Madalynn Wilson Lantern Staff From fall 2018, enrollment has taken a hit, but faculty and staff is working to retain students in multiple ways, including a revamp to their learning strategies and an additional class for freshmen. Butler saw its highest enrollment numbers in 2012, during the tail end of the recession that hit… Continue reading Faculty stays on path to retain enrollment
Amariani Garcia Lantern Staff The Fine Arts department received a donation in July by the daughter of George Troy Hurlburt. The donation was a variety of art books, countless tubes of water color, acrylic and oil paints, sketchbooks, canvases and additional art supplies. Hurlburt, a Butler alumnus, graduated in 1956, and later received his bachelor’s… Continue reading Hurlburt family donates art supplies
Maddison Farris Lantern Staff Automotive technology students hit the gas on luxury car training after this course is added to the Butler curriculum. The automotive department at Butler Community College is proud to announce that it is one of the first in the nation to introduce Volvo luxury car training to its students. With the… Continue reading Luxury car training revs up the automotive department
Matthew Will Editor-in-Chief For former Butler Grizzly pitcher Zach Bravo, playing in the major leagues was always a dream. On Wednesday, June 5, he took a step closer to the dream. With the 21st pick in the 29th round (878th overall pick) of this year’s Major League Baseball (MLB) First-Year Player’s Draft, the Tampa Bay… Continue reading Bravo drafted in 2019 MLB Draft
Raymond Hoare Student Sports Media The women’s soccer team traveled south for the weekend for two non-conference matches against Seminole State (Oklahoma) and No. 19 Hill (Texas) in Noble, Oklahoma. The Grizzlies were seeking a 3-0 start to the season, but Seminole State spoiled the perfect beginning as freshman midfielder Amaya Grace would nail a… Continue reading Women’s soccer breaks even in Oklahoma
Jordan Cornell Lantern Staff My name is Jordan Cornell, and I am a freshman at Butler. This is my first year at the Butler Lantern, and I am very excited to be writing this year. I worked on the high school newspaper for almost my whole high school career. Some of my favorite things to… Continue reading Meet the new staff
Amariani Garcia Lantern Staff The Butler English Department has saved students over $500,000 in book costs, by creating and publishing an English Composition I and II textbook in 2018. The idea to start an Open Educational Resources (OER) textbook came to be when Associate Professor of English Andrea L. McCaffree-Wallace came upon the idea at… Continue reading Department saves students money, one book at a time
Caelin Bragg Lantern Staff Butler Community College’s Andover project has reached a standstill as it is allowed to begin construction on the 5000 building but has not received permission to build its planned facilities and management building. Butler’s Board of Trustees filed for declaratory action against the City of Andover in May earlier this year,… Continue reading Andover project stalls amid legal hoops
Madeline Owens Lantern Staff Former Butler graduate Matt Jacobs has accepted and begun his new responsibility as the director and station manager for Butler’s TV station, BCTV20 airing on Cox Communications, channel 20. Jacobs has been a part of the administration for the athletic department since June 2004. Before being part of the Butler faculty,… Continue reading Former associate athletic director takes on TV
Jordan Plowman Lantern Staff Beginning this school year, the Board of Trustees, with the help of Information Technology (IT) department, is implementing an effort to encourage every student and college employee to use Microsoft Office 365 for file transfers instead of traditional flash drives. Over time, the IT department will replace each computer’s tower with… Continue reading IT encourages use of 365
