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Strategic & Org Communication and Leadership
Students Call Us STRORG (str · org)

We’re the Strategic Communication, Organizational Communication and Leadership department. We show our students that the world of Strategic Communication is fast-paced, ever-evolving, and critical to master for media, government, and all businesses to connect with their audiences and energize stakeholders. Our Organizational Communication and Leadership program pulls back the curtain to show students how communication works within and between individuals, groups, teams and organizations in our modern world and workplace. 

And we know this world changes quickly. 

Your commitment to this department and its programs provides real-world access to experiential learning with local to global businesses, agencies and communities, while supporting our continuous efforts to activate and develop students’ passions and skills within our integrated program.

 

Tangible experiences inside and outside the classroom help us show students what they can achieve—and your support is essential as we continue to prepare students for their careers. Our engaged faculty encourage students to get hands-on experience from the first semester through graduation, often with multiple internships along the way. We show students how leadership involves communication at every level of an organization - whether big, small, for-profit, or non-profit. We do that while emphasizing the critical importance of embracing diversity and social responsibility.

 

Thanks for your support and giving!

 

Unlock the following prizes (on Wednesday 2/26):

  • If 5 gifts from 9-10am → Prof. Rob Norris will give a rumba dance lesson to a randomly selected group of 5 CCOM student donors
  • If 5 gifts from 10-11am → Dr. Lindsay Ems will give one randomly selected CCOM student donor (and a guest) a personal pickleball lesson 
  • If 5 gifts from 11am-12pm → Prof. Bob Schultz will guide his famous Downtown Indy bike tour when the weather is nice (the first 10 CCOM student donors who register are in)
  • If 5 gifts from 12-1pm → Dr. Xiaowen Xu will sing Chinese Opera in a traditional outfit on a date to be determined in Fairbanks
  • If 5 gifts from 1-2pm → Dr. Abbey Levenshus will teach class in her fire engine red doctorate graduation regalia
  • If 5 gifts from 2-3pm → 10 randomly selected CCOM student donors get a greeting video from Prof. Armando Pellerano and Dr. Alex Carter.
  • If 10 gifts from 3-4pm → Unlock a pizza party in Prof. Carly Middleton’s COM 101 Public Speaking class
$10,000
CCOM Participation Challenge
Thanks to the incredible support of our CCOM family, we have met our challenge! With over 350 gifts on Day of Giving, we unlocked $10,000 in support of the College of Communication and its programs.
350 / 350 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
LAS Faculty/Staff Challenge
We did it! Thanks to the generosity of 100+ LAS faculty and staff, we have unlocked $2,500 for the LAS Dean’s Priority Needs Fund. A special thank you to Dean Howard for inspring this challenge and to every faculty member who participated.
Completed
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See who supports Butler!
Which Butler University affiliates are making the largest impact on Day of Giving?
Relationship to Butler
Rank Answer Donors
1 Alumnus/a 625
2 Friend 551
3 Faculty/Staff 400
4 Current or Past Parent 358
5 Student 238
Ended
$100,000
Make your mark! Good Dawgs give back!
We did it Dawgs! Thanks to your generosity we were able to unlock $100,000 towards student scholarships. Thank you to Ken Massaroni '83 and Lori Ziemba '82 for helping to fund this challenge.
1,855 / 1,855 Gifts
Completed
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Campus Leaderboard Challenge
See which areas of campus are excelling on Butler Day of Giving!
Rank Area of Campus Gifts
1 Athletics 1,082
2 College of Communication 347
3 Lacy School of Business 262
4 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 150
5 Butler Blue IV 122
Ended
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Graduating Class Leaderboard
See which Butler graduating class will have the highest participation on Day of Giving!
Preferred Class Year
Rank Answer Donors
1 2014 19
2 2024 19
3 1990 17
4 2009 15
5 2002 15
6 2017 15
7 2013 15
8 2008 14
9 1988 14
10 1993 13
11 2005 13
12 2021 12
13 2022 11
14 2016 11
15 1997 11
Ended
Rank State Gifts
1 IN 20
2 TN 5
3 VA 3
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