{"id":474,"date":"2022-04-27T13:29:52","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/diversity-center\/dawg-days\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:59:29","slug":"dawg-days","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/efroymson-diversity-center\/dawg-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Dawg Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Diversity Center Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/efroymson-diversity-center\/meet-our-team\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Meet Our Team<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/efroymson-diversity-center\/morton-finney-scholars-program\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Morton-Finney Scholars Program<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/efroymson-diversity-center\/student-organizations\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Organizations <\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/efroymson-diversity-center\/dawg-days\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Dawg Days<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/efroymson-diversity-center\/our-space\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Our Space<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/efroymson-diversity-center\/education-and-training\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Education and Training<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-dawg-days\">Dawg Days<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Butler DawgDays\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LrFZzDnZD4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dawg Days is a Pre-Orientation Program that strives to build a supportive network of students from diverse backgrounds and identities including students of color and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Peer mentors and University staff facilitate empowering social and educational activities while exposing students to campus and community resources to help them build relationships and navigate their journeys at Butler.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Typically, Dawg Days participants get to interact with and attend workshops facilitated by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Student Success Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hub for Black Affairs and Community Engagement<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Compass Center<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Butler University alumni<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition to the workshops, Dawg Days participants are matched with a peer advocate. Peer advocates provide personal support, assistance, social guidance, and positive campus survival skills through strong mentoring communities and individual&nbsp; mentoring. Peer advocates introduce Dawg Days participants to different events on-campus, coordinate one-on-one meetings with them, and serve as a referral agent and connector to the rest of Butler\u2019s campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"callout-two-column-billboard alignfull has-no-block-start-margin wp-block-butler-callout-two-column-billboard\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-wrapper container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-headline\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-headline-text butler-auto-contrast\">\n\t\t\t\t\tStudent Stories\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-overview content-block__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-overview-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tLearn more about students&#8217; Dawg Days experience and what the program means to them.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-cards-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-cards\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card wp-block-butler-callout-two-column-billboard-card\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/08\/08105120\/Raeghan.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading callout-two-column-billboard-card-heading\">Raeghan Jefferson<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-description wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;My favorite Dawg Days memory was being a Student Coordinator and watching all the mentor\/mentee matches come to life. The lasting bonds I and other mentors have made over the years have been the most fulfilling part of the experience.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons butler-button-group callout-two-column-billboard-card-link wp-block-butler-button-group\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-arrow-right butler-auto-contrast\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/stories.butler.edu\/meet-dawg-days-student-raeghan-jefferson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read Raeghan&#8217;s full story<\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<article class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card wp-block-butler-callout-two-column-billboard-card\">\n\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-image-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-image\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/31\/2024\/08\/08105120\/Raj-scaled-e1724182673672.jpeg\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading callout-two-column-billboard-card-heading\">Raj Kadakia<\/h3>\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"callout-two-column-billboard-card-description wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Participating in Dawg Days has meant everything to my first year experience&#8230; Dawg days provided me with a mentor who could foster a deeper connection with me, and had everything I was looking for from a mentor, and then some. 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