Josephine Butler College
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| University | University of Durham |
| Coordinates | 54°45′33″N 1°34′44″W / 54.7592°N 1.5789°WCoordinates: 54°45′33″N 1°34′44″W / 54.7592°N 1.5789°W |
| Motto | Comme je trouve |
| Motto in English | We take life as we find it, and make of it what we can |
| Established | 2006 |
| Named for | Josephine Butler |
| Colours | Gold, Silver and Red |
| Principal | Adrian Simpson |
| Vice Principal | Karen Langdon |
| Undergraduates | 750 |
| Postgraduates | 110 |
| Charities | Grace House |
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 Location in Durham, England
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| Location | Dunelm House, Durham |
| Coordinates | 54°46′22.4″N 1°33′28.5″W / 54.772889°N 1.557917°W |
| Home water | River Wear |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Affiliations | British Rowing, Josephine Butler College, Durham University |
Josephine Butler College is a college at Durham University. It is located at the Howlands Farm site next to residences of Ustinov College. In the centre of the college is a grass-covered hill, 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, and has extensive leisure facilities, and a library area during the day.
On 14 December 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.
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" and is intended to mean 'we take life as we find it and make of it the best we can'.
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 and paves the way for some sports activities, where badminton and table tennis clubs practise.
The Butler building acts as the main social building of the college and mainly contains the college bar and some other rooms such as the college offices, porters lodge and reception, in addition to the JCR, TV room, college library and IT suite.
Butler is placed around the "Mound", which stands between Butler and Ustinov Colleges. 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.
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