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.…
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,…
SGA switches from assembly structure to senate structure
BLAKELY HEATON AND MATTHEW DEL BUSTO / STAFF REPORTERS Why the switch? The Student Government Association will transition from an assembly structure to a senate structure this year. Student government president Katelyn Sussli identified two main flaws in the previous assembly structure. “One (flaw) was that there was an inconsistency in who was…
Marc Allan assumes role of Collegian interim adviser
INDIANAPOLIS, IN, Sept. 10, 2015 — Loni McKown will no longer be The Butler Collegian’s adviser, after serving five years in that role. The university’s news manager Marc Allan will serve as interim adviser until a permanent replacement can be found. The change in advisement does not affect the status of the Collegian’s mission or operations.…
Freshmen By The Numbers
KATIE GOODRICH | CONTENT MANAGING EDITOR Groups of new students walk together in large packs, led by Student Orientation Guides in matching T-shirts bursting with school spirit. Freshmen sport lanyards to hold the keys for their new dorm room and Butler gear they just picked out in the bookstore They “ooh” and “ahh” over Trip…
BREAKING: Board of Trustees extends President Danko’s contract
ANNIE WEBER AND JYLIAN VIGAR / CO-NEWS EDITORS Butler University President James Danko will remain in office through 2020. His five-year contract extension was announced Friday morning at the Academic Year Welcome. Board of Trustees Chair Keith Burks announced the board’s unanimous decision to faculty and staff. Danko took office in 2011 and had one…
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
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…