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Career and Professional Success
Career and Professional Success

Our mission is simple: to help Butler students and graduates in their professional development. We support all Bulldogs in their search for internships, jobs, grad school admission, service opportunities, and more, providing guidance as they work toward building fulfilling lives. The Office of Career and Professional Success (CaPS) provides this assistance to all students and graduates—from all colleges, majors, and classes—for free, for life. Thank you for supporting our work!


Contact us anytime at career@butler.edu or 317-940-9383.


Gifts to CaPS support programs like:

Indy Summer Experience:
Each summer, CaPS coordinates the Indy Summer Experience (ISE) for up to 25 students doing internships or similar professional experiences in the Circle City. Across seven weeks of programming, students explore Indy’s diverse social and cultural offerings with behind-the-scenes tours of our city’s most iconic destinations. They also enjoy dinners with young alumni and local professionals who offer advice and support to help them make the most of their internships and future career goals. ISE is completely FREE for students, and they overwhelmingly love the program, but it costs us quite a bit to pull off. Here are a few ways your gift will help:

  • $25 covers dinner for a student
  • $300 covers tickets for the group to an Indianapolis Indians game
  • $500 covers the total cost for a student to participate in ISE

Chicago and Detroit Treks
Every year, CaPS partners with Advancement and Alumni Engagement to take up to 30 students to Chicago and Detroit over Fall Break. These treks engage our vibrant alumni communities and introduce our students to these thriving cities through networking receptions, employer site visits, and fun cultural activities. Past participants have landed internships and jobs through the connections made on these treks, which take a lot of coordination and resources. Invest in our students by contributing to these impactful experiences. Here are just some of the ways your gifts can help:

  • $25 covers dinner for a student
  • $150 covers the participation fee for a student
  • $250 covers one night’s hotel stay
  • $2,000 covers one-way charter bus travel for students and staff

Unlock these additional fun challenges with your contributions:

  • 25 total gifts to CaPS unlocks the CaPS staff photo booth challenge—our entire staff will attempt to cram into our professional photo booth and take a group photo to celebrate Day of Giving!
  • 50 total gifts to CaPS unleashes the CaPS DoG (Day of Giving) dog. One of our lucky staff will dress up like a dog and pose for photos in our lobby to thank folks for supporting Day of Giving.

Click the "Make a Gift" button at the top of the page to support the Office of Career and Professional Success

$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
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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
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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
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$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.
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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
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Rank State Gifts
1 IN 8
2 IL 1
2 CA 1
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