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Striving for the heights of Boldly Butler and building momentum for the College of Communication starts here! We continued a record run for the number of gifts in 2025—empowering our students and faculty to learn through professional and personal experiences. Thanks for your generosity and leadership as part of another great Day of Giving in 2026.

Here is a sampling of ways your gifts impacted CCOM in 2025. #TheButlerWay

  • SLHS majors provided free speech, language, and hearing screenings for 55 students at the International School of Indiana (February 2025)
  • 12 sports media students traveled to New York City for a BIG EAST Career Fair over spring break (March 2025)
  • 13 students took advantage of a three-day immersive strategic communication “Denver Trek” with visits to advertising agencies, city and state government bodies, and tourism and hospitality stops—including a behind-the-scenes tour of Red Rocks Amphitheatre. 
  • Students working for Butler Sports Live produced nearly 40 live sporting events, including many for ESPN+ in 2025, including Football, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, Baseball, Softball, and Lacrosse.
  • Provided additional support for five fountains, the student-run strategic communication agency, earning real-world experience with for-profit and non-profit companies in and around Indianapolis.
  • Dean’s Summer Fellowship research projects for students led by CCOM faculty.

Your engagement and commitment to our students—our future—empowers us to not only be the home of “Where Great Stories Begin” but where they continue! Our students succeed in the classroom and beyond because of your support. #GoDawgs!

FEATURED CCOM INITIATIVES
CCOM Dean’s Advisory Board Participation Challenge
The Butler University College of Communication Dean’s Advisory Board has once again issued a challenge to CCOM students, alumni, families, and friends! If CCOM receives 250 gifts on Day of Giving, $15,000 in support for the college and its programs will be unlocked! Any gift to any fund in CCOM will count toward meeting this challenge, which will go towards enhancing the student and faculty experience in CCOM.


CCOM Experiential Learning Fund Challenge
Support for the CCOM Experiential Learning Fund has enabled us to accelerate experiential learning for CCOM students and make opportunities available that otherwise would not be possible, nationwide and beyond. This year, gifts to the CCOM Experiential Learning Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $15,000, thanks to two proud CCOM grads.

Building a New Generation of Inclusive Educators/Celebrating the Master of Arts in Deaf Education
In celebration of the launch of the Master of Arts in Deaf Education in Fall 2026, gifts to the Mary Boucher Jones Professional Development Fund will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $50,000, thanks to the generosity of William and Lisa Nesbit. Mary Boucher Jones was a beloved auditory-verbal therapist and alumna of Butler University who dedicated her life to helping children reach their fullest potential through listening and spoken language practices.

CCOM Annual Scholarships College of Communication CCOM Communication and Leadership Student Media Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences CCOM Master of Arts in Deaf Education
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Rank State Gifts
1 IN 169
2 IL 19
3 OH 6
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CCOM Participation Challenge
Challenge accepted and conquered! With over 250 gifts to the College of Communication, we have officially unlocked $15,000 in support for our programs. These funds will immediately go to work enhancing the student and faculty experience across CCOM. A heartfelt thank you to the CCOM Dean’s Advisory Board for their continued leadership and to our alumni, families, and friends for your bold support of our Bulldogs!
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CCOM Experiential Learning Challenge
We did it, CCOM! Thanks to your collective support, we successfully maximized the dollar-for-dollar match, unlocking a total of $15,000 for the CCOM Experiential Learning Fund. These funds will immediately accelerate hands-on opportunities for our students, both on campus and beyond. A huge thank you to our two proud CCOM grads for their incredible generosity in making this match possible!
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Building a New Generation of Inclusive Educators/Celebrating the Master of Arts in Deaf Education
Challenge met! Thank you to all the donors who supported the Mary Boucher Jones Professional Development Fund. We appreciate the generosity of William and Lisa Nesbit for making this happen.
$6,410 MATCHED
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$100,000
Make a BOLD Move! Good Dawgs give back!
We did it Dawgs! Thanks to your generosity we were able to unlock $100,000 for student scholarships. Thank you to everyone for helping to fund this challenge.
2,026 / 2,026 Gifts
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First-Time Donor Challenge
Thanks to our newest donors, we have successfully met the matching challenge, unlocking $20,000 for the Butler Fund for Student Scholarship. By making their first-ever gifts to various areas across campus, our new donors triggered a dollar-for-dollar match that doubles the impact for student financial aid. A special thank you to Deborah Fretz ’70 for her vision in welcoming new supporters and for her incredible investment in our students' success!
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