Administrators have begun reviewing Butler University’s background check policy to evaluate its effectiveness and respond to fears that it is causing the university to lose candidates. Associate Provost Laura Behling said at the Feb. 21 Faculty Senate meeting that administrators have started to review both the cost and the time associated with background checks. The…
Annual address covers college
The second annual State of the College of Education Address covered both internal unity and external partnerships Monday evening in the Reilly Room. The address is meant to update COE members about what is going on in the college. COE Dean Ena Shelley opened the address by discussing how all members of COE have a…
Club Sports could face reduced grant allocations if not utilized
If club sports do not spend all of their grant money this year, they could find less funding headed their way next year.
Being black at Butler
Jill McCarter | News Editor | jmccarte@butler.edu A look at the past, present and future of black students’ experiences and enrollment at Butler University. Walking down the sidewalks of Butler University before her freshman year during an admissions tour, Kazmyn Perry realized that if she chose to attend, she would be in the minority. Still,…
Butler’s gender imbalance among tenured faculty not likely to last
Men significantly outnumber women in the tenured ranks of Butler University. Institutional data released in the fall of 2011 indicates that 61 percent of Butler’s tenured full-time faculty is male and 39 percent is female, but university officials said that may change in coming years. Typically, professors and associate professors are tenured while assistant professors…
BU Giving looks to students for donations
Butler University officials said they hope to increase the school’s alumni gift ranking by inducing current students and recent graduates to donate. Butler’s 2011-12 alumni giving rate is 22 percent, according to US News and World Report, ranking the school 18th out of about 600 comprehensive regional universities. It takes almost 300 new undergraduate alumni…
New meal plan could take effect next year
Butler students may be seeing a change next school year based on student feedback about meal plans and dining services. A proposed meal plan would allow for unlimited entry into the residential dining halls during the meal blocks. There would be no restriction on the number of swipes during the meal block. The meal exchange…
Writers engaging writers
Butler University’s Writing in the Schools mentors were awarded a Jefferson Award for Public Service on Feb. 9 in front of an energized crowd of Shortridge Magnet High School students. But the program’s organizers said the reaction of the students gave more validation to the semester-old endeavor than an award could. “It didn’t matter to…
Palmer, Reynolds seek to end SGA female presidency drought
There have been only five female Student Government Association presidents in the past 21 years at Butler University—something candidates Kelsa Reynolds and Katie Palmer hope to change this election. Despite Butler’s female majority and large female participation in SGA, the number of past female presidents is low. There are certain stereotypes female candidates have to…
SGA presidential candidates face off
The SGA presidential candidates are geared up for their final debate, taking place tomorrow from 6 to 8 p.m. in PB 150. This will be the last chance for students to hear the candidates publicly debate before Monday’s vote. Last Sunday, The Collegian’s staff members met with the four student politicians and conducted a separate…