Butler’s planned 450-seat theater and performing arts center will be named the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts. Schrott, a 1976 alumnus, announced on Jan. 28that he will commit $6.5 million toward the $13 million project. “This is something I’ve been working on with Butler over the last six to eight…
New dean brings new ideas to JCFA
Butler University appointed Ronald Caltabiano as the new dean of Jordan College of Fine Arts (JCFA) on Jan. 7. Caltabiano is currently the associate dean of San Francisco State University’s College of Creative Arts as well as being a contemporary classical composer of chamber and orchestral music. The composer’s résumé boasts a wide variety of…
Break causes freshmen to readjust
Eagerness to please, anxiety to begin, and motivation to improve are the feelings many Butler freshmen have about starting up school again after their first winter break. For most college freshmen this break was the first of its kind. With four weeks to themselves, students can focus on other things besides school. “Break was fun,”…
Opportunities and obstacles for campus employment
The start of a new semester can be a great opportunity for students looking for employment through Butler, but school officials say that it may be a little more difficult to find a job this semester because they’re in high demand. Student Employment Coordinator Liz Freedman said that the on-campus employment outlook is mostly a…
Saving kids, breaking records
It was a record-breaking 12 hours, in more ways than one. 270 Butler students and community members stood for 12 straight hours Saturday in an effort to raise money for Riley Hospital for Children as a part of Butler University Dance Marathon. Collectively, they raised more than $100,000, surpassing last year’s total by more than…
Schrott Center to provide space for JCFA students
Shakespeare had the Globe. New York has the Met. Butler University has Clowes and the Eidson-Duckwall. Now Butler can add another building to its résumé. The ground breaking of the Howard L. Schrott Center for the Performing and Visual Arts will begin this spring The 450-seat theater will be built on the East-side of Clowes.…
Be helpful, ‘Be Haiti’
Fueled by dreams of empowerment, Butler students are leading a campaign called “Be Haiti” to raise $100,000 to bring health services to the people of Les Cayes, Haiti, through the development of a clinic for women and children. Les Cayes is a city located in southwestern Haiti that was damaged by the January 2010 earthquake.…
‘Archives’ offers new perspective for campus publications
Two English majors will act as editors-in-chief for Butler University’s first student-run humor magazine, Archives. Senior English major Farhad Anwarzai is the mastermind behind the new campus circular, which was released last week. “We were just talking about the options for people who wanted to write and it hit me that we really don’t have…
Study abroad students evacuated after protesting in Egypt
Six Butler University students studying with the Institute for Study Abroad are being evacuated from Alexandria, Egypt in light of protests that erupted Jan. 25. The students arrived in Egypt Jan. 17. They were supposed to spend the spring semester studying Arabic language programs, but IFSA-Butler began planning the students’ evacuation on Sunday. The protests…
Alumnus donates $6.5 million for new theater
Butler’s planned 450-seat theater and performing arts center will be named the Howard L. Schrott Center. Schrott, a 1976 alumnus, announced today that he will commit $6.5 million toward the $13 million project. “This is something I’ve been working on with Butler over the last six to eight months,” Schrott said. “I feel incredibly exhilarated…