News

  • Administration wants input

    Coordinators of the Shared Strategic Vision are working to spread the word on  proposals and are encouraging feedback from students, faculty and staff. The vision is composed of 10 separate proposed action items that are intended to advance the university as a whole over the next 10 to 15 years. Ben Hunter, chief of staff,…

  • Project welcomes Risk

    The Butler University Risk Project is calling on Butler community members to take risks and will begin accepting proposals today. The goal of the project is to bring the Butler community together in the multidisciplinary project, which has the central theme of risk, said Jessica Moore, assistant communication professor and co-chair of the project. Moore…

  • Trustees watch over university

    It consists of 28 individuals from all walks of life. Many of them graduated from Butler University, although some received an education elsewhere. Some of its members graduated in the 1950s, some in the 1990s. It includes men and women who majored in everything from accounting to zoology. This is the Butler Board of Trustees.…

  • President shares vision with students at town hall

    Butler University President Jim Danko hosted a dialogue with students where they discussed “A Shared Strategic Vision” for the university’s future. Danko told the gathering of faculty and  students about his plan, which includes raising the endowment to $750 million by 2025  and making additions to campus as outlined in the master plan. He said…

  • University funds: Danko aims to grow resources

    Butler University’s endowment totaled $150 million as of August 2012, but President Jim Danko’s strategic vision wants to increase it to $750 million by 2025. In order to achieve this goal, Butler’s endowment would need to grow by more than $4 million per month, on average, from September 2012 to 2025. During Butler’s last fiscal…

  • Alcohol policy changes considered by task force

    The alcohol task force is discussing possible changes to Butler University’s current alcohol policy. The current alcohol policy was created in 2002. Irene Stevens, dean of student life, said, since then, the number of hospitalizations due to alcohol, arrests, sexual assaults and summons tickets have increased dramatically. This school year, seven student arrests have been…

  • Women’s soccer begins final stretch

    The Butler women’s soccer team will travel to George Washington on Friday to begin its final Atlantic 10 Conference road trip of the season. The Bulldogs (9-4-4) have yet to win an A-10 road match this year, losing once and tying in another match. Butler is aiming to remain in the top five of the…

  • Twitter account gives Butler tweeps deals

    Butler University students are receiving half-price meals, free pizzas, free tanning and more from a Twitter account run by a senior accounting student. @BrippCoupons currently has 1,394 followers from Butler. The account originally became popular through the creator’s friends in Greek houses and quickly spread throughout the campus, he said. The creator asked to remain…

  • Groups promote positive self-image

    In the United States, one in four women and one in 10 men live with an eating disorder and people are developing these disorders at younger ages. Initiatives to promote health and self-acceptance are popping up around Butler University in an effort to combat society’s fixation on being skinny. “You can do just as much…