Josephine Butler College

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Josephine Butler College
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

Kirknewton Building
Kirknewton Building

[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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Durham’s latest College salutes social reformer and women’s campaigner". 

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