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
Emmie Boese Lantern Staff Various faculty presented on the latest in developmental education and English and math acceleration programs at the Great Plains Conference. The conference was held on Thursday, Feb. 21 and Friday, Feb. 22 at the Welcome Center in El Dorado. The conference hosted professionals from college institutions in Kansas, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa,… Continue reading Great Plains conference gets great turnout
Caelin Bragg Advertising & Distribution Manager Butler’s English department will remember former Professor of English Michael Cissell through a reading of his book of poetry at the L.W. Nixon Library. Cissell published “The Cutting Songs of the Butcher Son” in July of this year, a month before his passing on Thursday, August 16, and it… Continue reading ‘Butcher Son’ to be read in memorial
Marcus Smith Lantern Staff Butler’s English Department voted last year to change their textbooks from a traditional textbook to an open-educational resource (OER). One of the main purposes of this is to help students save money on traditional textbooks. “This book will be different in that it is catered to Butler students and classes,” Associate… Continue reading Open-educational resources are the new wave
