OUR WHY & OUR PEOPLE
These are the people and programs dedicated to actualizing our mission to be an equitable and inclusive university where everyone is valued, inspired, respected, and able to flourish.
The Compass Center
The Compass Center supports students, faculty, and staff—of all faith, spiritual, and secular identities—in living lives of purpose, meaning, and contribution through multifaith communities, interfaith engagement, meaning and purpose exploration, and spiritual life for well-being.
Efroymson Diversity Center
The Efroymson Diversity Center serves as an entity and community to empower students, through identity engagement, to make meaningful impact throughout their Butler experience.
Hub on Black Affairs and Community Engagement
The Hub exists to center and elevate the collective Black voice and experience at Butler University; strives to lead the disruption and continued dismantling of systemic racism; and cultivates the collective Black strengths to build and maintain a more inclusive community.
Office of Institutional Equity
The Office of Institutional Equity promotes and ensures fair and equal treatment for all individuals within the University community by preventing, responding to, and remedying issues related to bias, discrimination, harassment, and unequal treatment based on protected characteristics.
Initiatives and Engagement
The DEI initiatives and engagement team is responsible for developing and executing large scale, campus-wide programs and activities which advance our DEI strategy including our DEI learning and development, inclusion, and community partnership initiatives.
Student Disability Services
Student Disability Services facilitates equal access to educational opportunities for students with disabilities through direct support services, the provision of accommodations, campus-wide education, promotion of disability-awareness and Universal Design, and collaboration with all facets of the University to ensure an equitable and accessible campus experience.