Events from June 19, 2025 – June 22, 2025 – Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library

July 2026
Views of Human Rights Exhibit Unveiling

July 4 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library 543 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Join us on July 4th at 11:00 AM for the unveiling of the new exhibit "A View on Human Rights". Donated to Mark Vonnegut by the Carter Center, this exhibit features […]

Free
Vonnegut Family Reunion Discussion Panel

July 4 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library 543 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Historian Andrew Metrick will facilitate a discussion and then host a Q&A. Panelists include Mark Vonnegut, Nanette Vonnegut, and Vonnegut Filmmaker Robert Weide.

Free
Fireworks Viewing Party

July 4 @ 7:00 pm - 11:00 pm

Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library 543 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, IN, United States

Celebrate Independence Day from one of the best viewing locations in downtown Indianapolis.Join the Kurt Vonnegut Museum & Library for an unforgettable evening of food, drinks, community, and one of […]

$40

Kathi Badertscher, PhD

Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy

Kathi Badertscher, PhD, is Director of Graduate Programs at the IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Dr. Badertscher teaches a variety of BA, MA, and doctoral courses, including Applying Ethics in Philanthropy and History of Philanthropy. She has participated in several Teaching Vonnegut workshops and is a member of the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. Dr. Badertscher has been a guest speaker on ethics in philanthropy, including at the National Association of Charitable Gift Planners – Indianapolis Council; Association of Fundraising Professionals – Indiana Chapter; and Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. In 2019 she received IUPUI Office for Women, Women’s Leadership Award for Newcomer Faculty. In 2019 and 2020 she received the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Graduate Teaching Award.

Dr. Badertscher’s publications include “Fundraising for Advocacy and Social Change,” co-authored with Shariq Siddiqui in Achieving Excellence in Fundraising, 5th ed., 2022; “Insulin at 100: Indianapolis, Toronto, Woods Hole, and the ‘Insulin Road,’ co-authored with Christopher Rutty, Pharmacy in History (2020); and three articles in the Indiana Magazine of History: “A New Wishard Is on the Way,” “Evaline Holliday and the Work of Community Service,” and “Social Networks in Indianapolis during the Progressive Era.” Her chapters on social welfare history will appear in three upcoming edited volumes on the history of philanthropy, including “The Legacy of Edna Henry and Her Contributions to the IU School of Social Work,” Women at Indiana University: Views of the Past and the Future, edited by Andrea Walton, Indiana University Press, 2022 (forthcoming). Dr. Badertscher is also the Philanthropy and Nonprofits Consulting Editor for the forthcoming Digital Encyclopedia of Indianapolis, edited by David J. Bodenhamer and Elizabeth Van Allen, Indiana University Press, 2021. Dr. Badertscher is an active volunteer in the Indianapolis community. At present, she is a Coburn Place Safe Haven Board Member and a Children’s Bureau/Families First Brand and Marketing Advisor. Dr. Badertscher holds the MA in History from Indiana University and the MA and PhD in philanthropic studies from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

July 2026

Views of Human Rights Exhibit Unveiling

Vonnegut Family Reunion Discussion Panel

Fireworks Viewing Party

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