You can still make an impact on Butler students!

Help CCOM retain the campus "gift" crown in 2024! The record-breaking support in 2023 continues to allow our students and faculty to benefit from your generosity and engagement with our programs.  

Here's a look at ways your gifts have impacted the CCOM experience through Dawgs Supporting Dawgs #TheButlerWay

  • 14 students attending the Speech & Debate Nationals in Arizona (March 2024)
  • 14 local Indiana children received ongoing, focused oral language and early literacy treatment through BELL (within SLHS)
  • Updated TV studio equipment
  • Creation of the inaugural Study Away: CCOM in LA program
  • Study Abroad 2023-2024 experiences in Germany, London, Amsterdam, and Ireland (36 total students)
  • Hosting 2024 CCOM Distinguished Lecturer: Dr. Nneka Logan

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! #GoDawgs!


Featured CCOM Initiatives

CCOM Participation Challenge
The Butler University College of Communication Dean’s Advisory Board has issued a historic challenge to CCOM students, alumni, families and friends! If CCOM receives 300 gifts on Day of Giving, $15,000 in support for the college and its programs will be unlocked! This is the largest challenge in the history of CCOM, and will go towards enhancing the student and faculty experience in CCOM. Any gift to any fund in CCOM will count towards meeting this challenge.


CCOM Experiential Learning Challenge
This year, three long-serving members of the Butler University College of Communication faculty will be retiring: Dr. Rose Campbell (26 years), Professor Scott Bridge (27 years), Dr. Christine Taylor (33 years). In celebration of their collective impact in CCOM, consider making a gift to the CCOM Experiential Learning Fund! Dr. Campbell helped start the CCOM Experiential Learning Fund to provide financial support for students who otherwise could not participate in experiential opportunities in CCOM. 50 gifts to the experiential learning fund unlocks $5,000 in additional support.


Speech & Debate Challenge

Support competitive public speaking at Butler on Day of Giving! Butler’s intercollegiate Speech and Debate Team competes annually at regional and national tournaments and have finished among the top ten forensics programs in the nation. Gifts to the Speech and Debate Team Challenge will support individual events entries, debate entries and team travel to competitions like the national tournament in Phoenix, AZ. Gifts will be matched dollar-for-dollar, up to $2,150.


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Match
Speech & Debate Challenge
Congratulations, Dawgs! Your generosity has helped raise over $4,300 for the University's nationally ranked Speech & Debate Team!
Completed
$1,500
CCOM Participation Challenge EXTENSION
Congratulations to CCOM! Thanks to your generosity, CCOM has set a new record for highest number of gifts made to any area on Butler Day of Giving. Together we raised over $16,500 for the CCOM Dean's Priority Needs Fund, benefiting CCOM students and faculty.
10 / 10 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
CCOM Experiential Learning Challenge EXTENSION
Way to go CCOM! Your generosity has unlocked another $5,000 in support for the CCOM Experiential Learning Fund.
15 / 15 Gifts
Completed
$100,000
Lead the Pack - 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.
1,500 / 1,500 Gifts
Completed
Leaderboard
Areas of Campus Leaderboard
See which areas of campus are leading the pack on Day of Giving!
Rank Area of Campus Gifts
1 Athletics 506
2 College of Communication 365
3 Lacy School of Business 207
4 Scholarships 172
5 Live Mascot Program 166
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$15,000
CCOM Participation Challenge
CCOM pride! Thanks to the support of the CCOM community we were able to unlock $15,000 towards the Dean's Priority Needs Fund. Thank you to the Dean's Advisory Board for sponsoring this challenge.
300 / 300 Gifts
Completed
$5,000
CCOM Experiential Learning Challenge
We did it, Dawgs! Your generous support has unlocked $5,000 towrads the CCOM Experiential Learning Fund.
50 / 50 Gifts
Completed
$2,500
LAS Faculty/Staff Challenge
Let's go Dawgs! Thank you to Dean Jay Howard for sponsoring this challenge in support of LAS!
100 / 100 Gifts
Completed
Leaderboard
College Leaderboard Challenge
The two colleges with the highest percentage increase in number of gifts over last year will receive $15,000 and $10,000, respectively, towards their college's annual scholarship fund.
Rank Prize Department % +/- Goal
1 $15,000 College of Communication +69.77% 365
goal: 215
2 $10,000 College of Education +50.00% 120
goal: 80
3 Lacy School of Business +23.95% 207
goal: 167
4 Jordan College of the Arts +2.63% 78
goal: 76
5 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences -2.38% 164
goal: 168
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Leaderboard
Butler Regional Community Leaderboard
Check out which Butler Regional Communities are making the largest impact on Butler Day of Giving!
Please indicate if you are a member of a regional alumni community
Rank Answer Gifts
1 Central Indiana Community 69
2 Chicago Community 32
3 Greater Boston Community 12
4 Bay Area Community 10
5 Greater Detroit Community 9
6 Washington, DC Community 7
7 Greater New York Community 7
8 Cincinnati Community 6
9 St. Louis Community 4
10 Atlanta Community 3
11 Mile High Community 2
12 Fort Wayne Community 1
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