MAGAZINE

FALL 2016

THE BUTLER STUDENT EXPERIENCE

SUCCESS in MOTION FROM the PRESIDENT MAGAZINE

When I speak about the FALL 2016 tremendous progress evident on Butler’s campus—whether VICE PRESIDENT FOR MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS in the context of improvements Matt Mindrum to our academic facilities, the EDITOR new Fairview House, the Sheryl Rodgers ’83 beautification of Sunset Avenue, [email protected] or the parking structure and its EDITORIAL TEAM restaurants—I often comment Marc D. Allan that the real excitement lies Ann Ehinger not in the buildings themselves, Nancy Lyzun but in what’s happening inside Rachel Stotts those buildings. Ideas are born, Courtney Tuell ’99 Megan Ward MS ’13 minds are awakened to new ideas, lifelong friendships begin, and ART DIRECTOR Phil Eichacker future vocations become visible. ART DESIGN TEAM Indeed, this is all true; but it’s Phil Eichacker not entirely accurate. In fact, a Alisha Luckenbill great many of the wonderful Katie Orlowski things which are integral to UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER the Butler student experience Brent Smith happen outside the confines of CONTRIBUTING WRITERS our campus. Marc D. Allan Cindy Dashnaw A Butler education occurs through a variety of methods, places, and people. Our Monica Holb ’09 students are traveling the globe, volunteering throughout our city, and discovering Michael Kaltenmark ’02 their own strengths through challenging academic experiences, themed learning Patricia Snyder Pickett ’82 communities, and advising partnerships with their professors. Evie Schultz ’16 Rachel Stotts Our alumni and friends are mentoring Butler students, hiring them for internships Megan Ward MS ’13 and jobs, and contributing the funds our University needs to provide world-class STUDENT BLOGGERS learning resources now and in the coming years—including the new Andre B. Lacy Lucy Allan ’19 School of Business, a renovated and expanded complex for the sciences, and another Suzanne Dwyer PharmD ’21 new residence hall. Caitlin Luby ’17 Miranda Ogle ’19 On campus and off, Butler students are truly moving forward—and doing so with a level of humility, community-mindedness, and commitment that can only be CLASS ACTS Office of Alumni and Parent Programs described as The Butler Way. I welcome you to share in this exciting momentum as [email protected] you read this edition of Butler Magazine.

Butler Magazine is published for alumni, parents, Sincerely, supporters, and friends of Butler University. Send story ideas and comments to Butler Magazine, 4600 Sunset Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46208; email [email protected]. James M. Danko [email protected] CONTENTS

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14 DAY IN THE LIFE Follow Cristina Alma McNeiley ’17 and Logan Schwering ’17 through a typical day for each of these BU students.

BY MEGAN WARD MS ’13

16 STUDENTS ON THE MOVE Student Blogs Workin’ Dawgs

IN EVERY ISSUE CAMPUS NEWS 2

ATHLETICS 18

FOCUS on FACULTY 20

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT 22

ALUMNI PROFILES 24 Sponsored by Elements Financial 10 MAKING a DIFFERENCE 27

ALUMNI and PARENT NEWS 28 6 10 CLASS ACTS 30 DIVERSE PATHS LEAD TO TRAVEL BOUND ONLINE EXCLUSIVES VISIT WWW.BUTLER.EDU/MAGAZINE COMMON BONDS Butler’s outstanding study-abroad program is a ›› Donors Help Students See the World huge draw for one-third of undergrad students. ›› Extended Campus News The services and programs Butler offers create GALA, short for Global Adventures in the ›› Lilly Grant Drives Job Opportunities rich and varied student experiences, and all Liberal Arts, allows students to take primarily ›› “Internships” for Researchers foster meaningful relationships that lead core classes in several locations abroad during ›› Connecting What Butler Students Learn to student success. No two Butler students the same semester. They travel with a resident and How They Serve experience the University or its programs the BU faculty member who also teaches a course. ›› Butler’s Disability Services same way. Yet time and again, students achieve Impacting Student Success BY CINDY DASHNAW similarly exceptional outcomes—high four-year ›› Butler’s Health and Recreation Complex graduation and post-grad placement rates. (HRC) Celebrates 10 Years ›› Blogs—Students on the Move BY MONICA HOLB ’09 PEOPLE, PLACES, and EVENTS

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COB RENAMED THE ANDRE B. LACY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

Butler University’s College of Business has “Butler has long been an excellent school and an been renamed the Andre B. Lacy School anchor to the Indianapolis and Central Indiana of Business, in recognition of a $25 million community,” Lacy said. “But in the last five commitment from the Chairman of the years, under President Danko’s leadership, I Board of Indianapolis-based LDI, Ltd. (Lacy have seen Butler grow into a national player, Diversified Industries) and his wife, Julia, especially when it comes to the University’s President James M. Danko announced in April. focus on innovation, experiential learning, and In addition, Lacy will serve as senior advisor outcomes.” to the School of Business. The gift is Butler’s In 2015, Butler was recognized by U.S. News largest ever from an individual or family. and World Report as the Midwest’s most “The Butler community is deeply grateful to innovative school, and among the best in Andre and Julia Lacy for this transformational the nation for internships, study abroad, investment,” said Danko. “This partnership and undergraduate research. Bloomberg brings together recognized champions of Businessweek ranked Butler’s School of business and education, and will further extend Business No. 1 in the nation for internships, Butler’s national reputation as an innovative, and the School’s 2015 graduating class achieved world-class institution.” a 99 percent placement rate.

2 CAMPUS NEWS “We hope this investment further establishes the Lacy School of Business—and Butler University overall—as the premier destination for students, faculty, employers, and community partners in Central Indiana and across the country,” Lacy said.

LACY TO SERVE AS SENIOR ADVISOR Lacy has worked with Butler for more than a decade, serving on the Butler Business Consulting Group Advisory Panel and endowing a student scholarship within the School of Business. As part of this new partnership, Lacy will serve as a direct resource to the Lacy School of Business and Butler University community. Andre Lacy has served as Stephen Standifird, Dean of the Lacy School of Business, said that Lacy will Chairman of the Board since 1992 be an extraordinary asset to the School as senior advisor. “To do what we and is the former CEO of LDI (Lacy do well, we must have a strong group of people in the business community Diversified Industries). who are willing to advise us on what’s really happening—the dynamics of the marketplace, how we can increase connections with industry, and continue to Lacy began his career in 1961 as an be relevant,” Standifird said. “I can’t think of anybody better suited for that role analyst at U.S. Corrugated-Fiber than Andre Lacy. He is passionate about closely held business and developing Box Company, the company from the next generation of business leaders. We share these passions, which makes which LDI evolved. He later served for a great partnership.” as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of U.S. Lacy said he sees his new role at Butler as an opportunity to pass down what he’s Corrugated and Executive Vice learned and what he knows. President and Chief Operating “The advisor role,” he said, “provides that opportunity to share, mentor, and help Officer of Lacy Diversified students see that prospering an entity is bigger than any one individual—and it Industries. gives back exponentially to the communities where they live. That’s a desire we He is active on corporate boards see in this generation—to be part of something bigger than themselves, and to be including Hulman & Company on the ground floor of establishing something that has meaning and value.” (Indianapolis Motor Speedway), and is Chairman of the Indiana BLOOMBERG RATES BUTLER’S LACY SCHOOL State Fair Commission. Previous OF BUSINESS NO. 1 FOR INTERNSHIPS board experience includes Butler University’s Lacy School of Business is the top-ranked business school in Patterson Companies Inc., the country for internships, according to Bloomberg Businessweek’s 2016 rankings. Ethyl Corporation, Albemarle “Studies have shown that college students with internships fare better in the Corporation, Tredegar Corporation, labor market after they graduate, compared to students without internships,” First Colony Insurance Co., Bloomberg said in the rankings released in April. “Many undergraduate business IPALCO, National Bank of programs push hard to place their students in high-value internships that may Indianapolis, and Merchants turn into full-time job offers, expose students to a particular industry or job National Bank. He also served function, or simply help students forge connections to the world of work.” as the Chairman of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce and Bloomberg defines an internship as a work experience that accumulates a the National Association of minimum of 120 hours of work within a six-month (consecutive) period, in Wholesaler-Distributors. which a student receives supervision and/or mentorship and in which the student applies his or her knowledge and skills learned in college. An internship Lacy has held leadership positions may be paid or unpaid and may be for credit or not for credit. A student’s work on in a number of civic organizations his or her own start-up business qualifies as an internship if it meets the other including Indianapolis Public stated criteria. Schools, Indianapolis 500 Festival Association, United Way, Economic In Butler’s experiential approach to teaching and learning, students in the Lacy Club of Indianapolis, and Central School create a business plan their first year, launch a company as sophomores, Indiana Corporate Partnership. and complete at least two internships before graduation—a series of experiential requirements unmatched in the business school landscape.

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4 CAMPUS NEWS FAIRVIEW HOUSE For an up close and personal look at Butler’s new state-of-the-art housing facility, Fairview House, visit www.butler.edu/fairview-house. FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS 1,272 INCOMING largest incoming first-year class

157 LEGACIES BULLDOGS into the STREETS (BITS) 1,200+ volunteers participated in Butler’s annual service program.

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6 FEATURE THE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS BUTLER Butler provides students myriad ways to create those OFFERS CREATE RICH AND VARIED meaningful relationships, from academic programs and STUDENT EXPERIENCES, AND ALL FOSTER spiritual discovery to service learning and residential life. MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS THAT LEAD From the beginning of their collegiate careers, students TO STUDENT SUCCESS. connect with academic advisors in their majors to determine future ambitions. No two Butler University students experience the University “Advising is made up of a series of personal conversations or its programs the same way. Yet time and again, students between students and their faculty advisors to discern where achieve similarly exceptional outcomes—high four-year students might best devote their energy,” Morris said. graduation rates and post-graduation placement rates. Students who have not chosen a major enter the Exploratory How do so many different academic and co-curricular Studies program. Their advisors are housed in the Learning experiences produce students who achieve comparable Resource Center and are trained to help with evaluating success as alumni? potential academic pursuits. According to Provost Kathryn Morris, it’s the people with For Butler student Katelyn Sussli ’16, that meant her advisor whom students engage that change them from wide-eyed, worked to understand her passions. “She got to know me at first-year students to happy and successful graduates. my core,” Sussli said. “The key to transformation is relationships,” Morris said. An advisor may guide job-focused students to an internship “At Butler, students have the opportunity to work closely through the Internship and Career Services Center, where with faculty and staff who are truly dedicated to their career counseling experts can open doors to relationships development and well-being.” The most recent Gallup- Purdue Index examined college experiences that were associated with the greatest likelihood of alumni thriving in well-being and workplace engagement, and its findings reflect Morris’ sentiment. (For more Gallup results, visit www.butler.edu/gallup.) Data illustrate that having faculty support was strongly associated with how graduates fare later in life, and Butler outperformed the national index, including graduate comparison groups from Indiana universities, the BIG EAST, and peer and aspirant schools.

FALL 2016 7 in the working world. Students pursuing graduate school can One important component of the University’s Core conduct research alongside their professors and present at Curriculum is service learning. Within the Indianapolis national conferences and at the Undergraduate Research Community Requirement, students learn in class with Conference, hosted by Butler and open to students across a cohort and then serve outside the academic buildings, the Midwest and beyond. Morris compared student-faculty establishing profound bonds on and off campus and collaborative research as being akin to an internship for a reinforcing lessons learned in the classroom. student looking for a career in academia instead of industry. For her service learning experience, Sussli combined her Concurrently, the Center for Faith and Vocation helps political science interests with a course on Modern and students discern their own vocation or passion. “That Political Thought and an opportunity to teach English to a sense of vocation can often be tied up with one’s spiritual woman from Nepal. “It was one of my most humbling experiences,” Sussli said of the blended coursework and community engagement. It allowed her to get outside the “Butler bubble,” break down a

stigma, and build an impactful relationship—and then reflect on it with her professor and classmates. “The learning is reciprocal,” Morris said. Students give of life,” Morris said. Sussli described the Center as not just a their time, but the people to whom they provide service teach religious place, but a spot to come together as students with the students as well. Other service learning experiences diverse faiths or no faith to develop spiritually. “The Center and reflections on those experiences are supported by the is creating a space where we can share our beliefs and our Center for Citizenship and Community and the student- values,” she said. run Volunteer Center. They provide students weekly opportunities to serve and create influential relationships. With an eye toward their futures, students also embrace the present and explore a Core Curriculum that allows them Beneficial connections are built in the classroom, in the to connect deeply with professors, fellow students, and the community, and within the walls that students call home Butler community. while living at Butler. “Our faculty-in-residence program is steadfast at Butler and is special for a small school. It is

8 FEATURE very high touch and allows students and faculty to interact of these services are ways to create connections to facilitate in unique ways in their living environment,” Interim Vice that growth.” President for Student Affairs Anne Flaherty said. From discerning academic pursuits to exploring spiritual Building on this dynamic, Butler is transitioning to themed vocations, Butler students’ diverse experiences and the living communities for all first-year students. The new relationships they cultivate make extraordinary success a Fairview House—with its 16 themed living communities common outcome. encompassing areas such as wellness and creativity—makes “What separates Butler is the amount of passion and care that it even easier for students to build impactful relationships our faculty and our staff have,” Sussli said. “They go above and a community around shared interests and ideals. and beyond to build relationships. They are truly committed “Our vocation,” Morris explained, “is to support young people to the success of the students.” as they grow and develop personally and academically. All “OUR VOCATION IS TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE AS THEY GROW AND DEVELOP PERSONALLY AND ACADEMICALLY.”

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· “Internships” for researchers · Connecting what Butler students learn and how they serve · Student Disability Services offers Butler students assistance on their individual roads to success · Celebrating Butler’s Health and Recreation Complex (HRC) 10th anniversary FALL 2016 9 FEATURE

By Cindy Dashnaw

BOUND 10 FEATURE BUTLER’S STUDY-ABROAD PROGRAM TRULY IS ONE OF A KIND

What is the most surprising thing a student learns from a Butler University study-abroad trip? Current Senior Danielle Wallace’s answer speaks for everyone she knows who has ever taken this journey. “Recognizing my own capabilities,” she said. Wallace’s learning curve began on her first day in Rome in a scenario Butler faculty members often repeat. “Our professor said, ‘You’ve all got maps and each other, so see you later!’ and we had to find our own way. I started recognizing that I could figure things out and became more self-sufficient than I might have discovered I could be if I’d stayed in the United States.” Rebecca Pokrandt ’15 said studying abroad gave her courage, too. “I never would have had the confidence to apply for a Fulbright scholarship in Croatia if I hadn’t done GALA.” GALA, short for Global Adventures in the Liberal Arts, is the cornerstone of Butler’s Center for Global Education in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. GALA allows students to take primarily core classes in several locations abroad during the same semester. They travel with a resident Butler faculty member who also teaches a course; other faculty members join the group for two- to three-week teaching stints. There’s no other program like it in the country. According to Open Doors 2015, a study of the Institute for International Education, only one in 10 undergraduate students in the United States studies abroad. Yet, an extraordinary one-third of Butler undergrads study abroad each year. It’s a statistic that has held true for years. So what does Butler do to make study abroad so popular among its students, their parents, and its professors?

A BIG DRAW TO BUTLER

Wallace already knew she wanted to study abroad when she did her first college search. “The fact that Butler had such an outstanding program was definitely a draw for me,” she said. “I’d be able to take actual classes for credit and visit lots of countries instead of just one. No other university offers that.” In GALA, students can take a full load of sophomore, core-credit classes while traveling through several countries within a region of the world. GALA trips have visited sites in Europe, East Asia, Latin America, and South Africa. Like Wallace, Alyssa Setnar ’16 knew she wanted to study abroad. BOUND However, with the coursework of a five-year, dual-degree program ahead of her, many advised her to forego travel. FALL 2016 11 “I just didn’t take that as an answer, and Then we drove to Derry and Belfast, Butler made it work,” Setnar said. and our two guides had fought in the Northern Ireland conflict: one on the Butler Associate Professor Ania Spyra Catholic side and one on the Protestant. has led two GALA trips. She is a native They now give these tours and work of Upper Silesia Poland and has studied toward reconciliation. What they shared in Stockholm and Quebec, lived in with us had a big impact on the students.” England and Romania, and traveled in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In South Africa, Turner said, she took She led her second GALA trip in spring students well beyond their comfort 2015 to Italy, France, Belgium, the zones. Netherlands, and Ireland. “Some of the experiences were difficult or “A GALA trip is an intense experience,” uncomfortable,” she said. “It’s not easy said Spyra. “It’s very different from the to be a hyper-visible white American in general study-abroad programs offered a black South African community—who elsewhere, where students go attend a lacks fluency in the dominant language— university in another country. There, or to encounter signs of immense wealth they become just another person in the and deep poverty in the same day.” classroom. With GALA, they have a However unfamiliar, though, students professor with them at all times, they’re view intimate encounters like these as with other Butler students—they’re invaluable. seeing foreign places but traveling in the ‘Butler bubble.’” “The adventures and life experience are very necessary in order to write as Robin Turner led a GALA trip to South comprehensively as I’d like to,” said Africa in spring 2016. An Associate Wallace, a Creative Writing major. “No Professor of Political Science at Butler, matter how wonderful the classes are, she also is a visiting research associate certain things you just can’t learn until at the University of the Witswatersrand you’re out there seeing and doing them in Johannesburg. yourself.” “It’s been a privilege to watch students Pokrandt already is applying those grow as they venture far outside the adventures as an elementary school ‘Butler bubble,’” Turner said. “For me teacher. and for them, spending 13 weeks with a small group of people is an immense “I really try to give my class a global sense learning opportunity. The students did of a topic. For instance, we talked about a great job of building and maintaining the Syrian refugee crisis in terms of it a cohesive group in which they cared for being the world’s concern, not just an each other and themselves, addressing American problem.” conflicts as they arose.” She recalled her own jarring perspective The bubble—or comfort zone—may give shift in Paris. parents a reason to relax a little, but it “I was the only American in the room certainly doesn’t keep students from when the news of the Boston Marathon fully experiencing a culture and its bombing came on, and no one else people. Spyra told of a haunting visit to a seemed to care,” she said. “It made me Belfast dairy. realize how desensitized we can be “We took a tour through Dublin, where when we see news about other countries. our guide was a local historian telling It was eye-opening.” us about revolutionary Ireland fighting to gain its independence from England. Josh ’01 and Valerie ’01 Stewart feel strongly about the importance of travel. Visit www.butler.edu/magazine for more on the Stewart Family Fund. 12 FEATURE ADVICE CHANGING PROFESSOR didn’t have to plan themselves or FOR STUDYING PERSPECTIVES the chance to go somewhere besides ABROAD Europe. Professors who travel with students (from those who’ve been there) have some eye-opening experiences “Not too many students can say of their own. that they’ve been to Africa. It felt PACK LIGHT. mysterious and exciting, so I knew I “Spending lots and lots of time with “Pack what you want, take half of that out, and had to apply for this trip,” said Fry. students outside the classroom then cut it in half again. Trust me, by the ninth space has helped me to better Extensive planning by the University week, you’ll hate everything in your suitcase and want to throw it out the window anyway.” understand their lives—their is a plus for both students and —Maddy Fry ’18 differing perspectives, backgrounds, families. struggles, and strengths—and I hope “I tell people that ‘phenomenal’ BEING SHY IS OK. this will make me a better teacher,” doesn’t even begin to describe how “A lot of really great people are a bit shy, and Turner said. it’s OK. Everything’s in your control; nobody’s Butler planned the trip. Everything going to make you go further out of your Grading students at the end of the we needed was done for us: who to comfort zone than you want to. And study semester is the toughest thing for contact in the city, where we’d be abroad gives you the chance to experiment a Spyra. staying, a detailed itinerary before we little bit.” —Alyssa Setnar ’16 “By then, I know who they are and left—all really helpful to share with BE PREPARED TO FIND who is getting the kind of experience our families and friends,” she said. DIGITAL MEDIA LESS INTERESTING. I want them to get. They have time to Students found that earning credit talk to us (professors) at any time, so abroad for the same tuition they’d “Students often have remarked that they’ve learned to put more value on physical we get close.” pay on campus was a big selling experiences, which translates into spending Maddy Fry ’18 corroborated Spyra’s point for parents, too. less time on their computers and phones once they’re home. They learn the value of doing statement. “You have to take these classes something.” —Ania Spyra “The most surprising part of the trip anyway, and at what other time in EXPECT TO MAKE for me was the relationships you your life are you going to get these LIFELONG FRIENDS. build with professors. You’re with experiences at this cost?” said Pokrandt. “None of us were good friends before we went. them almost all of the time, in and During the trip, you really rely on each other outside the classroom. They get to Almost no trip goes off without a and get to know each other. I didn’t know one know you on an even more personal hitch, but GALA students learn to of the girls on my trip, but we became best friends and live together now, level than usual, and it remains handle every new situation. and I’ll have her as a friend when you get back on campus. It’s “There have been highs and lows for the rest of my life.” really special,” Fry said. —Alyssa Setnar ’16 and everything in between, but it FROM STUDENT TO isn’t something I would trade for PROGRAM ADVOCATE anything. I have learned so much, Study-abroad students become whether it be academically or just vocal advocates of the Butler GALA about myself, in the short time program. Many tout the ability to see I’ve been here–much more than I more than one country on a trip they expected,” said Fry.

The Center for Global Education offers 110 study-abroad programs in more than 70 countries. Find a current list of approved programs and Study Abroad FAQs at www.butler.edu/global-education.

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FOLLOWING DAY IN TWO STUDENTS THROUGH THEIR DAY AT BU THE LIFE: By Megan Ward MS ’13 CHRISTINA’S TYPICAL MONDAY

9:30 AM—Wake up, eat breakfast, pack and prepare for my morning meeting and then class.

10:45 AM—Leave Apartment Village and walk to Atherton for my 11:00 AM meeting with Jen Agnew to talk about what I’ll cover in my Diversity and Inclusion Board meeting later today… or sometimes we just talk about how everything is going.

NOON—Statistics class. I’m not the greatest when it comes to math, but I try my hardest to pay attention and ask questions.

NAME: 1:00 PM—Time for Research Cristina Alma Methods. I try to stay focused, but sometimes it gets hard—it’s one of my McNeiley “You’re going to leave this place To avoid running back-and-forth longest classes. HOMETOWN: and go to college” are the words to her room throughout the day, Munster, first-generation college student Cristina packs everything she 2:15 PM—Time to grab something to Indiana eat at C-Club, say “hi” to people in the Cristina heard from her parents. needs for the day in her backpack: Diversity Center, or walk back to my MAJOR: She admits that, during her first books, supplies, and, of course, room for a power nap. Criminology semester of college, it was a snacks! And, if she could, every and Sociology; 3:50 PM—YES, last class of the day. Spanish and struggle to find a good balance semester she would take a class Juvenile Justice and Delinquency is so Art + Design minor between schoolwork and having with Professor Jess Butler, who interesting, and I have a few friends in (Pre-Law) fun. Her advice? “Use your time “keeps sociology interesting” and this class. CLASS YEAR: wisely when it comes to school- “cares about how her students are 5:05 PM—Head to Atherton for Current Senior work, and take advantage of any doing in and out of the classroom— my board meeting at 6:00 PM. I’m looking forward to our great upcoming free time you have to do what which says a lot.” programs! makes you happy.” During her (rare) free time, 7:00 PM—Time to grab some food Cristina clearly has found the Cristina enjoys going out to and go back to Apartment Village to eat, sweet spot, balancing a heavy eat, taking advantage of SGA or my boyfriend will come over and we eat together. course-load, SGA leadership, late-night programs, watching and outings to downtown Indy. movies, and napping. As for the 9:15 PM—Final meeting of the day! Speaking of sweets, they’re a future, she’s dreaming of doing the I love being around these individuals in SGA Cabinet. We make sure that we favorite of Cristina’s at the dining “fountain hop” before graduating get the important things done first, but hall. She says, “Atherton really and attending law school after always save time to catch up and relax. hooks it up with the desserts”— graduation. She hopes to practice Sometimes, it’s my favorite part of any Monday. soft cookies, a sundae bar, and law in Indy or Chicago and have vanilla cake with pink frosting— her own law firm someday; then, 10:40 PM—Time to get some work done at the library or the apartment. she’s “in heaven.” It sounds like she wants to own an art gallery. Butler basketball in Hinkle isn’t Ultimately, she wants to say, “I 1:00 AM—Bedtime! I try hard to get the only thing that fills her heart always did what I loved.” to sleep by this time—depending on my workload. with joy!

14 SPEAKING OF STUDENTS LOGAN’S TYPICAL MONDAY

7:00 AM—Wake up—time for an early-morning workout before classes!

7:30-9:15 AM—Workout at the HRC or go for a run around campus/ Indy area. Love starting my day with a long run!

9:30 AM—Quick shower, get NAME: dressed, and pack backpack for class. Logan Let the long day of class begin! Schwering Told early on in his Butler To stay motivated and recharge 10:00 AM—First class of the day, career to take advantage of all during free time and on the HOMETOWN: the lecture-based GHS: Postcolonial Batesville, that Butler offers—connect weekends, Logan takes advantage Studies—Caribbean. Indiana with professors, participate in of good weather by running on 11:00 AM—Next up, is a hands-on MAJOR: student organizations, and take the Canal and Monon trails, as Information Technology class. Finance on leadership opportunities—it’s well as exploring Broad Ripple NOON—Lunch in Atherton with and Marketing clear Logan heeded these wise and downtown Indy. Cheering on double major some fellow RAs, then back to room to words. Seriously, just look at his the Dawgs from the Dawg Pound pack my bag for afternoon classes. CLASS YEAR: typical day (see sidebar). and trying new restaurants with Current Junior 1:00 PM—Off to Organizational friends also are favorites. An Eagle Scout and a runner Behavior in the basement of Irwin Library; at least we get to mix it up with who averages 25–35 miles per Unable to pick a single favorite lectures, presentations, and in-class week, Logan also gets a workout experience at Butler, Logan gave activities. carrying his backpack all day. His me seven. Yes, seven. The list 2:25 PM—Time for Business Law in must-haves to get through the day included Dinner with 10 Bulldogs Holcomb Observatory… wait, why are include the obvious—textbooks/ (thank you, alumni!), serving we in the observatory, again?! notebooks, laptop, and pencil bag— as a Resident Assistant, being 3:45 PM—Do homework at library and several extras: snacks (“and elected Vice President of Student before meetings begin. Must. Focus. lots of them”); KGP—Knowing Initiatives for SGA, and studying 5:15 PM—Ross Hall staff meeting… God Personally—booklets (“never abroad as part of Leadership hopefully it includes some good snacks! know when there may be a friend London. While there are “lots of 6:00 PM—Dinner in Atherton. who needs encouragement”); must-dos before [he] graduates,” Fingers crossed it’s Pancake Night! dry-erase marker; loose change; he has two in particular on his 7:00 PM—Check in and study with a spoon (for snacks); and glasses. mind: going to Devour Downtown frat brothers at Phi Delta Theta before Now we know why he never turns in Indy and seeing the men’s my Student Initiatives Board meeting down Pancake Night in Atherton! basketball team win the NCAA at 9:00 PM. championship. No pressure, Logan typically studies in a 10:00 PM—Finish up homework/ though. He’d be okay if the latter classroom in Jordan Hall, listening studying in Jordan Hall before heading happened after he graduates. back to my room to talk with residents— to music unless he’s studying for you never know who might stop in to an exam. Group studying? Only chat!

with people who he knows will MIDNIGHT—Get ready for bed. keep him focused and motivated. Every day is an adventure, but I’m blessed to be a Butler Bulldog!

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STUDENT BLOGS These Butler students shared exciting travel blogs of their learning experiences. Visit www.butler.edu/magazine to read their entire blog postings:

CAITLIN LUBY ’17 took part in Butler’s Washington DC Learning Program. “The program puts students from Butler in housing with each other and with students from the same type of program at Center University in Kentucky. Students from Center joined us in the classroom part of the experience. Each of us had different internships and DC opportunities, but being in this program and having each other gave us a support system to rely on.”

LUCY ALLAN ’19 was part of a College of Education (COE) class that traveled around England and Scotland this past summer. “We visited places that inspired European children’s authors such as J.K. Rowling, Beatrix Potter, and many others. Among the sights I had the chance to see included Christ Church, Hill Top, Alnwick Castle, the Seven Stories Museum, and various other places and cities that created the backdrop for many of the children’s authors.”

SUZANNE DWYER PHARMD ’21 traveled to Santee National Wildlife Refuge as part of Butler’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip this past spring. “I applied to go on ASB because of my deep passion for service. I feel happiest when I am serving, so I wanted a new way to find that at Butler. When I found out I was accepted for ASB, I was beyond excited.”

MIRANDA OGLE ’19 had the opportunity to visit Guatemala as a healthcare volunteer with Timmy Global Health. “When my family and friends ask about it, I can only explain that the trip was simultaneously heartbreaking and heartwarming. However, it brought me such joy and hope to see that this organization and its volunteers really can make a difference for the people of Guatemala. This experience has transformed all of my perceptions of the world around me.”

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H A 75 S V of Butler P Clockwise: I E EMILY LAUTH ’17 CLAIRE KROHN ’17 students H O S Major: Accounting; Butler Business Major: Finance; System Financial Services N N E R Consulting Group (BBCG) Intern. Intern for Indiana University Health. E or M NT ALYSSA NUNEZ ’16 GRACE SIEBERT ’17 ORE I Major: Education; Student teacher at Major: Marketing; Butler University IPS/Butler Lab School. Lacy School of Business Marketing Intern. DANIEL GRYFINSKI ’17 MCCARTY MAXWELL ’17 Majors: Finance and Economics; Majors: Human Communication and Valeo Financial Advisors LLC Intern. Organizational Leadership and Sports Media; Intern for Indiana Pacers.

FALL 2016 17 BUILT for BULLDOGS

ATHLETICS By Rachel Stotts

and Lisa Farley as her two favorite professors. “I’ve ICING ON THE CAKE never gotten bored in [Farley’s] class. She is also like Senior Serina Kashimoto grew up playing boys club my American mom and always cheers me on during soccer in Hiroshima, Japan. She believes this early the games. After the games, she always gives me a hug exposure along with the influence of and is making sure I don’t feel lonely since my family her father and grandmother—her father cannot come to my games.” still plays indoor soccer at a high level While the mid-fielder hopes to play soccer and her grandmother won a national professionally when she graduates, another goal championship in her 50s—gave her a solid is to make the national team and play in the Tokyo foundation in the sport that she loves. The Olympics. “I think that would be a great opportunity Butler Women’s Soccer Team’s 2015 BIG for me to pay back those who helped me to become EAST Championship—the first for any who I am today—especially my family who made so Butler sport since joining the conference— many sacrifices for me to keep chasing my dream.” is the icing on the cake for Kashimoto, * 2015 First Team All-BIG EAST Selection who had always dreamed of playing in the * 2014 First Team All-BIG EAST Selection United States. * Third Team All-Northeast Region Selection Elise Edwards, Associate Professor of * 2013 Second Team All-BIG EAST Selection Anthropology at Butler, paved the way for * Second Team All-Northeast Region Selection Kashimoto to fulfill that dream. Edwards, an Assistant Coach for Butler Women’s Soccer, had done fieldwork on the culture LOVING THE WORLD OF SPORTS of sport in Japan and knew Kashimoto’s high school soccer coach. Edwards asked Senior David Goldsmith grew up with a dream Kashimoto about coming to the states to common to English boys—to play professional play. After an experience playing in the soccer for his home country. When it appeared that U-17 World Cup, Kashimoto knew it was dream might not come to fruition, he began looking time—she told Edwards she was ready. at American schools where he could play soccer and complete his education. Kashimoto was used to winning before she came to the United States, He chose Butler sight unseen. The senior forward had having always competed on national never even been to the United States. After talking to championship teams in Japan. At Butler, coaches from several Division I schools, he made his it was different. choice based on the relationship he forged with Butler Men’s Soccer Head Coach Paul Snape (also English) “We couldn’t win the conference until this over the phone. year, so when we finally won, I was feeling great. I wished that moment could last “That was kind of a scary moment—getting on the forever.” plane, not knowing where I was going and only having spoken to one person on the phone,” said Goldsmith. Kashimoto is also focused on preparing herself for life “But I’m so glad I picked Butler. I love everything after soccer and recently completed an internship in about it and I have a really good relationship with the Butler’s Sports Marketing Office. Majoring in Body, coaches and players.” Mind, Media, and Sport, Kashimoto cites Edwards

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18 ATHLETICS Tasks like getting a bank account and a social security what, I want to work in sports. If playing professionally number—things his teammates took for granted—felt doesn’t work out, or after that, I will try to work for a overwhelming to Goldsmith. “The first couple weeks professional soccer team or in strength and conditioning were crazy. Thankfully, Coach Snape helped me out a lot. or psychology—I just like the world of sports—working He went through the same process 20 years earlier so he together to try to win.” understood what I was going through and could relate to it. *2015 Second Team All-BIG EAST The team was also really supportive.” *2015 CoSIDA Academic All-District Men’s Goldsmith is majoring in Human Movement and Soccer Team Health Sciences. Professor Lisa Farley helped guide *2014 Second Team All-BIG EAST him academically and remains his advisor. “She was *2014 CoSIDA Academic All-District V another main reason I chose Butler,” Goldsmith said. “She *2013-14 BIG EAST All-Academic Team answered my questions and put my parents’ minds to rest.” *2013 Second Team All-BIG EAST The soccer star’s immediate future hinges largely on *2013 BIG EAST Rookie of the Year how he performs in the fall, but he has a plan no matter *2013 BIG EAST All-Rookie Team what the outcome. “I just love sports and no matter *2013 BIG EAST All-Tournament *Butler Athletic Director’s Honor Roll

SOFTBALL TEAM WINS BIG EAST TOURNAMENT

Butler captured the 2016 BIG EAST Championship with a 10–8 victory over St. John’s. It is the first BIG EAST title and first NCAA Tournament berth in program history.

Q: What’s special about this all game. That is what happened. It particular group of women? was pure coaching joy to watch that A: They found a way to win in many group of young women celebrate on Q & A WITH BUTLER SOFTBALL games and didn’t stop competing. the field! COACH SCOTT HALL Tough to beat a team or individual Q: What are you looking forward to for Q: How did you see this team grow and that refuses to quit! next season? What are your goals? change through the season? Q: What were your feelings and A: Goals have not changed. Do great A: I saw growth in their focus and observations about the team in the classroom and compete on chemistry as a team. Teams that are not throughout the BIG EAST the field. Winning the BIG EAST close will tend to fall apart at the end of tournament? title again is always what we will the season because they are focused on A: I knew we had a shot at winning. I strive for. We return with a lot of things when softball is over. This team told the team all year long that if you experience and talent and what this never lost sight of what they wanted to get to the tournament, I would put group did this year will hopefully accomplish. them up against any team in the BIG fuel their drive and work ethic in the EAST in a single game, winner takes off-season.

FALL 2016 19 FOCUS on FACULTY

By Marc D. Allan

Associate Professor of Marketing Deb “Butler has a strong focus on students and helping Skinner has a motto: “I am the nurturer of the in their transformation to being contributing extraordinary.” For Skinner, the most important members of the real world,” she said. “We get lesson she teaches is getting students to realize to know the students as individuals, push them their own potential. beyond their comfort line, and get them to focus on life beyond just being a business person.” “One of the things I preach, and you can ask them—I preach a lot of things—is the importance Skinner has since taught a number of other in believing in yourself,” she said. “Because many courses, including an Aesthetics and Design times that is half the battle. If they believe in course that she co-developed with Associate who they are, then they can do anything.” Professor of Art Gautam Rao as a way to bring marketing and art together. Skinner, who grew up in Kent, Ohio, joined the Butler faculty 19 years ago, teaching But her favorite course is the Senior Capstone. Introductory Marketing and Senior Marketing “I love the class and I love that I get to see them on capstone. She knew she wanted to teach at their way out of the door,” she said. “We spend a Butler because of the strong emphasis on the significant amount of time developing their own students’ wellbeing outside the classroom. PREPARING STUDENTS for LIFE BEYOND BUSINESS

NURTURER of the EXTRAORDINARY

20 FOCUS ON FACULTY personal marketing plan. Taking theories we have learned “Hanging on my door is the quote ‘Welcome to the Dark and applying it to themselves. I make them come up with a Side’ from Star Wars, because I was given that label logo or brand.” for tending to raise concerns about change instead of maintaining the status quo,” she said. “People thought it In addition to teaching, Skinner is an adviser for more was a negative label, but I embraced it because we need it than 30 students. She said that through this part of the to see what we can do to be better. I’m hopeful we can do job she has maintained some of her strongest and lasting that again.” relationships. At the end of each year, Skinner sends out a final email to “I love to meet them when they walk in the door and get to her senior class. She ends the note the same way, letting see them grow all four years,” she said. “They have to call them know she will always be there for them. me Professor Skinner here, but when they walk across that stage at graduation it changes to Deb. When they visit She writes: “YOU ARE A BULLDOG! Always! Keep in as alumni it is a huge joy.” touch. You know where I’ll be. Let me know about the great places you’re off to discover. Best wishes on a bright Skinner said one of her greatest accomplishments in her and wonderful future.” time at Butler has been her involvement in the business curriculum change to Real Life, Real Business in 2002.

PREPARING STUDENTS for LIFE BEYOND BUSINESS

FALL 2016 21 COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT GRADS CREATE PANACEA IN MEGA DRUGSTORE WORLD By Marc D. Allan

Inside a 450-square-foot corner of the Lucky’s Market in They asked Burris, a running buddy of Josh’s, who had worked Bloomington, Indiana, Lester Burris ’12 and his partners, Steve for CVS and Kmart. Burris jumped at the chance. Anderson ’91 and Josh Anderson ’07, are working to turn the “Working for a chain can be very demanding of your time and pharmacy business on its head. energy,” he said. “Here, you’re your own boss. If I need help, I This is Panacea Pharmacy, which offers a proactive approach hire it.” to healthcare. Rather than worrying about doing a volume Burris went into the venture with “a little bit of business business, they concentrate on patient care. They check in training, but nothing official.” He learned on the fly about with customers to make sure they’re taking their medicines. licensing, insurance contracts, and things like how many And, if they’re not, the pharmacists try to find out why. If medicines to stock. (Panacea keeps a couple hundred on hand necessary, they’ll call a patient’s doctor to talk about alternative and can get more or less anything they need in a day.) treatments, so the patient isn’t waiting months or even a year for an approved appointment. He said the biggest challenge in their first year has been making people aware that Panacea exists. Jonathan Piland, 34, When patients are taking medicine from multiple prescribers, discovered Panacea by accident when he walked into the store. Panacea tries to serve as a communication hub for the patient “Of all the pharmacies out here, it’s the best one,” he said. “Lester and the doctors, “which a lot of pharmacies either don’t have and the company go out of their way for you. If they don’t have time to do or are not willing to do,” Burris said. something, they find it. If you need to have something made, And although Burris is the principal pharmacist—the they make it for you.” Andersons are busy operating four other pharmacies in Bedford, Indiana—he even makes deliveries from time to time. “We thought this was a unique fit, being in a health food store, “It was a dream of mine from the time I where we thought we could impact people who wanted to make was in the Self-Care class at Butler: to mix healthy decisions,” Burris said. modern medicine—traditional medicine— So far, it’s working: The partners said they have about 500 with more of a holistic care approach and patients—a number they’re happy with—and business has increased every month. put it all under one roof,” Josh said. Starting an independent pharmacy in Indiana is relatively rare. The Indiana Pharmacists Alliance said there are 160 Panacea sits in the rear of Lucky’s, beyond the gourmet meats independents throughout the state, but only one or two new and cheeses and behind aisles of vitamins and nutritional ones each year. supplements. A couple hundred medicines are stacked on The opportunity for Panacea came when Lucky’s Market— taupe-colored shelves that span the far wall. There’s a computer, which bills itself as “organic for the 99 percent”—reached out a work area, and a machine the pharmacists use to specially to Health Mart, a collection of independent pharmacies, about package medicines. opening a pharmacy in the Bloomington store. In December Steve Anderson said what they’ve created “has been a little 2014, that request got passed along to the Andersons. bit of a learning experience for all of us,” but he thinks it’s Josh Anderson looked into the Colorado-based Lucky’s chain important for the future of healthcare. and found out that, in addition to being a natural organic grocery “We’re taking care of the whole patient, spending time with the store, it also has a vitamin/supplement line called Natural Living. patient—getting back to patient-oriented pharmacy,” he said. “It was a dream of mine from the time I was in the Self-Care class at Butler: to mix modern medicine—traditional medicine— with more of a holistic care approach and put it all under one roof,” Josh said. Josh approached his uncle Steve with the idea. They knew they needed another partner to run Panacea on a day-to-day basis.

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BULLDOGISH ON WALL STREET BUTLER GRAD MICHAEL BENNETT ’09 FINDS his PLACE in MANHATTAN’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT. By Patricia Snyder Pickett ’82, APR There are thousands of millennials working in the heart of liked the professors I worked with and enjoyed the curriculum. New York City’s financial district and dozens at the J.P. Morgan I was fortunate that I was able to find a way to express myself Chase headquarters. creatively in a business environment,” he said. However, there are very few who’ve spent countless hours at A portfolio management class and internships in wealth Atherton, love a certain bulldog named “Trip,” or can burst forth management services provided a gateway to a job offer with J.P. with The Butler War Song. Butler graduate Michael Bennett ’09 Morgan Private Bank shortly after graduation. “Was it ever a is hopeful that changes soon. dream to live in Manhattan and work on Wall Street? No,” he said. “I moved pretty much sight-unseen into a tiny apartment Last year Bennett was instrumental in spearheading a program that was about six times what I was paying in Indianapolis. I feel that brought eight Butler business students to his Manhattan very fortunate to be working at the company headquarters and workplace where he serves as an investment specialist at J.P. exposed to a wide variety of work that’s at a very high level. It Morgan Private Bank. has been a great experience so far.” “They were able to spend the whole day at J.P. Morgan Private While he spends long hours at the office, he does make time for Bank, sitting through rotating panels that focused on our four some fun and games like an adult flag football league. In addition, lines of business,” he described. “They networked and talked he’s a repeat participant (and a member of the competitor with human resource staff, as well as spending time with other board) for the Wall Street Decathalon/Wall Street’s Best Athlete bank and hedge fund personnel. It exposed them to different competition which, since its 2009 launch has raised more than elements of financial services and provided tangible take-aways $6 million for Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics that will hopefully help them choose a career.” Investigator’s Consortium (POETIC). In Bennett’s mind, this closely follows suit with the Lacy In retrospect, what’s the advice Bennett would give to future School’s real business experience mantra. “There’s a ‘real-world’ Butler graduates? “I wish I had known more about the entirety business mentality at Butler where students are not sheltered of the financial services world and the numerous opportunities so much in the classroom. That immediate introduction to the it holds. I’m an advocate for more knowledge; knowledge equals business community gives you a leg up. The sooner you can power and better decisions. It’s unfortunate if doors are shut participate in that world, the better.” when a student doesn’t know what is out there . . . doesn’t realize Bennett, a native of Elmhurst, Illinois, started his academic how banks work, the different elements of the financial sector; career at Butler on the Liberal Arts path where he played when they don’t realize the skill sets they should hone or who football. Having enjoyed writing for his high school newspaper, they should be networking with to give themselves the best he was pursuing a major in English when he found himself in chance to succeed.” business classes that were both enjoyable and fulfilling. “I really

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BUTLER FELT LIKE LEARNING WITH FAMILY By Marc D. Allan

JoAn Scott MBA ’05 works for the NCAA as Managing Director of Men’s Basketball Championships and, no, she can’t get you tickets. “From airport check-in to bellmen,” she said with a smile, “it’s always about tickets.” Scott oversees the Division I, II, and III men’s basketball tournaments and post-season NIT. That means loads of logistics—arena preparations, arranging flights and hotels, overseeing the music and fan festivals, public relations and marketing, and so much more. Planning with her staff of 12 begins in June and continues in earnest into March. In addition, she’s in the room when the selection committee creates the brackets, and she’s at as many games as possible, making sure everything goes as planned. “I have a radio in my ear, I have a cellphone, I have instant messaging, I have email,” Scott said. “Sometimes you have friends telling you something sounds weird, sometimes you hear the radio telling you a thunderstorm is coming. I’m pretty good at handling approaches from 5–6 different directions.” Scott grew up a sports fan and athlete in Ansley, Nebraska, population 550. She did her undergraduate work at Kearney State University (now University of Nebraska at Kearney), then moved to Colorado after graduation. After a year working for a brokerage firm, she answered a newspaper classified ad for what was then called Amateur Basketball Association of the United States of America (now USA Basketball). She spent 10 years there, accumulating experiences that included traveling with the 1992 men’s basketball Dream Team and “seeing basketball practices behind closed doors that no one will ever see.” Then she took a job with Nike, where she spent 17 years moving among Portland, Oregon; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Denver, Colorado. During that time, she decided to get her MBA at Butler. “I knew a lot of the sports side and I knew personalities,” she said. “But once I got to Nike, I felt like I didn’t know the business side. I traveled a lot, but it was my one night (to devote to school) and I just absolutely loved it. I was there to learn and I soaked it in and I loved it. I’m not sure anybody could enjoy it more than I did, and I still talk to my Butler professors.” At Butler, she learned from Executive-in-Residence Jerry Toomer about leadership styles (“You adapt to your boss; your boss doesn’t adapt to you”), and she recalled the camaraderie in Marketing/Management Professor Bob Mackoy’s classes. “I could interact with my whole class and ask Eli Lilly folks what they thought and Guidant folks what they thought,” she said. “They were so approachable. It felt like family there. It made me want to go, it made me want to learn.” Scott said she learned a lot, and she continues to soak up information wherever she goes. “When you deal with the best of the best, you learn how to be the best,” she said. She’s three years into her role at the NCAA now, and she has one more goal when she’s finished there. “I’d love to end my career on a college campus, teaching,” she said. “I love to learn, and I would love to teach my experiences and what I learned along the way.”

24 ALUMNI PROFILES FROM MBA TO CEO By Evie Schultz ’16

Jane Keller ’00 fills many roles. She’s a nurse, a wife, a mom… and she’s also CEO of OrthoIndy and OrthoIndy Hospital, Indiana’s largest orthopedic provider. It’s a position she never imagined filling until she earned an MBA from Butler. “My classes at Butler taught me a lot about servant leadership and networking,” she said. Keller graduated from Ball State University in 1988 with a degree in nursing. Afterwards she worked for Methodist Hospital as a nurse, patient care manager, clinical manager, and the Director of Perioperative Performance. Keller began working at OrthoIndy as the Executive Director/Nursing Director of the surgery centers while she was earning her MBA. She was promoted to OrthoIndy’s Chief Nursing Officer in 2005, when the hospital was built. Just one year later she became the hospital’s CEO. “I call it my child,” Keller said. “The hospital opened in 2005, and I really was in on it from the ground floor, helping design it and hire the staff that worked in it.” In 2013, she was named the Chief Executive Officer of OrthoIndy and OrthoIndy Hospital. She’s busier than ever, especially with three kids and a husband at home in Zionsville. But, she said the connections she forges with patients and providers are worth it. “I spend a lot of time building relationships with our physicians, talking to them about operations and strategizing going forward,” she said. “There is a lot of emphasis on our patients and making sure they get excellent quality care, as well as making sure employees get what they need to do their jobs well.” Those physicians can perform up to 70 surgeries a day at the hospital. At its three main and three satellite locations, physicians see up to 1,000 patients a day. Keller said her ability to organize that many people is a reflection of her time at Butler. “Team building, development, trying to pull people together, getting people to learn to work through conflict—I learned all of those things at Butler.”

FALL 2016 25 ALUMNI PROFILES FIRST MOTORSPORTS ENGINEERING GRAD DESIGNING SATELLITES By Evie Schultz ’16 An Engineering dual degree from Butler is propelling Alyssa Setnar ’16 to infinity and beyond. The Columbus, Ohio native headed to Los Angeles in June to begin working for Millennium Space Systems, a satellite manufacturing company, as a spacecraft structural engineer. She interned with Millennium previously. “I’m a part of the team that goes all the way from the napkin sketch to the proposal all the way to manufacturing,” she said. “I’m really excited to be a part of the entire process.” That process started at Butler, when she found out she could get an Engineering degree through Butler’s dual degree program with IUPUI. Setnar is Butler’s first graduate in the program’s Motorsports Engineering concentration. In her final semester, she worked with other students on a prototype race car for the International Society of Automotive Engineering’s student design initiative. “I got that big-school degree from Purdue at IUPUI’s campus, but I really fell in love with Butler’s small campus feel and the people that I met here,” she said. “I feel really lucky that I got both.” Setnar got involved early on at Butler. She arrived a week before Welcome Week her first-year for the Ambassadors of Change (AOC) program. She was so impressed with and transformed by the program that she served as an AOC team leader for the next three years. It’s that passion for helping others that sets Butler students apart, Setnar said. “Whenever I’m out, whether I’m volunteering, or at a restaurant, or just wearing a Butler shirt out while I’m shopping, the community recognizes that the people that are coming from Butler are really genuine and smart and interested in caring,” she said.

26 ALUMNI PROFILES MAKING a DIFFERENCE

CREATING A WORKFORCE By Marc D. Allan

“Butler is my college,” Michael Bill is saying. “Right along with my college that I graduated from.” That would be Syracuse University, where Bill played center on the football team—that included the legendary Jim Brown in the backfield—and received the grounding to begin a more than 50-year career in the insurance industry. And while he’ll always love the Orange, the Chairman of the Board of Indianapolis-based MJ Insurance showed his Butler Blue streak last year when he, along with MJ Insurance, gave the University $250,000 to start a student-run insurance company beginning in May of 2017. The Butler business, known as a “captive insurance company,” will insure certain programs at Butler, perhaps including the live mascot, Butler Blue III, or physical damage to University vehicles. The idea is to give students hands-on experience that will jumpstart their careers. MICHAEL BILL Bill learned his trade in the 1960s during a two-year training program at his first employer, Commercial Union Insurance Group. “When they trained you, they would not let you out in the field until they thought you knew everything you had to know in all areas,” he said. Fast-forward 50 years, and colleges are expected to do the training. That’s where his gift comes in. Bill wants Butler students to learn insurance from the ground up, from the state of incorporation to actuarial work, claims, investments, and more—the way he did. He also wants them to zero in on the area of the business they like most so they’ll have fulfilling careers. “We’re going to go out and create a workforce,” he said. “There’s a huge shortage of people in our industry. The average age at big insurance carriers is in their 50s. In the next five years, the students coming out of Butler University with a degree in insurance in a specific area will be highly compensated. You’re going to have a waiting list for people to get in there.” Bill started MJ Insurance when he was 27. He’s 80 now, and said he still loves the business. He also appreciates the practical teaching approach taken in Butler’s Lacy School of Business. “I fell in love with the business because I had great teachers,” he said. “That’s the key—great teachers and great mentors. This gift is my way of giving back to a great community and a great college. It was probably the easiest check I’ve ever written.”

FALL 2016 27 KEEPING you CONNECTED

ALUMNI and PARENT NEWS

PROJECT 44 Project 44, a partnership between Butler University and Be The Match, the nation’s bone marrow registry, was created in honor of the late Andrew Smith ’13 who wore #44 as a member of Butler’s basketball team. CHAPTER PRESIDENT PROFILE

Smith bravely fought a two-year battle with ALEX BUDZON ’12 cancer, throughout which, he and his wife, major(s): Finance with Samantha, worked to raise awareness for the a minor in Management registry. Information Systems Project 44’s goal is to save 44 lives. With a occupation: Certified 1:430 ratio of registrants to matches, 18,920 Financial Planner® at new and available Be The Match registry Wealth Advisors Group members are needed. chapter: Fort Wayne, Indiana Text ‘ANDREW’ to 38470 or visit

join.bethematch.org/Andrew1 for BEST BUTLER information on joining the Registry, MEMORY: and share your experience on social Tough question because media using #Project44. I have so many, but my SHARE YOUR BUTLER STORY favorite was being able to sit in the Butler student We are interested in your story. Visit www.butler.edu/yourstory to section (Dawg Pound) for tell us about your accomplishments, learning experiences, what both Final Fours in 2010 Butler means to you, or to share a story about a faculty member, and 2011. staff member, student, or alumnus who has had an impact on you.

BULLDOGS ARE STRONGER BEST CHAPTER EVENT: TOGETHER! We recently hosted a basketball viewing party at a local pub in Fort Wayne. It was great to have Visit www.butler.edu/alumni/events/mensbasketball to attend a former alumni and the next generation of Bulldogs viewing party near you! Want to host in your city? Email in attendance! [email protected]. GO DAWGS!

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28 ALUMNI AND PARENT NEWS THE BUTLER BULLDOG CRAWL

The inaugural Central Indiana Alumni The evening featured Mills Catering (Matt Mills ’97) in Chapter Bulldog Crawl took place on campus Robertson Hall, Scarlet Lane Brewing Company (Eilise Lane June 17. Attended by over 150 Butler alumni, family, and friends, Servies ’03 and Nick Servies ’03) in Fairbanks Center, Pita participants strolled campus enjoying a first-hand look at Pit and Punch Burger (Travis Sealls ’03) in Irwin Library, and recent and ongoing physical changes to campus and visiting Circle City Sweets (Cindy Hawkins ’91) in Atherton Union. The buildings that featured food and beverage samplings from local Crawl also included an appearance by Butler Blue III “Trip” and establishments owned or operated by Butler alumni. was capped off with remarks from University President Jim Danko who was accompanied by his wife, Bethanie.

FALL 2016 29 ACROSS the BULLDOG NATION CLASS ACTS

Christina (Laun) Fugate ’04 was named The ’70s The ’90s partner at Ice Miller.

Daniel Halloran ’73 is retiring from his Shelley (Haskett) Huffman ’91 has accepted Jonathan Schmitz ’04 was named Partner position at Don Cesar Beach Resort. a new position with the Indiana Chamber with Emergency Medicine Specialists, PC. M. Kathryn (Garrett) of Commerce Foundation managing college Josh Pedde ’04 MM ’06 became Indianapolis Armistead PhD ’74 has and career readiness and other workforce Children’s Choir Director in April. been named Publisher initiatives. Andy Kemp ’05 has accepted an offer to for the General Board of Julie (Russell) Dilts ’92 become a Limited Partner with the investment Higher Education and was promoted to firm Edward Jones. Ministry of The United Director, Regulatory Jessica (Harbison) Weaver ’05 accepted Methodist Church. Compliance at Roche a position at the University of California, Diagnostics Corporation Riverside as the Assistant Athletic Director in Indianapolis. Julie for Compliance Services. Jessica had been The ’80s also served as the co-lead employed at Mercer University in Macon, of Roche’s Women’s Leadership Committee Georgia, as the Assistant Athletic Director for Faith Maddy ’80 completed a two-year term and was named a 2015 HBA Rising Star by the Compliance. as a member of the Board of Directors of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association. Joey Wohlhieter ’05 Association of Fundraising Professionals–St. Sean Kane ’92 was the was presented the Butler Louis Chapter. National Art Museum Parent Council’s 2016 Alex Kor ’83 has been appointed as President of Sports’ Artist of the Award of Excellence of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Month for January 2016 in recognition of Medicine. in recognition of his outstanding work on Emily (Hegman) Ehmer ’85 completed a paintings celebrating behalf of students, PhD in Mass Communication at Indiana baseball. parents, and families in his role as University’s Media School in May 2015. She is Matthew Lesh ’95 was Administrative Specialist for the Department now teaching at Texas State University’s School hired by Local Motors of Modern Languages, Literatures, and of Journalism and Mass Communication. of Chandler, Arizona, cultures. Lori Jean (Golichowski) as Director of Mobility Michael Hole ’08 was named one of Forbes’ 30 Oei ’85 has joined Systems. Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs. Krieg DeVault LLP as Cindy Simon Skjodt a Partner in the firm’s MS ’96 was appointed by Financial Institutions President Obama to serve as a member of the The ’10s Practice Group. Jean United States Holocaust Memorial Council. will be responsible for Claire Couch ’11 is now Director of Strategic counseling law firm clients regarding corporate, Marketing for Torchlite, a digital marketing transactional, and compliance matters with a The ’00s company in Indianapolis. focus on the financial institutions industry. Caitlin Marra ’13 has been hired as a customer Mary (Bussinger) Timothy Krueger MD ’01 was selected as success specialist at Covideo, a company that Fessler ’87 received one of the Twin Cities Rising Star doctors in specializes in email software. the specialty of anesthesiology. The Rising the Professional in Anton Verbitskiy ’14 is now the Logistics Stars were featured in Minneapolis St. Paul Destination Management Improvement Leader at Dow Chemical in Magazine’s annual Best of the Twin Cities certification from Midland, Michigan. Destination Marketing special issue. Camille Cousins ’16 was selected as one of 43 Association International Tanisha D. Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows for 2016— (DMAI). She also graduated from the Ohio Willoughby ’01 was hired the program recruits both recent graduates and Tourism Leadership Academy. as the Associate Director career changers with strong backgrounds in of Compliance in Digital Susan (Brummer) Sholtis ’88 was promoted science, technology, engineering, and math and Education for Purdue to President of North American Operations for prepares them to teach in high-need secondary University. the animal-health company Merial. schools. Nathan Goldberg ’03 is now a Director in the national office at Grant Thornton LLP.

30 CLASS ACTS Weddings OUR GROWING BUTLER COMMUNITY Jennifer (Bougher) White ’00 and David Michael White on February 27, 2016 1 2 (PHOTO 1) Amanda (Kras) Smith ’04 and Brendon Smith on July 11, 2015 Kurt Olsen ’10 and John (Palamaro) Olsen on October 3, 2015 (PHOTO 2) Morgan (Scheid) Clarkson ’14 and Taylor Clarkson ’13 on March 5, 2016 (PHOTO 4) Abigail Walton Higgins ’16 and Benjamin Charles Vanlandingham on July 23, 2016 Rachel (Erkilla) Pratt ’15 and Chris Pratt on 3 June 20, 2015 (PHOTO 3)

New Arrivals

Megan (Taylor) Krueger ’00 and Timothy Krueger ’01; Camden James Krueger on 4 June 15, 2015 (PHOTO 6) Brandy (Baldwin) Gilbert ’01 and Brant Gilbert ’02; Silas David Gilbert on October 21, 2015; Silas joins big sister Quincy.

Kristin (Kulpinski) Holzbauer ’02 MA ’04 5 and Dave Holzbauer; Drew William Holzbauer on December 14, 2015; Drew joins big sisters Kensie and Ashlyn. Sonja (Siefert) Capracotta ’03 and Michael Capracotta; Owen Michael Capracotta on July 28, 2015 Kristin (Goble) Hunter ’06; Brooklyn Aleeah Hunter on October 2, 2015; Brooklyn joins big brother Evan. 6 Greg Moser ’07 and Taryn (Schmidt) Moser ’07; Max Ido Moser on May 30, 2015 (PHOTO 5) Andrew Knaup ’07 and Anna (Sonner) Knaup ’07; Ewan Andrew Knaup on August 26, 2015 (PHOTO 8) Michelle (Ekern) Morgenstern ’08 and Dan Morgenstern; Meredith Ann Morgenstern on January 11, 2016 (PHOTO 7) Kristen Farthing ’10 and Ben Farthing; Annie 7 Farthing on April 2, 2016 8 Kristen (Wilcox) Meadows ’10 and Andy Meadows; Samantha Renee Meadows on June 10, 2015; Samantha joins big sister Allison. Amy Coffing ’11 and Cameron Coffing ’12; Maggie Ellen Coffing on August 26, 2015

FALL 2016 31 December 1, 2015 through May 1, 2016 Wilma K. Kresel ’50 Richard E. Brown ’58 Rose B. Jewell MS ’70 In Memoriam Ellen M. Ludlow ’50 MS ’71 Martha S. Gelb ’58 MS ’69 Ebenezer Sunanda MS ’70 Bill G. Minton ’50 Ronald J. Glanzman ’58 Jane Y. Beaulieu MS ’71 Alta K. Ford ’34 Kenneth Murphy ’50 Richard H. Helton MS ’58 Joyce R. Hansen MS ’71 BLACK FRIDAY. Winifred Hewitt ’37 Mary F. Snyder MM ’50 Anthony J. Logan ’58 Robert Lewis Jr. ’71 Ann Bowman Lewis ’38 MS ’63 Dr. Edward S. Wingenroth ’50 Irvin L. Martin ’58 Jean W. Manson MS ’71 Charles V. Bailey ’39 Gloria T. Wray ’50 William W. Mathews Sr. ’58 Kathryn M. Miller MS ’71 James P. Albertson ’40 Richard H. Cooper ’51 Therese E. Maxwell MS ’58 Nancy E. Minter ’71 Eva I. LaCivita ’40 Charles W. Marlowe ’51 Glenn B. Rager ’58 Phyllis A. Hurley ’72 MS ’74 Ruthmarie H. Owen ’40 MS ’47 Charles F. Miller ’51 James M. Secrest ’58 Bradley C. Meyer ’72 Dr. Dwight W. Schuster ’42 Robert E. Pearcy ’51 Patricia J. Northrop ’59 Jerrie A. Spees MS ’73 Mary L. Thie ’42 John P. Price ’51 Jeannine M. Vesper ’59 Jane S. Stutzman MS ’73 Nancy T. Habig ’43 Marilyn S. Ruf ’51 Floyd E. Wilson ’59 William Sumlin Jr. MS ’73 Betty J. Little-Harding ’43 Ted M. Sowders ’51 Kenneth Avington ’60 A. P. Waldschmidt MBA ’73 James L. Akers ’44 Jackie B. Acers ’52 Rev. Glen M. McHarg MA ’60 Barbara J. Johnstone MS ’75 Rev. L. Eugene Brown ’44 James S. Bertsch ’52 Leonard L. Borman ’61 Thomas J. Verplank MS ’76 Mary Ellen McDonald ’44 Mary J. Feist ’52 Sharon Flaningham ’61 MS ’65 Charles M. Albea ’77 Rev. George J. Bennett ’45 MA ’71 Dr. William J. Green ’52 Mary B. McClure MS ’61 Carolyn S. Blackwell MS ’77 Muriel O. Cushman ’45 David E. Lohss ’52 Phillip E. White ’61 MS ’64 Betty Winn Fuller MS ’77 Richard H. Kingsbury ’45 Henry R. McLaughlin ’52 Jody Demaree ’62 MS ’66 David B. Moulton MA ’77 John D. Secondino ’45 Mary Lou Rice ’52 Robert K. Seigel MA ’62 Jo A. Allen ’78 Dolores S. Lilly ’46 Erwin H. Spille ’52 Duard L. Wyatt MS ’62 Mary Hunt MS ’79 Mary M. Davis ’47 Richard D. Van Lew ’52 Samuel R. Allen Jr. ’63 Mark W. Milach MM ’80 Gladys B. Goodman ’47 Dr. Richard W. Burnett ’53 MS ’57 Marjorie G. Stephens ’63 Richard Rogers MS ’80 Patricia E. Walton ’47 John J. O’Shaughnessy ’53 James A. Baxter MS ’64 Sandra K. Elliott ’81 George J. Zainey ’47 Kathryn M. Ridlen ’53 James J. Belden ’64 John E. Fazli ’81 Ann M. Busch ’48 MS ’68 Martha W. Allis ’54 MS ’81 Lillie M. Britton ’64 Raymond L. Norton MBA ’81 Dr. Myron K. Dill ’48 Doris W. Wood MS ’54 Danner Graves ’64 Pamala F. Byers ’83 Marshall Samms ’48 Paul K. Zeman Sr. ’54 Lee H. Katz ’64 C. Jean Sanders EPPSP ’84 Martha J. Thurston ’48 Carl F. Buser ’55 Kathy R. Clark ’65 MS ’92 Kimberly D. Flack ’85 Bryan B. Walters Jr. ’48 Robert C. Dhonau ’56 William E. Engle ’65 Kimberly K. Richardson-Austill ’86 Lois J. Boring ’49 Ronald H. Hansen Sr. ’56 Gregg Ferrin ’65 David H. Moran ’87 Charles R. Elliott ’49 Benjamin Johnson ’55 Maryjane A. Cable MS ’66 Barbara A. Weilhamer MS ’89 Francis J. Griesemer MS ’49 James B. Johnson ’56 David H. Goldstein ’MS ’66 Carolyn S. Weiss MS ’90 Donald Holmes ’49 MS ’55 Dr. Jerry H. Leer ’55 Larry L. Klein MS ’66 Sarah J. Jones MS ’92 Shirley N. Loyd ’49 Ted A. Moore MS ’56 Phyllis J. Palmer MM ’66 Susan J. Jordan EPPSP ’92 Leo J. Laier ’49 Adlay A. Perry ’56 Bernard J. Shepard ’66 Sean M. Hudson ’12 Harry A. Parker ’49 Charles W. Tippin MS ’56 Mary L. Slaughter MS ’66 Dr. Sidney A. Kilsheimer, Robert A. Casey Jr. ’50 J. B. Van Sickle ’55 Lynn Smith ’66 Faculty/Staff Member Bettina S. De Boer ’50 Ben D. Baird ’57 Martin J. Moore MS ’67 Achille L. Rossi, Carl Gentry ’50 Ann Thomas Hutchison ’57 Mary Virginia Craft MS ’68 Faculty/Staff Member O. Richard Hamilton ’50 Sally T. Peglow ’57 Marion F. Strickland MS ’68 Christopher S. Marcum, Thomas J. O’Gara ’50 Dr. John D. Stegman ’57 Wendell R. Ross MBA ’69 Faculty/Staff Member

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It can be said that it is the Bulldogs (people and mascots alike) It’s likely that all members of the Butler community have that make Butler so special. Now that’s not to take away from experienced the impact of such relationships first-hand. Those our lovely campus, our nationally ranked programs, and our powerful relationships undoubtedly continue to serve as globally recognized initiatives. In fact, those things are actually influence, support, and guidance well beyond a Bulldog’s time a testament to people who make them so. on campus. As you read through this issue, you’ll see some great examples of how such relationships create a positive impact in It all comes down to our people and the relationships they forge. very real, life-changing ways. These transformational relationships have become the essence of the Butler student experience and ultimately define the GO DAWGS! Butler community. TRIP (BUTLER BLUE III)