The Compass Center Records

Collection

Identifier: UA03.19

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection of materials represents the offerings of the Compass Center, formerly called the Center for Faith and Vocation, between 1995-2024. These include pamphlets, newspaper clippings, posters, and transcripts of seminars; scholarship applications, focus group minutes, mission statements for the Blue House, and program inventories; as well as study abroad materials. The collection also includes information on funding for the program offerings, through the grant materials approved by Lilly.

Dates

Creation: 1995 - 2024

Creator

Butler University. The Compass Center (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Historical Note

The Center for Faith and Vocation was established in 1995 as a collection of established campus religious organizations: Campus Crusade, Newman Center, Luthran Campus Ministry, and the Jewish Student Union (later Hillel). This collective organized seminars and lectures. The campus religious organizations expanded, and in 2000-2001, began applying for grants. After receiving an endowment from the Lilly Foundation and closing the Newman Center, the Center for Faith and Vocation opened the Blue House and expanded their educational offerings to Faculty Workshops and Travel opportunities.

In 2024, the Center for Faith and Vocation was renamed to “The Compass Center.”

Extent

0.63 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection represents the offerings of The Compass Center (formerly the Center for Faith and Vocation) between 1995-2024 as well as funding sources.

Bibliography

Grant Materials, Center for Faith and Vocation (Compass Center), 1995-2007, UA 065, Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives, Irwin Library, Butler University.

Sharer, Greg, "Religious Life at Butler—Institutional Structure,” Center for Faith and Vocation (Compass Center), 1995-2007, UA 065, Special Collections, Rare Books, and University Archives, Irwin Library, Butler University.

Wharton, Katie Palmer. “The Compass Center: A New Direction for Multifaith Communities, Interfaith Engagement, Meaning and Purpose, and Spiritual Life on Campus.” Butler Stories (blog), April 14, 2024. https://stories.butler.edu/the-compass-center-a-new-direction-for-multifaith-communities-interfaith-engagement-meaning-and-purpose-and-spiritual-life-on-campus/.