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 17 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 CAMPUS NEWS 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.