If you: 1  are in receipt of a campaign badge for service during a war or in a campaign or expedition; OR. 2  are a disabled veteran, OR. 3  are in receipt of an Armed forces Service Medal for participation in a military operation, OR.  are a recently separated veteran (within the last 3 years), AND.
After five years in development, Butler University opened on November 1, 1855, as North Western Christian University at 13th Street and College Avenue on Indianapolis' near north-side at the eastern edge of the present Old Northside Historic District.
Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study in six colleges: College of Business, College of Communication, College of Education, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, and Jordan College of the Arts.