Black at Butler

  • Students learn about the role of DEI faculty at a panel event

    Students learn about the role of DEI faculty at a panel event

    “[Faculty] are really working hard. It’s perhaps maybe too invisible [because] you can’t see us directly, but I hope it’s encouraging to know that the university is invested in these roles and has sustained them, and that the work we’re doing in each of our colleges is rooted in what each college is prioritizing.”

  • Dr. Terri Jett: Leaving an irreplaceable legacy

    Dr. Terri Jett: Leaving an irreplaceable legacy

    “As leader of the Hub and the first Black woman in Butler’s history to attain full professor status, Jett has represented Butler while forging new connections to cultivate Black scholarship and foster community in Indianapolis.”

  • Bulldogs of Butler: Melísenda Dixon

    Bulldogs of Butler: Melísenda Dixon

    Melísenda Dixon, senior management information systems major and healthcare management minor, is the current president of Butler’s Black Student Union. She discusses her Afro-Latina identity, her involvement on campus and what it has been like for the Black community during the COVID-19 pandemic at a predominantly white institution.

  • Being black at Butler

    Jill McCarter | News Editor | jmccarte@butler.edu A look at the past, present and future of black students’ experiences and enrollment at Butler University. Walking down the sidewalks of Butler University before her freshman year during an admissions tour, Kazmyn Perry realized that if she chose to attend, she would be in the minority. Still,…