{"id":3173,"date":"2025-02-19T16:27:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/?page_id=3173"},"modified":"2026-04-05T20:33:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T00:33:28","slug":"join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/join\/","title":{"rendered":"Explore Founder&#8217;s College"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull founders-lp-header has-theme-white-color has-theme-forest-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5b8827d3592d35e86be61c8e97553d90\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-theme-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-94c86906d9f3c68321b488d25ca70d61\" id=\"h-founder-s-college\" style=\"font-size:4rem\">Founder&#8217;s College<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n@media screen and (max-width: 768px) {\nsection.content-form.is-style-founders-college.alignfull .container {z-index: 10; position: relative;}\nsection.content-form.is-style-founders-college.alignfull:after {\n    content: \"\";\n    position: absolute;\n    inset: 0;\n    background-image: url(https:\/\/d3ksh5vip8l8bk.cloudfront.net\/founders\/wp-content\/plugins\/butler-acf-blocks-new\/assets\/images\/patterns\/founders\/pattern_01_row-green.svg);\n    background-repeat: repeat;\n    background-position: top left;\n    background-size: auto;\n    opacity: 0.2;\n    z-index: 0;\n    pointer-events: none;\n}\n}\n<\/style>\n<header class=\"site-header\">\n\t<div class=\"primary-header-menu-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"primary-header-menu-container-inner\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-branding\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-branding-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2024\/05\/08104955\/founders_stacked-OneLine_White_for-web-green.svg\" class=\"custom-logo\" alt=\"Founder's College\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"100vw\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"site-title\">Founder&#8217;s College<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-branding-inner -->\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .site-branding -->\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .primary-header-menu-container-inner -->\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n<script>function getQueryParam(param) {\n    const urlParams = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);\n    return urlParams.get(param);\n}\n\nfunction loadForm() {\n    const formId1 = \"d81eb212-6132-4a92-9e1a-7ef3fd0153d3\";\n    const formId2 = \"1d0a7a00-0b62-4e21-a8cc-1a55b927b304\";\n    const selectedForm = getQueryParam(\"form\");\n\n    let formToShow, formToHide;\n\n    if (selectedForm === \"digital\") {\n        formToShow = formId1;\n        formToHide = formId2;\n    } else {\n        formToShow = formId2;\n        formToHide = formId1;\n    }\n\n    document.getElementById(`form_${formToShow}`).style.display = \"block\";\n    document.getElementById(`form_${formToHide}`).style.display = \"none\";\n}\n\ndocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", loadForm);<\/script>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-form is-style-founders-college alignfull\"\n\t>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-form-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"content-form-eyebrow t-h6\">\n\t\t\t\t\tExperience a New Way to Be a Bulldog.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"content-form-heading decor-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tFOUNDER\u2019S COLLEGE\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"content-form-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCareer-focused associate degrees. 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You&#8217;ll gain practical skills in high-demand fields while learning from Butler faculty and being part of the Butler community. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\">You&#8217;ll benefit from small classes, dedicated professors, career coaching, and access to Butler&#8217;s campus resources\u2014all designed to help you stay focused on your goals and your future. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/butler.edu\/founders\">butler.edu\/founders<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"full-width-video-image alignfull\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width-video-image__outlined-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"full-width-video-image__outlined\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"full-width-video-image__outlined-line-1\">Your Future<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"full-width-video-image__outlined-line-2\">Starts Here<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container full-width-video-image__wrapper\" id=\"media-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width-video-image-plyr__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"full-width-video-image-plyr plyr__video-embed\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<video playsinline muted poster loop\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   class=\"full-width-video-image-plyr-mp4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   data-poster=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   width=\"1920\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   height=\"1080\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<source id=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/28\/2026\/02\/10144042\/FC_Website_Loop_01_web.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/video>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"content-cards alignfull no-bg-image \" >\n\t<div class=\"squiggly\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/butler-majors\/assets\/images\/content-cards-squiggly.svg\" alt=\"\">\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"headline\"><span>Turning Determination into Opportunity<\/span><\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>As a Founder\u2019s College student, you\u2019ll work side-by-side with Butler students and be part of a close-knit academic community. You&#8217;ll earn an associate degree designed to prepare you for meaningful career opportunities, or even lead to an affordable four-year bachelor\u2019s degree.<br \/>\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/founders\/admission-and-aid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn More<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"card-group\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\" style=\"grid-row-start: 1; grid-row-end: 3;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Application opens:<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">August 15, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card\" style=\"grid-row-start: 2; grid-row-end: 4;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Eligible students have:<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Demonstrated financial need<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">A cumulative 2.5\u20133.0 high school GPA<\/li>\n<li 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