INDIANAPOLIS – Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor, whose New York Times bestseller My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey documented the eight years it took for her to successfully rebuild her brain following a rare form of stroke, will be presented with Indiana’s highest civilian honor, the Sagamore of the Wabash, on April 4 at 4:30 PM in Butler University’s Shelton Auditorium.
Attendance is open to all.
In 2016, Taylor worked with Butler University on One Butler: The Brain Project, which brought more than 50,000 people to campus to see a dozen brain sculptures Taylor had loaned to the University. She also served as the University’s Spring Commencement speaker.
“Dr. Jill,” as she is known, will speak about her life and career and where it is going next, and Gov. Eric Holcomb will send a representative to present the award. Butler President James Danko will preside over the presentation.
Light
refreshments will be available following the brief remarks.
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encompassing five colleges—Arts, Communication, Education, Liberal Arts and
Sciences, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences—and the Andre B. Lacy School of
Business. Together, they offer more than 65 undergraduate areas of study, six
pre-professional programs, 20 graduate programs, and nine non-degree programs
and certificates. Around 4,400 undergraduate students are enrolled at Butler,
representing 48 states and 34 countries. Butler students have extraordinary
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clinical rotation, research, or service learning by the time they graduate,
which prepares them for their careers. This community-centered immersion is
coupled with classroom learning that nurtures critical thinking, effective
communication, cooperative teamwork, and ethical decision making to prepare
students for both professional success and to have lasting impact in their
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