The project is the largest investment made by the Board and includes an atrium, collaboration work spaces and renovations to both Gallahue Hall and Holcomb Building.
LAS Dean Jay Howard now also acting CCOM Dean
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Dean Jay Howard took the position of Acting Dean of the College of Communication while the college searches for a new dean. Dr. Gary Edgerton, former Dean of CCOM, stepped down from his former position to teach in his respective college full-time.
Evaluating the core
Some Butler University students may soon have different core curriculum requirements than the rest of the student body. A proposal that would give Butler’s colleges the power to exempt students who entered Butler before the end of the 2011-12 school year from completing the Speaking Across the Curriculum requirement passed Faculty Senate’s curriculum committee. It…
Motion passed to review administrators
Faculty Senate approved a motion on Oct. 2 to affirm Butler University’s commitment to regular review of its administrators. The Faculty Senate took more than two years to agree on four principles by which a tool for faculty review of administrators could be created. Faculty Senate had to consider the language carefully, said Margaret Brabant,…
CCOM dean candidate withdraws name
One of three final dean candidates for Butler University’s College of Communication took his name out of the running on Friday, leaving the search committee to decide how to conduct the rest of the search. Alan Stavitsky, associate dean at the University of Oregon, withdrew his application after receiving an offer from a different university,…