Because I’d hate to see a perfectly good Excel spreadsheet collect virtual dust, here are some of the figures we crunched from our first semester at Shortridge…

12: Number of weeks spent at Shortridge by Butler mentors

24: Student attendance for our Exclusive Ink Holiday Reading (a record)

25: Average number of Shortridge students tutored by Butler mentors each week

108: Number of Shortridge students tutored by Butler mentors during the week of Sept. 27 (a record)

280: Number of Shortridge students tutored by Butler mentors during the semester (expository writing only, not counting Exclusive Ink)

442: Number of Shortridge students tutored by Butler mentors during the semester (all types of writing, including Exclusive Ink)

1,374: Total contact hours at Shortridge logged by Butler mentors during the semester