“People were treating me like I needed to be isolated. They would make jokes about not coming too close to me and people wanted me away from them.”
Sick as a Dawg
“According to the CDC, the 2024-25 flu season was classified as a high-severity season, the first since the 2017-18 season. The CDC projects that the upcoming season will be classified as moderate.”
Health services weighs in on influx of illnesses on campus
“It’s a community you’re in, and you can help each other when stuff goes wrong.”
Q&A with new Health Services director
Maxie Gardner started her new position on Jan. 3 and shares her goals to help students.
Health Services to hire a new director
Going more than six months without a director and losing multiple staff members, Health Services has struggled to serve students.
Not a band-aid fix: Health Services plagued with issues
Health Services is the one place on Butler’s campus students can go to receive medical care and counseling. Over the past few years, students have noticed pitfalls in the care in which they receive from Health Services.
Students experience difficulties getting a COVID-19 test
Lack of COVID-19 testing appointments mean treks off campus and worry for students experiencing COVID-like symptoms
The uncomfortable pattern behind multiple Butler Student Affairs resignations
Three Student Affairs staff members have left Butler in the span of less than six months. One staff member that resigned had only worked at Butler for a year and a half, others had worked at Butler for upwards of six years before resigning. The question remains: why?
New COVID-19 Testing for Students
As the new semester begins, there will be a new protocol with COVID-19 testing for students. Multimedia reporter Sierra Quimby has the story.
How Butler’s COVID-19 testing strategy has evolved throughout the fall semester
Butler is continuing to improve their contact tracing and testing that, in addition to students following the guidelines, will improve the chances of in-person instruction until Thanksgiving break.