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  • Meet the new president: a Collegian Q&A with James M. Danko

    James M. Danko will serve as the 21st president of Butler University. Danko joins Butler from Villanova University, where he served as dean of the School of Business. Before going to Villanova in 2005, he held business school positions at Dartmouth College, the University of Michigan and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.…

  • Villanova’s James Danko to be Butler University’s 21st President

    [tab:Article] James Danko will succeed Bobby Fong as Butler University’s 21st President. Board of Trustees Vice Chair Craig Fenneman made the announcement at 2 p.m. today in the Reilly Room on behalf of board President John Hargrove, concluding a six-month nationwide search that was kept largely under wraps. “[Danko] has proven successes in areas important…

  • Baseball swept by UIC at home

    It has been a season of streaks for the Butler baseball team and a weekend series against Horizon League opponent UIC confirmed that, as the Bulldogs (15-19, 4-8 HL) dropped three games to the Flames (19-16, 9-5 HL). In the final game of the series, Butler kept it close until the eighth inning when the…

  • Butler bids farewell to Fong family

    He’s here for business. He’s armed with giant oval grampa reading glasses, his trusty sidekick and a tall, black Pike Place Starbucks coffee. He’s here to talk politics, policies and infrastructure. Well, he would be, if students weren’t so awkwardly waiting for the right time to approach the man himself. For a man with a…

  • Six students named 500 Festival princesses

    The Indianapolis 500 is equal parts racing, love and family legacy for Jennifer Brinn, a senior early childhood education major and 500 Festival Princess. “The need for speed is huge in my family,” said Brinn, whose grandfather has volunteered with the track’s fire crew for the past 33 years. “My grandpa has said to me…

  • Colombo named new editor

    The Butler Collegian is not just an award-winning college newspaper. It’s a learning experience for student journalists at all levels, which junior Hayleigh Colombo wants to emphasize as editor-in-chief next year. “In my experience, I have learned the most about journalism through student media,” Colombo said. “The Collegian is a huge learning experience for students,…

  • Bassoonist named alternate in international contest

    Stephen Duncan, a junior bassoon performance major, has been named the alternate in the International Double Reed Society’s Young Artist competition, the most prestigious bassoon competition for players ages 22 and younger. Duncan has been playing the bassoon for eight years, and, as alternate, he will get to compete for first place if any of…

  • Sophomores receive scholarships for altruism

    Sophomores Christy Tatara and Jessica Strong are the 2011 recipients of the John Weidner Awards for Altruism. Strong, a science, technology and society major, received the $1,250 Butler University John Weidner Endowed Scholarship for Altruism. Tatara, a biology and Spanish major, is the recipient of the $1,500 Rotary Club of Indianapolis John Weidner Award for…

  • Student to teach in France on Fulbright Scholarship

    Butler University senior Adam Weaver has received a Fulbright Foundation Teaching Assistantship in France. The Fulbright Foundation, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, partners with the French Consulate to provide teaching opportunities for U.S. students in France. Weaver, a double major in French and music, will teach English at the Académie de Rouon in…