Butler University President Jim Danko created a new position in his office and filled vacancies in two others, he announced in an April 2 memo. The university now has an executive assistant to the Board of Trustees, a role filled by Carol Wroblewski. Wroblewski is a former associate provost at Butler. She will communicate with…
Financial aid packages tailored to students
As course schedules are filling for next semester, financial aid is always something on the minds of students this time of year. With tuition and room and board increases, most students want as much financial aid as possible. For 2011-12, 28 percent of Butler University’s expense budget was dedicated to financial aid, totaling $47,672,800. The…
FACULTY SENATE | Senate to vote on core curriculum funding
Faculty Senate members read through a motion Tuesday that could urge Butler University administrators to fund and staff the core curriculum, which is $400,000 short of funding for next year. The motion states, “It is imperative that the university fully staff the current core curriculum, which was approved by the faculty in 2005. “We must…
CPA summit to assess diversity
Butler University is holding its first diversity summit at 11:30 a.m. Friday in the Ford Salon at Robertson Hall. The event, cosponsored by R.E.A.C.H. and Council on Presidential Affairs, will seek to explain the definition of diversity, discuss how diversity will fit into plans for Butler’s future and develop an assessment of the current state…
Keller reappoints Coons to VP of diversity programming
Student Government Association President-elect Mike Keller appointed UnoBlessed Coons to the vacant SGA vice president of diversity programming position. Coons currently serves in that role. Due to SGA rules, there was no eligible candidate for the position. Therefore Keller had to go through SGA assembly to open up the position to applicants. Keller said there…
Revitalization adds beauty and utility to garden
Butler University officials are hoping to spread some beauty around campus with the revitalization of the apothecary garden. An apothecary garden features plants and herbs that are used in pharmaceutical drugs. “The garden brings an awareness to people,” Phil Villani, a biology professor, said. “People don’t realize that medicines come from plants.” Located along the…
Inside Academics Part II | Core Curriculum short $400k
Butler University is $400,000 short of funding next year’s core curriculum, the 30-hour set of required classes for all Butler students.
Cutting the costs
Artificial intelligence will meet Butler intelligence with a lower of an expense than before. The department of computer science and software engineering purchased 45 new robots last week in the hope of alleviating a financial burden for Butler University students. The 45 new robots and kits for the robot programming class will be provided free…
Admits up for next year
Butler University has increased both its number of applications received and the number of admittances extended for the class of 2016. Tom Weede, vice president for enrollment management, said that Butler has admitted about 6,300 students for next semester. “That was right around our goal for what we were hoping to admit,” he said. Weede…
90 students waitlisted: Administrators look to find spots for unlucky students
Several rising sophomores and juniors found themselves on a 2012-13 housing wait list after last week’s housing selection nights. The lists contain a total of 90 students—36 sophomores and 54 juniors. “We’re going to go through those wait lists as quickly as we can to get everyone into a place where they are pleased,” said…