One Dean Miller will leave, and another Dean Miller will start at the end of this semester. Butler University chose Julie Miller to become the new dean of libraries when current Dean Lewis Miller retires. “Butler excited me because it’s a place where the emphasis is on academic excellence and student success,” Julie Miller said.…
Faculty Senate to endorse open search
Faculty Senate members voted by a narrow margin to endorse an open search for the next provost. No discussion proceeded the 13-12-3 vote, but it has been a topic of conversation in the Senate since the search to permanently fill the spot began. Arguments for an open search included transparency and the ability for faculty…
SGA kills motion to release election results
Student Government Association this afternoon killed a motion to release detailed results from its recent elections….
Despite assembly vote, election data not released
The Student Government Association president has suspended the release of detailed election results from last week’s races, despite the assembly’s vote last Wednesday to publicly release the data.
Picking up the trash
Mounting trash along the Central Canal Trail adjacent to Butler University grew so large that it could no longer be ignored. Nathan Holt, president of Sigma Nu, said he received a complaint from an anonymous student through Becky Druetzler, director of Greek life, about the trash on the hill behind the Sigma Nu fraternity house.…
CCOM names first permanent dean
The Butler University College of Communication will welcome its first permanent dean next semester. Gary Edgerton, currently a professor and chair of Communication and Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University, will join the Butler faculty on Aug. 1. “I think we’re very fortunate to have Gary coming to Butler University,” LAS Dean Jay Howard, who…
Keller to serve as next year’s SGA president
For a guy whose favorite superhero is the Flash, it was a dream come true for Student Government Association President-elect Mike Keller to jump to the front of the pack, bolt across the finish line and claim the SGA presidency. Keller was born in the small-town of Winamac, Ind., a city in the northwest part…
Pulitzer finalist writes for justice
Investigative reporter Jerry Mitchell spent all day Tuesday at Butler University speaking to classes during the day and telling his story in the evening as part of the Howard L. Schrott lecture series. For Mitchell, a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2006, it all began after seeing the movie “Mississippi Burning,” where the disappearance of civil…
IT looks to promote mobile BU website
Through a recent flurry of strategic sidewalk graffiti, a relatively unknown online tool has come to light: Butler’s mobile website. Through the domain m.butler.edu, students can access a website specifically designed for their mobile devices. Using the site, students can track the Student Government Association shuttle, check what’s for lunch at Atherton or click an…
Chicago-bound students connect via Skype
Internship and Career Services recently held a Skype series with current Butler students and Butler alumni in the Chicago area, hoping to connect students interested in the Chicago market to alumni there. This is the first time the office has used Skype for connecting students and alumni, Jeremy Walthall, ICS office coordinator, said. Walthall said…