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CRITERION ONE: MISSION
BUTLER UNIVERSITY SELF-STUDY REPORT
• COPHS maintains the Community Health Resource webpage, a one-stop tool for health care
professionals and patients, providing a wealth of information. These resources include links to
public health services and to government and private programs for low-income and uninsured
patients, a guide to low-cost prescriptions, and a listing of health centers and clinics.
Jordan College of the Arts
JCA has been in formal partnership with a number of community arts organizations for a long time.
In 1997, formal agreements to create a Performing Arts Collaborative were signed between Butler University
and six Indianapolis arts organizations. The agreement allows various local arts organizations
to use performance space on the campus (typically Clowes Memorial Hall) and to share visiting artists,
enabling them to be involved in the Butler classroom as well as in performances for the community.
Five of these arts organizations have their offices on the Butler campus; several utilize Butler faculty
in their programs, conduct master classes for Butler students, and provide internship opportunities for
arts administration students. Partners include:
• American Pianists Association (APA)
• Dance Kaleidoscope (DK)—DK often uses a Butler faculty member as a choreographer and a
number of Butler students and graduates dance for the company.
• Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra (ICO)—A number of Butler faculty members perform in the
orchestra.
• Indianapolis Children’s Choir (ICC)—The ICC was founded in 1986 by Professor Henry Leck, a
faculty member in the Butler School of Music. He continues to lead the ICC while maintaining
his professorial position in JCA. The ICC has several choirs and programs which involve hundreds
of area children from age 18 months through 18 years. A number of Butler students had
their first introduction to Butler via the choir.
• Indianapolis Opera—The opera has presented its primary events in Clowes Memorial Hall. A
number of Butler faculty members perform regularly in the opera productions.
• Indianapolis Symphonic Choir—The choir has been in existence for 75 years and is led by Dr.
Eric Stark, a Butler faculty member. The choir often does collaborative performances with JCA
ensembles.
In addition to this list of Collaborative Arts partners, there are a number of other arts organizations
with representation on the JCA Board of Visitors. Those organizations include the Indianapolis Museum
of Art (IMA), Indiana Repertory Theatre, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, and WFYI, the
local PBS station. The IMA actually hosts a number of Butler’s visual art classes in their facility.
JCA has created partnerships to provide art lessons and experiences to young students. Butler students
are involved in service-learning classes teaching music and dance to young people through the
Christel House Academy, a learning center in an impoverished neighborhood. JCA also sponsors the
Butler Community Arts School (BCAS), which opened its doors to the community in September
2002. BCAS is an arts education and outreach program that provides instruction in specific performing
arts disciplines to all ages and abilities. Instruction is provided by carefully selected and trained
Butler students (“Teaching Fellows”). This program provides quality arts instruction at an affordable
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