butler university

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Butler University is a private liberal arts university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. It was founded by abolitionist and attorney Ovid Butler in 1855. It serves over 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students in 60 degree programs through five colleges: Business Administration, Education, Liberal Arts and Sciences, Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and the Jordan College of Fine Arts.

North Western Christian University was the name when the school opened on November 1, 1855, at what is now 13th and College, with no president, 2 professors, and 20 students. In 1875, the university moved to a 25-acre (100,000 m2) campus in Irvington. It was there that the school was renamed Butler University "in recognition of Ovid Butler's inspirational vision, determined leadership, and financial support." In 1922, they purchased Fairview Park, and in 1928, moved their campus to the current Fairview location. The campus consists of 31 buildings covering an area of 290 acres (1.2 km²). Contents [hide] 1 Academics 2 Radio and broadcast television 3 Theatre 4 Athletics 4.1 Fight Song 5 Notable alumni 6 Notable faculty 7 Greek organizations 8 Points of interest 9 References 10 External links //

Academics

Bobby Fong is the president of Butler. National guides give Butler high marks for academic quality with an emphasis on the liberal arts and sciences. Butler ranks 4th in the US News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2008 for Top Midwestern Master's Universities.[1] The university emphasizes practicality of knowledge. Butler University offers individual attention to its students with its small class size and no teaching assistants. Butler University has increased its focus on research with the Butler Summer Institute, a 10 week program where Butler students are granted funding to perform independent research with a faculty member. Butler's tuition, room and board total $36,440 annually.

Radio and broadcast television

From 1950 until 1994 Butler University owned and operated, what was at one point, the most powerful student-run radio station in the United States, WAJC, with an effective radiated power of 48,212 watts and circularly polarised transmitting antennas at 500 feet (150 m). The tower and transmitter building were located adjacent to Hinkle Fieldhouse. WAJC was initially assigned to 91.9 MHz FM in 1947. Objections from the engineers of a local TV station on channel 6, WRTV, based upon the proximity of the channel 6 audio signal (87.75MHz) to the low end of the FM band, raised concerns about potential FM capture interference from WAJC to