Students of Butler’s College of Education are currently preparing to enter a field that presents major changes and concerns.
Butler welcomes lawyer and human rights advocate Bryan Stevenson to Clowes Memorial Hall for guided discussion
Stevenson’s work in prison inequity and racial terrorism acknowledgement has reached across the country through his work with the Equal Justice Initiative.
South Campus apartments face issues with unstable railings on unit balconies
A South Campus apartment balcony railing collapsed and residents almost fell over the balcony. The Butler University department of maintenance services responded by bolting most balcony doors shut until further maintenance can be done.
Students confused about mail service to AV, BT, UT and CTS
Students living in apartment Village, Butler Terrace, University Terrace and Christian Theological Seminary all have different methods of receiving mail and packages.
College of Education to move to CTS at start of 2018-2019 academic year
Though the deal is not yet on paper, President Danko and CTS President Matthew Boulton discuss a partnership between the two schools. Butler would buy a large portion of CTS campus, and Butler’s College of Education would relocate.
BOESAK: FROM SOUTH AFRICA TO BUTLER
Allan Aubrey Boesak was born in Kakamas, Northern Cape, South Africa, in 1945. Now he works more than 8,000 miles away. Here are some key moments in Boesak’s journey to Indianapolis. (Read more about Boesak and The Desmond Tutu Center he was named director of HERE.)
A Center and its Director
BY RYAN LOVELACE | Managing Editor #96479074 / gettyimages.com Butler University and Christian Theological Seminary have moved at “light speed” to launch The Desmond Tutu Center while expressing no concerns about the project or the leadership of the Rev. Allan Boesak. Boesak, a former anti-apartheid activist and politician in South Africa, arrived in Indianapolis in fall…
Students left with second choice
With the change in lottery number distribution for university housing this year, the residence life department is working to place students who did not get their first choices for next year’s housing. This year, lottery numbers were distributed randomly as opposed to years past, when lottery numbers were based on student credit hours. Karla Cunningham,…
Students face housing crunch
The residence life department is starting the process of planning and organizing student housing for next school year. On Jan. 25, residence life sent out a reminder email to students informing them the housing intention process will occur Feb. 14 to March 9. Housing intentions are completed through students’ my.butler accounts. Students declare online where…
South African leader to speak
Students have the chance to hear an anti-aparteid activist and internationally-recognized leader as part of Butler University’s Celebration of Diversity Distinguished Lecture Series on Nov. 12. Rev. Allan Boesak is an established theologian and author and spoke out against the South African apartheid as a patron of the United Democratic Front from 1983 to 1991.…