow Butler fans to cheer on the Dawgs. Wolfies in Carmel hosted the chapter’s January viewing party. More than 50 fans gathered to see Butler take on Xavier. Special guests included Butler football head coach Jeff Voris and Butler men’s and women’s cross country coach Matt Roe. Guests also were treated to giveaways and prizes. On February 8, alumni, family, and friends took the party downtown and met at Tavern on South. Hink surprised guests, took pictures with everyone, and helped get the group fired up. For more information about the Central Indiana Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/central-indiana.

Bulldogs Forever The Alumni Association Board of Directors hosted a networking reception for junior- and senior-level students called Bulldogs Forever. Now in its second year, the networking event provided a casual setting for board members to meet current students and provide valuable connections during their winter meeting on campus. Students were invited based on major or area of study to coincide with those represented on the board. The Alumni Board serves as an advisory board to Butler and meets on campus three times a year.

Cincinnati Alumni Chapter:Butler vs. Xavier and Pre-game Party The Butler University Cincinnati Alumni Chapter hosted a sold-out crowd for a pre-game party and the Butler Bulldogs vs. Xavier Musketeers on January 4. Alumni, parents, and friends gathered for lunch inside the Cintas Center, where everyone met up with old and new friends. The venue included a great view overlook-ing the main court as both teams warmed up. Just before tip-off, the group proceeded to their seats to help cheer on the Dawgs. For more information about the Cincin-nati Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chap-ters/cincinnati.

Greater Detroit Alumni ChapterViewing Party The Greater De-troit Alumni Chapter gathered at their official viewing party venue, Blackfinn Saloon, for

a pre-game lunch before the January 4 Butler men’s basketball tip-off. Guests enjoyed a delicious meal before settling in to watch the Dawgs take on the Xavier Mus-keteers in a private room reserved for Butler fans. For more information about the Detroit Alumni Chapter, please visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/detroit.

Homecoming 2014 andClass Reunions Mark your calendar for Homecoming 2014, Sep-tember 26–28. In addition to all of your Homecoming favorites, the weekend will include special reunion cel-ebrations for the Classes of 1964, 1989, 2004, and 2009. The weekend will be filled with activities for Bulldogs of all ages, and you won’t want to miss the biggest Butler celebration of the year! Send your name and email to alumni@butler.edu to ensure you don’t miss any upcom-ing electronic communications. The Alumni Office will also be looking for individuals to assist with outreach to your classmates to help promote the weekend. If you are interested in being involved, call 800-368-6852, ext. 9946, or email alumni@butler.edu.

Washington, DC Alumni Chapter: Butler vs. Georgetown and Pre-game Party The Butler University Washington, DC Alumni Chapter hosted a crowd of more than 100 alumni, family, and friends for a pre-game party and the Butler Bulldogs vs. Georgetown Hoyas on February 8. Alumni, parents, friends, and current interns gathered at Aria Pizzeria restaurant for lunch and to see mascot Blue III (Trip). Immediately following the party, guests met up at the Verizon Center to cheer on the Dawgs. For more in-formation about the Washington, DC Alumni Chapter, visit www.butler.edu/alumni/chapters/washington-dc.

Philanthropy Awareness Day The Butler University Student Foundation (BUSF) and Office of Annual Giving hosted the second annual PhAD (Philanthropy Awareness Day) on February 27. Developed as part of National Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day, the program was aimed at raising student awareness on the impact of private donations. The day’s activities helped students understand that their Butler education would not be possible without the time, talent, and treasure of generous alumni, parents, students, and friends. Activities included tying blue bows on key features of campus that were made possible by donors, a social media campaign that highlighted things that would not be possible without private support, and an opportunity to sign a giant thank you banner for Uni-versity donors. Scholarship recipients were encouraged to wear stickers to visibly illustrate the impact of private support. The day was a great opportunity for our student popu-lation to show their gratitude for the many supporters who help make a Butler education possible.

Chapter Challenge Alumni chapter members in Atlanta, Bay Area, Central Indiana, Cincinnati, Chicago, Detroit, Fort Wayne, New York, and Washington, DC are entering the final stretch of Butler’s Chapter Challenge, a friendly competition to increase alumni giving at Butler. Any gift made to the University between June 1, 2013, and May 31, 2014, counts toward participation. Prizes for the Chapter Chal-lenge include special event grants of $1,000, $500, and $250 to sponsor a chapter alumni engagement event. Chapter members can monitor their progress on the official Chapter Challenge website (www.butler.edu/chapterchallenge), which will be updated monthly with totals for each chapter. Participants can also find details about the challenge and fun ways to help their team spread the word on social media. If you live in a chapter city and haven’t yet partici-pated, don’t miss the chance to help your chapter!

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Recent Butler graduate Ciera oshodi ’13, home for the holi-days, joined fellow Bulldog fans for a pre-game lunch before heading to the Ford Center to cheer on Butler.

More than 50 Central Indiana Alumni Chapter alumni, family, and friends gathered at Wolfies in Carmel for an exciting view-ing party to see the Dawgs take on the Musketeers.

Parents and friends joined alumni on January 4 for a pre-game party inside the Cintas Center, followed by the Butler vs. Xavier matchup.

Alumni Zach Hulesch ’13, stephanie seacat ’12, lauren Pedigo ’12, and Walter stamp ’11 enjoyed the Butler vs. Georgetown pre-game lunch with current student and Washington, DC intern Ciera Williams ’14 before heading to the Verizon Center to cheer on the Dawgs.

Greater Detroit Alumni Chapter President kevin McDevitt ’77 and parent Chris Markey

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Watching the popular ice dancing competition in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics was especially captivating for Susan (Dresel) Caudill ’73, who coaches ice dancing at the Louisville Skating Academy in Louisville, Kentucky. A lifelong skater, Caudill grew up in Louisville and at age 16 was paired with Michael Fisher, a skater from Indianapolis. She commuted to Indianapolis from Louisville to train in ice dancing with Fisher at the Indiana State Fairgrounds Coliseum, which at the time was a hub of skating training in the Midwest. From a young age, Caudill knew that she wanted to coach skating. “It was all I wanted to be. As a teen, I knew I wanted to be a skating coach,” she says. To be able to continue her intense skating training program, she followed several fellow skaters to Indianapolis. Caudill recalls that once she began training in Indianapolis, there was never a question of whether she would come to Butler. It was where her role models in skating went to college, and they mentored and welcomed her.

“It was always, ‘When you come to Butler,’ never a question of if,” she remembers. She enrolled at Butler, joined Pi Beta Phi sorority along with some fellow skaters, and thoroughly enjoyed her college experience. While she continued with her passion and competed at the national level, Caudill appreciated the opportunity to earn a degree in business administration, an education she says has served her well throughout her career. Caudill points out that it didn’t hurt that the daughters of longtime Dean of Students Herb Schwomeyer ’42 were competitive skaters. Judy Schwomeyer Sladky has had a successful professional skating career, and Sandy Schwomeyer Lamb ’68, also had a successful career as a skating coach. Lamb lives in Morgantown, Indiana, and played a large role in bringing figure skating to the Special Olympics, coaching her daughter, Shannon. Along with skater Katie Crawford, Shannon was the first to earn Special Olympics gold for ice dancing. Other Butler alumni who coach skating include Robert Kaine ’73, who has trained many national-level dance teams in Philadelphia; Jennifer Cashen ’90, who coaches in Columbus, Indiana; Andrea Johnson Yovanovich ’93, who coaches in Indianapolis; Sarah Neal ’98, who coaches alongside Caudill in

Louisville; and Caudill’s former coach, Darlene Streich Gilbert ’66, who coaches in Los Angeles and has trained a number of national-level teams. After graduation, Caudill stayed in Indianapolis until her husband Robert’s work took them to Louisville in 1984. She has a daughter, Emily, who skated at Miami University; a son, Michael; and four grandchildren. Robert died in 2011. Her connection to Butler has been renewed through her former student and current Butler student Ernie Stevens, who followed in her footsteps at Butler, continuing his competitive pairs skating training in Indianapolis. Stevens twice won the national pairs competition at the juvenile and novice levels. Caudill has been building the ice dancing program at the Louisville Skating Academy, which currently has four competitive ice dancing teams. It is an arduous, complex road of training, with the most talented skaters progressing through five levels to the ultimate goal—having the chance to compete on, as they say, “Olympic ice.” Caudill’s juvenile ice dancing

team, the beginning level for national competition, won first place at this year’s U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Boston. Watching the 2014 Olympics—especially the gold medal efforts of the American ice dancing pair of Meryl Davis and Charlie White—offered plenty of teachable moments, as well as inspiration, for Caudill and her students. The success of Davis and White illustrates, she points out, the value of staying together as well as the reminder that “so many things have to go right” for success to be attained at the highest levels of skating. Training opportunities, health and injuries, family support, talent, and luck—all of these variables combine to determine success or failure in international competition. Caudill believes that Indianapolis remains a good place for skaters to train, even if they are not skating competitively. She continues to promote Butler, too, with one former student who attended Butler and more coming up. And don’t be surprised if, during a future Winter Olympics, Caudill is in the “kiss and cry” area of the competition rink offering her expertise, advice, and compassion to world-class athletes.

By Megan Mckee

On IceBy Sally Cutler ’84

“It was always, ‘When you come to Butler,’ never a question of if,” she remembers.

The twists and turns of skating through life.

Susan Dresel Caudill and former student Ernie Sevens in 2013.

Susan Dresel Caudill and former partner Michael Fisher, circa 1970.

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back, though, following the assignment since they were won with gaming advances provided to me before the assignment.” And, during his analyst days, Phillips notes that he was sub-jected to “easily the worst steak, pancakes, coffee, and cocktails I’ve had in my entire life.” When his doctoral studies took him to the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin), he found himself too busy for the travel required by FreemanGroup, so he looked for other positions in the industry, ultimately taking a part-time position as an Oppor-tunities Strategist in Hospitality with BARE International. Having the opportunity to be an integral part of a business fascinated Phillips. “There are so many aspects to oversee and control in business—initia-tives, success, morale. There’s no ceiling to what you can ac-complish.” He decided to leave UT-Austin to pursue full-time work at BARE while maintain-ing a large and active private bassoon studio. Phillips remains true to his passion for music, teaching bassoon at the New York Sum-mer Music Festival. He has played principal bassoon in the Danville (Illinois) Symphony Orchestra, second bassoon in Sinfonia de Camera at the University of Illinois, has been a pri-vate instructor, and was an adjunct instructor at Butler in 2012. Phillips came upon the job posting for the Volunteer and Visitor Services position at Carnegie Hall and was fortunate enough to be offered the job after an intensive interview pro-cess. He has been in the position since December 2013. Enthusiastic about the magnificent Carnegie Hall, Phillips oversees the volunteers who work at the information table and the gift shop, as well as those who provide clerical support to the hall’s staff. He designs, supervises, and evaluates the hall’s tour program, which includes overseeing the scheduling, pric-ing, and marketing of tours. One of the first things Phillips did upon taking the job was to begin managing the hall’s Yelp and TripAdvisor accounts to better understand the experience Carnegie Hall visitors were having and describing. He has enthusiastic plans to continue to enhance the vol-unteer and visitor experience at Carnegie Hall and to increase donor support. “We’re going to offer tours of Carnegie Hall’s

two smaller spaces, Weill Recital Hall and Zankel Hall, to do-nors and subscribers so they can fully appreciate and learn more about the space,” he says. “If they’re interested, they may come back for concerts or other events.” Phillips feels close to the volunteer role and finds the Carne-gie Hall volunteers to be highly successful, eclectic, knowledge-able individuals who are “passionate and proud. I really think

they’ve earned that right.” He says that he learns daily from the tour guides, who lead walk-in tours as well as tours for school groups and other groups. He believes that visitors to Carnegie Hall come hoping to leave with stories, anecdotes, and connec-tions to the history of the venue, and he and his staff work hard to make them feel like “insiders.” He develops and manages Carnegie Hall’s Music Ambas-sador program, supervising 160 Music Ambassadors. Ensuring that the docents accurately share the history—and the present—of Carnegie Hall is a top priority for Phillips, who looks back on his Butler experience with fond-ness and appreciation. “Immediately the word ‘com-munity’ comes to mind when I think of Butler,” he says. “You feel like you know everyone.”

And while he valued his training in the arts, this feeling of community wasn’t limited to his experiences with music faculty and students. For instance, he roomed with Ben Slaton ’09, a walk-on member of the men’s basketball team, and counted business, pharmacy, media arts, and psychology majors among his close friends. Phillips also founded the Butler Curling Club during his freshman year and notes that the University provided great sup-port to him in establishing this group, which still exists. Phillips says he was amazed by the number and quality of events held on campus when he was a student, especially those held in celebration of the University’s sesquicentennial, includ-ing the appearances of former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He believes Butler prepared him well for his current career. “I grew tremendously at Butler,” he says, “and learned things that helped me understand what hospitality is all about.”

You know what they say about getting to Carnegie Hall—practice, practice, practice. But that’s only part of what got Robert “Bobby” Phillips ’09 to his position as Manager of Volunteers and Visitor Services at the renowned Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan. A Connecticut native and bassoonist, Phillips knew growing up that he “wanted to make music a part of my life perma-nently.” When it was time to select a university where he would pursue music, he considered and applied to schools in Florida, Texas, and Indiana, ultimately securing a full-tuition scholarship to Butler’s School of Music in the Jordan College of the Arts. At Butler, Phillips studied under the tutelage of Music Professor Doug Spaniol and also received degrees in music performance and electronic media, graduating cum laude. Spaniol describes Phillips as “an outstanding student in many different ways. I knew whatever he chose to do professionally he would be successful.” As a graduate student at Indiana University pursuing his master’s degree in bassoon, Phillips began working in local restaurants and hotels. While waiting tables at a Blooming-ton, Indiana, restaurant, he was alerted by management to keep an eye out for “secret shoppers,” guests who were hired to evaluate the food and service at restaurants for independent companies. Intrigued, Phillips decided he might like to turn the tables, so to speak, and be a secret shopper himself—and so began a career in hospitality and service. He began as an independent contractor (a great way to get free food, by the way—helpful to a graduate student). Ultimately, Phillips was offered a position as a Quality Assurance Analyst for FreemanGroup Solutions. He trav-eled around the world visiting resorts, parks, sports arenas, and casinos in far-flung locations like Hong Kong, Puerto Rico, Macau, and Malaysia. The job allowed him to travel the world and enjoy amazing food and hospitality, while still pursuing his graduate studies. It also offered him some memorable experiences. “Once I won an $1,800 jackpot while assessing a table game dealer at a casino,” he says. “They brought out beads and engraved my name on a ‘Latest Jackpot Winner’ plaque, which brought a ton of unwanted attention my way. I had to give the winnings

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“I grew tremendously

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By sally Cutler ’84

Class Acts | WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

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The ’60sJames Alexander Thom ’60 will be inducted into the Indiana Journalism Hall of Fame.

stanley schumacher ’64 MM ’66 released a new CD titled Experimental Music Lab on the Musikmacher Productions label.

Carol Medusky Biddle ’65 MA ’70 has retired from Marriott Senior Living Services in San Diego, where she worked as a manager for 20 years, and now teaches dance therapy classes for the San Diego Parkinson’s Disease Association.

John C. Render ’66 has been named a Senior Fellow of the Indianapolis Bar Foun-dation.

John A. schmid ’68 celebrated his 30th anniversary as Chorus Master of the Indianapolis Opera with the production of La Fanciulla del West by Puccini.

Tom Bredeweg ’69 received the 2013 Russell G. Lloyd Distinguished Service Award from the Indiana Association of Cities and Towns.

The ’70sBruce Darnall MA ’71 has written articles titled “Cardinals’ Rob Johnson Finds Healing for Broken Marriage and Tough Times,” “Brewers’ TV Announcer Tells His Faith Story’s Play-by-Play,” and “Former Titans Football Player Responds to Cut from Team,” which are published online for Athletes in Action.

Frank Jozsa Jr. MBA ’71 wrote the book Baseball Beyond Borders, which was published by Scarecrow Press in October 2013.

Marianne Glick ’73 Ms ’74 has been elected to the advisory board for Child Advocates.

Rachel Godollei-Johnson ’74 and her store, Landes Costumes, were featured in The Indianapolis Star on October 25, 2013.

Diane (Mueller) Hagner ’74 and Rachel Godollei-Johnson ’74 have together pub-lished their new book, Eqypt, Our Journey Through Antiquity. The book is the result of attending the 2010 NCAA Final Four bas-ketball games together and deciding to take a trip to see the sites of ancient Egypt. Their book contains the ultimate travel guide to significant antiquities sites and discussions on the culture and history of ancient Egypt.

kathi Postlethwait Ms ’74 has been named to the board of Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting.

susan Avery ’75 was featured in The Indianapolis Star on November 19, 2013. She received an extraordinary teacher award from Indianapolis Public Schools for helping to change the life of Indiana Pacers player George Hill.

Jim Brainard ’76, Mayor of Carmel, Indiana, and past Butler Trustee, has been appointed by President Obama to the Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. He also was featured in The India-napolis Star’s December 29, 2013 article “10 People, Issues to Watch in 2014.”

Julia Ford ’77 is the new owner of the Keller Avenue Diner in North Judson, Indiana. She previously owned and operated a drive-in root beer stand for the past 20 years.

Dr. Thomas J. little ’77 Ms ’79 was named the Indiana Superintendent of the Year for 2014. He is superintendent of the Metro-politan School District of Perry Township in Indianapolis.

kevin kerchner MBA ’79 was named Chief Executive Officer by the board of directors of Aphena Pharma Solutions.

Beth (Wilson) stroh ’79 Ms ’86 has been named Education Director at United Way of Central Indiana.

The ’80sThe home of Marsh Davis ’80 was featured in The Indianapolis Star on January 5.

Todd Habig ’83 has been named 2013 CFO of the Year by the Indianapolis Business Journal. He is currently CFO and Senior Vice President of Indiana Members Credit Union.

Bruce Breeden EDs ’84 has joined Telamon Corp. as Director of Business Development, Energy Solutions Division.

Jennifer (king) Burk ’84 was named a 2013 Woman of Influence by the Indianapolis Busi-ness Journal.

Richard orr ’84 has been named Vice Presi-dent of Public Relations for Marcadamy Inc.

kenny shepard ’88 was featured in Ander-son’s Herald Bulletin on

December 9, 2013.

Victoria koers-Burdick ’89 was featured in The Indianapolis Star on October 8, 2013, as one of the “head witches” for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis’s annual haunted house fundraiser.

T. Brent Judge ’89 has joined International Medical Group Inc. as Director of Business Development.

Willie McHargue ’89, laura (Riebe) Im-ming ’91, and Becky (Balvich) Coffey ’99

(Submissions received October 9, 2013 through February 14, 2014)

were reunited at the NFL’s 2013 Club Sales and Marketing Conference in Houston.

nikki Gray shoultz ’89 has been elected Vice Chairperson to the board of directors for College Mentors for Kids.

The ’90sThe Meridian-Kessler home of kath-leen (Boyle) McAuley Ms ’90 was featured in The Indianapolis Star on November 3, 2013.

Joseph Quaglia ’91 has been named President, the Americas, of Tech Data Corporation.

Amy Canaday ’92 and her husband, Shawn, serve the Indiana Associa-tion of Home Educators as Regional Representatives for Hamilton and Tipton counties.

John D. Currier ’92, a member of Butler’s Actuarial Science Board, became Chief Operating Officer, Life Companies, for FBL Financial Group Inc. in March.

Debra (Chonody) Ross ’92 was named a 2013 Woman of Influence by the Indianapolis Business Journal.

James C. Womack ’92 wrote his first book, Black Dad-White Dad, The James Womack Story, a historical auto-biography that discusses a snapshot of black life in Mississippi under Jim Crow rule. The book is available at the Butler Bookstore and other retail bookstores.

natalie Mann ’93 released a new album entitled Experience on Novem-ber 1, 2013, which is available on Amazon and iTunes.

Michele McConnell ’93 was high-lighted in BroadwayBox’s “10 Current Broadway Replacements Who Deserve Rave Reviews” for her role in The Phantom of the Opera.

Dr. Erin Albert ’94, Associate Profes-sor in Butler’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, was featured in The Indianapolis Star on November 17, 2013, for her inaugural Social Media Dames UnConference.

Jeffrey Bonez ’95 was promoted to Director of Purchasing from Sales Representative at Hanna Steel Corpo-ration in Hoover, Alabama.

Dr. Trent Tipple ’95 has received an Early Career Investigator Award from the American

Thoracic Society Foundation to aid his investigation into new medical therapies for infants with broncho-pulmonary dysplasia.

Ryan Chelli ’96 has been promoted to Executive Director of Marketing for Community Health Network Foundation.

sheila Redman Hoffman ’96 received the 2013 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship in pursuit of her doctorate in Museology, Heritage, and Cultural Mediation at the Uni-versity of Québec at Montréal.

Amy Marsh ’96 Ms ’00 has been named Director of College and Career Readiness Initiatives at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce.

Raquel Richardson ’96 has joined Apparatus as Chief Marketing Officer.

William “Bill” soards ’96 has been named President of AT&T Indiana.

Cindy simon skjodt ’96 was named a 2013 Woman of Influence by the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Casey sweeney ’96 appeared in The Indianapolis Star on January 21 as one of two Indianapolis Fire Department rescue divers who aided a woman in the White River.

Cathy Turner ’96 and her Zionsville home were featured in The Indianapo-lis Star on October 18.

nicole (nichols) Cunningham ’97 has been hired as a Bro-ker Associate in real estate sales

for Carpenter Realtors in Greenwood, Indiana.

Becky (Moore) Polston ’97 has joined Harrison College as a Market-ing Communications Manager.

lucy Cetin Dollens ’98 was awarded the Indiana Co-Defense Lawyer of the Year award from the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana.

Thomas W. Wrege ’99 was selected as the 2013 National Distinguished Principal by the National

Association of Elementary School Principals. He is principal at Trinity Lutheran School in Utica, Michigan.

H. Allen Wright MBA ’99 has been named Secretary of the Board of Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Broadcasting.

The ’00slisa Fosnight ’00 was featured in the “Hot Jobs” section of The Indianapo-lis Star on December 15, 2013.

nicole law Ms, EPPsP ’00 has been appointed to the Indiana Prin-cipal Leadership Institute at Indiana State University.

Amanda (Horvath) McGinity ’00 was named Director in the Audit and Assurance Services Department of Katz, Sapper & Miller.

Brock Hesler ’01 has been appointed a 2014 officer for the Boone County Economic Development Corporation.

Melany shampo ’01 has been promoted to Clinical Director of the Behavior Analysis Center for Autism.

Vance V. VanDrake III ’01 was elected Partner in the law firm Ulmer & Berne.

Trisha Borowicz ’02 premiered her argumentative documentary, “Sci-ence, Sex and the Ladies,” on Febru-ary 13 at the White Rabbit Cabaret in Indianapolis.

kathryn (Jeffrey) Ellis ’02 has been named Program Assistant at the Clowes Fund Inc.

Eric Estes MBA ’02 has been ap-pointed President of the 2014 officers for the Boone County Economic Development Corporation.

Jerome lahlou Ms ’02 was featured by The Indianapolis Star in a January 26 article on Forest Glen Elementary School.

Brian Bauer ’03 has been named CEO of Lutheran Health Network. He also was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and was appointed to the Indiana Chamber of Commerce board of directors.

Johnica (Roach) Bibeau ’03 and her new home in Carmel were featured in The Indianapolis Star on October 25.

Dr. katasha Butler ’03 was featured in the News-Gazette in Champaign-Urbana for her volunteer work with Danville High School’s “Making the Grade” Conference.

Crystal Grave ’03 was featured in The Indianapolis Star on December 13, 2013, as a “Woman to Know.”

stephen J. Peyton ’03 was featured in The Indianapolis Star on December 5, 2013, in an article about his band, The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band.

nick servies ’03 and his wife, Eilise lane ’03, will open Scarlet Lane Brewing Co. in McCordsville, Indi-ana, this spring.

kinsey Arnett ’04 joined Fae-gre Baker Dan-iels as a Wealth Management Associate.

Brenda Myers ’04 was featured in the Indianapolis Business Journal on September 30, 2013, for her work with the Hamilton County Conven-tion and Visitors Bureau and was named a 2013 Woman of Influence by the Indianapolis Business Journal.

Warren Rose ’04 was awarded Young Investigator of the Year from the Soci-ety of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists in September 2013.

Amy Ruhig ’04 was named one of Milwaukee’s 2014 “40 under 40” by the Milwaukee Business Journal.

Casey R. stafford ’04 has been made Partner at Kightlinger & Gray LLP.

laura (Hodges) Anderson ’06 was accepted into the prestigious Lugar Series Women’s Leadership Program.

Enjoying the Clowes Jubilee Dinner, saturday, october 19, 2013, are left to right: Jean Anne Hedelius, Butler uni-versity’s First lady Bethanie Danko, Butler university Board of Trustees member Gary Butkus ’88, and Patte owings ’82.

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Ashley Vella ’06 has accepted a promotion at Domino’s Pizza as the Marketing Specialist for their Smart Slice brand.

Megan (Cappa) kammer ’07 ac-cepted a position as Certified Nurse Midwife with Healthnet, assisting in deliveries at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Gregory Moser ’07 accepted a position at the Office of the Missouri State Public Defender located in the Kansas City area as Criminal Defense Attorney.

Meg shaw ’08 accepted the position of Property Management Specialist at the Indiana Department of Transpor-tation in Indianapolis.

Corey Waddell ’08 has joined the firm Capital Cities LLC as Associate Consultant and Investment Analyst.

Alyssa (Conley) James ’09 joined the Indianapolis office of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman

as Associate Attorney.

Hannah lyon Macwilliams ’09 has moved to Indulkana, South Australia, to serve as a one-on-one mentor and assistant gardening and cooking teacher with her husband, Josh, who studied abroad at Butler in 2009.

Alex Montagano ’09 has joined RE/MAX Legends Group as Sales Associate.

Chad Miller ’09 has been named Principal at Indianapolis Metropoli-tan High School.

Elizabeth Wagoner ’09 was the first of her class at Indiana University to be awarded with her Doctor of Philosophy in Analytical Chemistry on February 6 and will be moving to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to begin the next chapter of her life with ExxonMobil.

The ’10sJonathan Allinson ’10 has been named Director of Operations and Development at People for Urban Progress.

Courtney Guggenberger ’10 has been named Marketing Specialist at PERW LLC.

Greg krupinski MBA ’10 was promoted to Manager at Bradley Associates Inc.

Doug Roolf ’10 was promoted to Se-nior Associate, Business Risks Services Group, with CliftonLarsonAllen.

Ryan Waggoner ’10 was hired as an Associate at Ice Miller LLP in the Firm’s Trusts and Estates Group.

John Elliot MBA ’11 was appointed to the Indiana Chamber board of directors.

Rodney Harris ’11 has joined Har-rison College’s Corporate Partnerships Division.

Claire Rutledge ’12, Chair of the Historic Preservation Committee of the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, was featured in The Indianapolis Star on December 12, 2013.

Hannah Cole ’13 was awarded the 2013 IMPACT award of Non-Tradi-tional Intern of the Year by Indiana INTERNnet.

sarah Holcombe ’13 has been hired as a writer with Young & Laramore.

Mark spiegel ’13, former member of the Butler men’s soccer team, was featured in The Indianapolis Star on December 24, 2013.

Weddingsliesl s. schultz ’95 andEmmett W. Hying on July 28, 2013

nick Zoellner ’98 and Amy (Hartman) Zoellner on September 14, 2013

Michael Peterson ’99 andJessica Geheb on September 7, 2013

Emily (Pearse) Moran ’05 andBryan Moran on July 6, 2013

steven Wojcicki ’05 and susan Abigail surber ’09 on May 11, 2013

sunny Widmann ’06 andMichael Gabriel Hernandez on June 15, 2013

sara (Thomas) Ashby ’08 andMatthew Ashby on August 18, 2013

New Arrivalsscott E. Thompson ’87 and Rebecca Sue Thompson; Connor Easton Thompson, May 25, 2013

Frank Angst ’90 and Nicole Angst; Andrew “Drew” Angst, October 1, 2013

Elizabeth Hensley Glenn ’99 and Joseph Glenn; William Joseph Glenn, January 13, 2014. William joins big brother Jonathan and big sister Charlotte.

George Johns ’99 and Cara (Cantwell) Johns ’98;Maura Rose Johns, June 9, 2013.Maura joins big brother George.

Dana (Dorn) Woo ’99 and Eric Woo; Morgan Betty Woo, October 17, 2013

Andrea (Backs) Chin ’01 and Kyle Chin; Dylan John Chin, December 4, 2013. Dylan joins older sister Sydney.

Mychela (Burke) Marshall ’02 and Adam Marshall; Lyra Addison Marshall, December 5, 2013.Lyra joins big brother Kai and big sister Ella.

Mark Wuellner ’02 and sara (koch) Wuellner ’02; Miles Everett Wuellner, January 20, 2013

Amy (olin) Hassell ’03 and Travis Hassell; Samantha Marie Hassell, February 28, 2013. Samantha joins big brother Matthew.

Amanda (urban) Tyler ’03 and Adam Tyler; Dylan William Tyler, December 29, 2013

noah Buonanno ’04 and YuanYuan Lu; Milo Oliver Buonanno, Novem-ber 7, 2013

Justin Harris ’04 and Rachael (steury) Harris ’04; Dylan Jay Harris, June 29, 2013

Warren Rose ’04 and Anne (Hardy) Rose ’04; Caleb Noble Rose, February 25, 2013

sarah (Barker) Whybrew ’04 and Nathan Whybrew; Trey Robert Whybrew, July 5, 2013

Erin (Beck) Allen ’05 and Drew Allen; Adalee June Allen, November 19, 2013

Brock McMillen ’05 and sabrina (Hopkins) McMillen ’08; Jackson McMillen, January 24, 2014. Jackson joins big sister Madelyn.

Brooke (McMillen) Patz ’05 and Eric Patz; Caroline Patz, January 10, 2014

Christopher Reutter ’05 and stef-fany (Wright) Reutter ’06; Callie Michelle Reutter, December 22, 2013. Callie joins big sister Ella.

kristen (Fuhs) Wells ’05 and Ben Wells; Lincoln Michael Wells on September 22, 2013

Bob Hall ’06 and stacey Hall ’07; Madeline Reilly Hall on June 23, 2013

Ashley (Pharis) nienaber ’06; Micah “Shepherd” Nienaber on March 14, 2013

Ellie (Webster) Bright ’07 and Johnny Bright; Thaddeus Scott Bright on June 19, 2013. Thaddeus joins big brother Will.

Andrea (Dell) Centi ’08 and Chris Centi; Alexis Gail Centi on December 29, 2013

Tamara (neff ) klemm ’08 and Steve Klemm; Noah Robert Klemm on September 19, 2013

In Memoriam

John “Johnny” Ashby Hargrove ’98, son of former Board of Trustees Chair John Hargrove, died December 18, 2013. He received his bachelor’s degree from Butler with a double major in international business studies and German, and was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity. As a graduate student at The George Washington University, he was com-pleting his final course and expecting to receive his Master of Professional Studies in Law Firm Management in spring 2014. In addition to being in graduate school, Hargrove served as the Office Administrator for Hargrove, Pierson and Brown, in Boca Raton, Florida,

where he helped his father develop a boutique civil litigation practice. He is survived by his parents, John and Mary Cheryl. His brother and best friend, Jimmy, died in November 2009. Other survivors include his grandparents, Sam and Betty Winn Fuller; his aunts and uncles, Deborah Fuller, Karen Wolfe, and Craig Wolfe; his cousin, Carolyn Wolfe; and numerous distant cousins.

Billie lou Carpenter Wood ’51, a Butler University trustee from 1988 to 2013 and a longtime generous benefactor to the University, died December 20, 2013. Often described as “the consum-mate volunteer,” Wood contributed time, talent, and treasure to Butler throughout her life. In the 1980s, she sat on the Commission on the Future of Butler University, a volunteer panel that helped chart the Univer-sity’s course into the 21st century. She received the Butler Alumni Association¹s Alumni Achieve-ment Award in 1992. She and her husband, Richard “Dick” Wood, were inaugural members of the Cornerstone Society, provid-ing major support for the Pauline Stitle Memorial Scholarship, the Butler Fund, the Campaign for Hinkle Fieldhouse, and the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Arts. The Schrott Center’s main lobby is named the Wood Grand Hall in honor of their gifts. Billie Lou and Dick often partici-pated in the daily life and growth of the University, and were frequent visitors to Clowes Memorial Hall and Hinkle Fieldhouse. In a 2001 issue of Butler Magazine, it was observed that “Billie Lou Wood’s decision to live her life in a manner where sharing, caring, and serving take precedence has led to an improved quality of life for all those with whom she has contact. She is truly an individual who, by her un-selfish efforts, has added vigor to the Butler tradition of excellence.”

As a Butler undergraduate Wood was active in Delta Delta Delta soror-ity, the Butler Young Republicans Club, the Elementary Education Club, Future Leaders of America, and the Women’s Recreation Association. She completed her bachelor’s degree in elementary education, and taught at the kindergarten and elementary levels. Wood’s drive to serve her com-munity continued throughout her life. She served on boards of directors for the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the Indianapolis Symphony, and the James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association. She received multiple honors for her volunteerism, including those from the Boy Scouts of America Crossroads Council and the Indiana Society of Fund Raising Executives. She was also active in the Indianapolis

Garden Club, the Indianapolis Day Nursery, League of Women Voters, the Woodstock Club, and Second Presbyterian Church. She is survived by Richard Wood, her husband of 62 years; her two daughters, Catherine Wood Lawson (William V. Lawson III) and Marjorie Elizabeth Wood; her three grandchil-dren, William V. Lawson IV (Stepha-nie Goodrid Lawson), Andrew Wood Lawson, and Anna Wood Peterson; and her great-grandson, William V. Lawson V.

Billie Lou Carpenter Wood ’51

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Connor James McGrath, Jan. 21, 2014 Drew Angst, Oct. 1, 2013

samantha Hassell, Feb. 28, 2013 and big brother, Matthew

lincoln Wells, sept. 13, 2013

steven ’05 and susan ’09 Wojcicki

Wedding of liesl ’95 and Emmett Hying

Adelee June Allen, nov. 19, 2013

Miles Everett, Jan. 20, 2013

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In Memoriam (cont.)Anita (Brownlee) Platte ’32Margaret (Ensley) Koch ’33George Thurston ’38Frank Carbon ’40Grace (Blakeman) Pock ’40Louise (Bicknell) Wilson ’41Louis Exley ’42Jane (Dugan) Ober ’42Geraldine Bagby ’43 MS ’50 Jane (Martin) Liverett ’43Bettie (Adams) Murphy ’43Norma (Curtis) Fettinger ’44Joan (Rosner) Dowling ’45Patti (Cain) Freed ’45Margery Ogle ’45Jo Ann (Baker) O’Dell ’47Harold Hardin MS ’48Mary (Schreiber) Robertson ’48William Bayt ’49Richard Benham ’49Frances (King) Clark ’49 MS ’68 Gloria (Beckmann) Hatfield ’49William Murdock ’49Jack Brainard ’50Howard Mackey ’50Joan Richey MM ’50Esther (Rumsey) Sievers ’50Jay Bixby ’51Charles Carlson ’51 MM ’54Kenneth Lauer ’51Billie Lou (Carpenter) Wood ’51

Gerald Dukes ’52William Harper ’52 MBA ’62 Patricia (Hart) Mason ’52Russell Owens MS ’52William Robertson ’52William Treml ’52Raymond Zaleski ’52Thomas Davis ’53Joanne (Aiman) Dugan ’53Ian MacFarlane ’53Patrick Moriarty ’53Ruth (Sargent) Brenner ’54 MS ’69 Rubin Sher MM ’54Ralph Brown MS ’55Miriam (Lovejoy) Huber ’55Barbara (Ludwig) Larson ’55Althea Pogue ’55Teddy Turner ’55Edgar Gearhart ’56Roger Parsell MA ’56David Rand ’56Jane (Engeler) Siler ’56Leonard Whitfield ’56Bonnie Barr ’57Carolyn (Read) Crowner ’57Rita (Hill) Harper ’57Richard Welker ’57Warren Wetzler ’57Dan Whitmore ’57Richard Carter ’58James Dozier MS ’58Richard Moore ’59Gene Pruitt MS ’59

Janet (Shelton) Yockey ’59David Bates ’60Frederick Leucht ’60Jack Pagel ’60David Sparks ’60Margaret Verdeyen ’60Ilse Cate ’61Estella (Daniels) Howard MS ’61Charlotte (Chasteen) Boulton ’62James Heinz ’62John Settle ’62Verna Banks MS ’63Sally (Gordon) Bowman MS ’65Rosalind Kinney MS ’66Denzel Waltman ’66Joseph Corey ’67Josephine (Youree) Holder MS ’67Elsye (Monteron) Mahern ’67Georgia (Miller) Sullivan MS ’67Roberta (Radley) Halter ’68Carol (Erickson) Smith MS ’68John Burke ’69Jesse Burks ’69Barbara Fletcher MS ’69Rebecca (Kuch) Helmer ’69John McNelis ’69David Van Horn MS ’69Joseph Wilson MS ’69Lois (Purcell) De Roo MS ’70Christopher Milar ’70Robert Nelson MS ’70Leona Patterson MS ’70Judith (Belue) Slaughter ’70

Marie (Ramsey) Abner MS ’71Beulah Blumingburg MS ’71Kathryn (Laub) McNerney ’71Barbara (Schuster) Uhrig MS ’71James Painter MBA ’72John Snider MS ’73Louis Taylor ’73Robert Harris MS ’74Tamara (Helms) Chipman ’75Kenneth Doerr ’75Maureen (Carey) Gardner MS ’75Mary Quinn MM ’75Emma (Crenshaw) Culpepper MS ’76Valerie Lang MS ’76Amy (Isenhower) Pearce ’76Patricia (Shrum) McCammon MS ’77Donald Martin MBA ’78Jacqueline (Smock) Matzke ’81Karen Parks ’83Sharon Wilkins EPPSP ’85Robert Crawford ’90Theodore Ringer MS ’93Angela (Cotton) Dearman ’94Garry Moore MBA ’94Naveen Garlapati ’96Kenneth Gurney ’97John Hargrove ’98Amanda Hansen ’07Blake Hanger ’11Nicholas Noll (Butler student)

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Don’t miss out on these annual favorites!•Bulldog Beauty Contest• Family Fun Fest• Parade• Tailgating and Football• Reunions—this year for the Classes of 1964,

1989, 2004, and 2009

Check out www.butler.edu/homecoming in the coming weeks for details on these events and more.

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TRIPTales In my two years on this campus, I have come to find that the confines of 46th and Sunset just aren’t enough to hold all that’s great about Butler University. The thousands of miles I’ve put on the Blue Mobile this winter, traveling this country on the Big Dawgs Tour, is certainly proof of that. But as the pages in this issue of Butler Magazine suggest, not even the shores and borders of the United States are enough to hold the spirit of this great University. We’ve gone international. From study abroad programs and study trips, to international students and student-athletes, to alumni who have traveled around the world, Butler is a hub of worldwide activity. Acknowledgement of the wider world is in our collective DNA, after all. Even our founder, Ovid Butler, traced roots of his family’s origin to Ire-land. His Celtic heritage undoubtedly influenced his founding of this great University, and now we share in reciprocating his vision across the globe. Whether you’re on campus (or the Indianapolis “home office,” as I like to call it), on another continent, or somewhere in between, all Bulldogs have the noble honor of charting The Butler Way wherever we may be. Go Dawgs … everywhere!

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