Butler University - Carillon / Drift Yearbook (Indianapolis, IN)

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University College Left, freshman Andy Greenlee delivers a speech to an audience of his peers. Below, freshman Kim Rains puts in some library hours in the reference room. College keeps sights on goal While the 1986-87 school year saw no specific changes in the University College curriculum. Dean Paul Valliere said students will see modifications within the next year. One major change will be a new dean. Valliere, dean for the past five years, re- signed to resume teaching in the 1987-88 school year. Valliere will serve as a full-time professor in the philosophy, religious studies department. However, despite proposed curriculum changes and a new dean. University College has not strayed from its original goal since the college ' s 1945 institution. Then and now, the goal is to develop in each student, a background of knowledge and a mental and moral discipline that is basic for all walks of life. The University College still provides a liberal education which the school consid- ers vital to well-rounded students. Other modifications Valliere hinted at in- cluded changes in the departmental honors program and the advising system. The Change and Tradition course, which has caused some student controversy, will continue to develop. I think that C T is one of the most flourishing and healthiest courses at Butler, but we would like to intro- duce more writing into the course, Valliere said. He also said that University College is reviewing the computer science and math core requirements. Each student is required, regardless of major, to take a three-hour Computers in the Modern World course plus one mathematics course. We don ' t want to add requirements, but instead make the requirements that exist in these areas more demanding, Valliere said. University College — adapting, changing, but never straying from its original goal — provides each student with a liberal educa- tion that will be useful no matter what career path one takes. By Michele Brooks University College 25

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Below, Katie Wantz, a freshman conducts a science experinnent. 24 At right, Perry Rice a freshman, hopes the chemis- try is right.

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College of Business Dr. Katharina Dulckeit keeps Junior business major Mike Riley after, business ethics. Sr-wternBrJ Dean Engledow makes plans Dean Jack Engledow said he has a stra- tegic plan which is to make an innovative, high-quality, small college of business for Butler University. The College of Business received a $1 million Krannert Trust for general use. Curriculum revisions have been made on the Undergraduate and MBA lev- els. Under the new undergraduate program, the majors offered will be accounting, eco- nomics, finance, or marketing. The new cur- riculum is built around a professional entre- preneurial spine , Engledow said. The liberal arts communication core, business core and business concentration wrap around this spine, giving the student a well- rounded education. The liberal arts core is- more extensive with increased speaking and writing courses and more logic and ethics courses required to better prepare the stu- dent for the ever-changing business world. A larger emphasis will be put on relating the liberal arts and spine to the basic business core. The concentrated business area helps to get a quality entry level job for the stu- dent. Professionalism, decision-making skills, confidence, and communication skills are the basis for the courses in the new spine. The Ransburg Corporation has been instrumen- tal in the new curriculum, especially in the spine. As an off-shoot of the old business seminar class, there has been a series of one- hour seminars strung throughout the curricu- lum. Ransburg is involved in the first of these seminars, for which the ultimate goal is to introduce the student to the business world and decision making. The chief executive officer and the executive vice president of Ransburg spoke to the class to familiarize students with Ransburg and problems the company has encountered. The students were told to think of possible solutions, and late in the course they found out the ways in which Ransburg solved its problems. By Kelly Huffman ' ! Students in the College of Business work in the computer center. 26