KIRSTEN ADAIR | ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is expanding to offer a new healthcare and business program under the bachelor of science and health science program. “For this year, the only students that are in that program are the ones who want to go into the [physician assistant] program at the…
Butler to get BlueIndy Stations
Blakely Heaton | Staff Reporter Butler University’s campus will soon be equipped with BlueIndy’s rental cars at 635 W. Hampton Drive. Right now, the nearest Bluecar station can be found on 56th Street. WTHR Channel 13 reported BlueIndy is “the first of its kind in North America,” so not only is it new to…
Butler chapter of Timmy Global Health prepares for Oct. 3 run/walk
MATTHEW DEL BUSTO | STAFF REPORTER The Butler Chapter of Timmy Global Health (Timmy) is preparing for its annual Colorful Run/Walk. The event will be held on Oct. 3 on Butler University’s East Mall at 9 a.m. Ashni Patel, President of the Butler chapter of Timmy, senior biology/pre-med major, said Timmy is an organization that…
Arts integration course benefits elementary ed majors
Kristin Camiliere| Staff Reporter The Wallace Elementary School for Integrated Arts employs mostly Butler University graduates. This high employment rate relates to the elementary education courses offered at Butler and the strong ties that Butler has with the Wallace School. Butler is connected with the Wallace Elementary School of Integrated Arts, located in Kokomo, Indiana.…
Butler hosts blood and bone marrow drive in support of Andrew Smith
KRISTIN CAMILIERE | STAFF REPORTER Butler University, Indiana Blood Center and Be the Match Indiana held a blood drive and bone marrow transplant event in Hinkle Fieldhouse Sept. 29 in honor of former Butler University basketball center Andrew Smith. Smith was diagnosed with T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma, a rare condition of non-Hodgkin’s disease, in…
Faculty Senate discusses new core requirement
Matthew Fleckenstein | Staff Reporter The Butler University Faculty Senate voted Sept. 15 to create a subcommittee to further research the Social Justice and Diversity proposal for a new requirement in the core curriculum every student is required to take. The SJD committee is comprised of chair Chad Knoderer, Amy Peak, COPHS, Susan Adams, COE,…
Students occupy the Diversity Center
Brooklyn Raines | Staff Reporter Butler University students made time in between classes and occupied the Efroymson Diversity Center on Sept. 21 and 22 as a way to potentially meet the candidates interviewing for the newly appointed position of vice president of human resources, diversity and wellness. The purpose of the sit-in was to allow students…
Butler University State of the University Address
Kristin Camiliere | Staff Reporter President James Danko addressed Butler University in his annual “State of the University” address Sept. 25 in Clowes Memorial Hall. Katelyn Sussli, Student Government Association president, opened the address. She shared how Butler impacted her life and made her into the person that she is today. She then introduced the university…
PCAT no longer a requirement for pre-pharmacy
KIRSTEN ADAIR | ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR Starting next year, pre-pharmacy majors trying to enter the pharmacy program at Butler will not be required to take the Pharmacy College Admission Test, commonly referred to as the PCAT. “The faculty voted to drop the PCAT exam because we were not showing a correlation between (students) taking the…
Growth of the CUE Farm
MATTHEW DEL BUSTO/ STAFF REPORTER The Center for Urban Ecology (CUE) Farm started off as just three-tenths of an acre and CUE staff members and faculty in the biology department managed it. Now the farm is close to an acre in size and Tim Dorsey, manager of the CUE Farm, oversees it full-time. Along with providing…