Josephine Butler College
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Durham University
| Motto | Comme je trouve As I find |
|---|---|
| Colours | |
| Named after | Josephine Butler |
| Established | 2006 |
| Principal | Mr Adrian Simpson |
| Senior Tutor | Dr Jill Tidmarsh |
| JCR President | Adam Geach |
| Undergraduates | 400 |
| Postgraduates | 30 |
| Website | Josephine Butler College |
| JCR Website | JCR Website |
| Campus | Durham City |
Josephine Butler College is the newest college at Durham University, having opened in October 2006. It is located at the Howlands Farm site next to residences of Ustinov College. In the centre of the college is a large pile of earth covered in grass called, "The Mound."
It is a fully self-catered college of the University with facilities far more modern than any of the existing undergraduate colleges in Durham (the newest of which was opened in 1972) and all rooms are en-suite. The college bar is the largest of all the college bars in Durham.
On December 14 2005, it was announced that the college had been named after Josephine Butler, a Victorian feminist campaigner and a grand-niece of the 2nd Earl Grey, after whom Grey College was named.[1]
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[edit] Shield and Motto
The college arms are blazoned as "Gules on a chevron Or charged with a Cross formy, with cotises invected, between in chief two lions Argent and in base an open book charged with two covered cups". The arms represent in large the heritage of Josephine Butler, with the lion argent being a symbol of the Grey family, of which Earl Grey (whom Grey College is named after) was Josephine Butler's uncle. Further the covered cups on the pages of the books are a heraldic symbol of the Butler family.
The college's motto is "Comme je trouve", which can be translated to "as I find".
[edit] Facilities
[edit] Howlands Building
The Howlands building is shared with Butler's neighbouring college, Ustinov College. Howlands contains the college gym, laundry and music room. A large multi-purpose hall is also contained in the building that is used to host formal dinners.
[edit] Butler Building
The Butler building acts as the main social building of the college and mainly contains the college offices, in addition to the JCR, TV room, college library & IT suite along with the college bar.
[edit] Accommodation blocks and the Mound
Butler is unique in Durham in being placed around a mound in the middle of the college, left as a result of the building work. The college has three separate self-contained accommodation blocks; Kirknewton (the smallest of the three blocks with 100 rooms), Dilston and Milfield. Each building is divided up into 6 bed-roomed flats, with en-suite facilities. The accommodation blocks are all named after locations related to Josephine Butler's life: she was born in Milfield, spent a lot of her early life in Dilston, and is buried in Kirknewton.
[edit] Societies
The college has its own theatre company, STAB, as well as a Film Society and a Music Society, amongst others.
