Academic News

  • Butler announces increase in parking permit prices for 2015-16 school year

    Butler announces increase in parking permit prices for 2015-16 school year

    MATTHEW VANTRYON | Editor In Chief Butler University has raised parking permit prices for the second time in three years. The university sent an email to faculty, staff and students Wednesday detailing permit prices and policies for the 2015-16 school year. Permits for the I-Lot will cost $100. Permits for the I-Lot, which was constructed…

  • Evaluating courses and instructors

    Evaluating courses and instructors

    JYLIAN VIGAR | STAFF REPORTER Finals are coming. Papers and projects fill the time of Butler Bulldogs all across campus. Then, the day comes. The professor pulls out an envelope filled with bubbled forms for students to fill out and evaluate the course. This happens at the end of every semester at Butler University. Some…

  • Collegian names new editor-in-chief

    Mallory Duncan and Ben Sieck | co-editors-in-chief For the first time in years, a non-journalism major will be at the helm of The Butler Collegian. Julian Wyllie, a junior business major, will take the reins of the paper at the beginning of the spring semester. The former opinion editor said he is excited for the…

  • Changing semesters, changing majors

    KATIE GOODRICH | NEWS EDITOR Hundreds of new Butler University students walk onto campus in August with their minds set on a major, a career and a life path.  Some of them fall in love with their studies as classes start. Others begin to question their choice as soon as midterms. This is not unique…

  • Observatory repairs and renovations

    CASSE EBERLE | STAFF REPORTER Renovations are underway for the Holcomb Observatory and Planetarium’s largest telescope. The renovations will cost $325,000.  Brian Murphy, observatory director, said this expense is slightly less than the original cost of $350,000 to build the observatory in 1954.  Frank Levinson, a former Butler physics student, funded the project to renovate…

  • Academic calendar changed

    JULIANNE STRIBIAK | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Changes are on the horizon regarding the length of semesters and summer sessions in upcoming years. The upcoming 2015 summer session will last 14 weeks instead of 12, which will affect the durations of school breaks. Registrar Michele Neary said the two biggest reasons leading to this change in…

  • All about adjuncts

    Tyler Springer |Staff Reporter They teach only one or two classes per week, receive a lower salary than full-time professors and do not have to attend faculty meetings very often. These are Butler University’s adjuncts. Butler currently employs about 65 adjuncts, according to data from Butler’s office of institutional research. Most of these adjuncts teach…

  • Students eye summer internships

    SARAH STOESZ | ASST. NEWS EDITOR Many Butler University students have already begun applying and accepting internships for next summer. The College of Business requires students to have two internships, while the College of Communication also requires certain majors to have an internship.  Some students decide to fulfill the requirements in the summer.   Some…

  • Registration: Race to schedule seats

    TYLER SPRINGER | STAFF REPORTER The race to get a spot in spring semester classes has begun. Now through early November, students are meeting with their academic advisors to plan out their courses and schedules for the upcoming semester.  Before students go to their advisor, they should create an ideal schedule using the academic requirement…