Monday, August 24, 2026
Schedule: Orientation Day 3
7:00–10:00 AM Breakfast (for all students)
📍A-Town Cafe
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.
9:00–9:45 AM Wake Up with Wellness
📍Atherton Mall (inclement weather location: Fairview House Community Room)
Use this time for your own personal best self-care: sleep in, participate in ecotherapy walking trails around campus, or do something you love to recharge—walk, run, meditate, read, write, or grab a coffee with a new friend.
9:00–10:00 AM Butler Dining Spotlight on Local Partners
📍Atherton Union, 1st Floor, near A-Town Cafe Entrance
Grab some samples from our local partners! Free!
10:00 AM–1:15 PM Academic Day (timing unless otherwise noted on your personalized Orientation schedule)
College Meetings (Required for all new first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍Locations to be announced.
Department Meetings (Required for all new first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍Locations will be announced during college meetings.
Lunch with Department Faculty (Required for all new first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍Locations will be announced during department meetings.
1:30–3:00 PM Spaces for “We”
📍Dugan Hall, Various Classrooms & Atrium
Spaces for “We” is a community-building event designed to help new students from underrepresented identities connect with students, staff, faculty, and alumni and learn about spaces of belonging at Butler. Through informal conversation, games, and activities, students will have the opportunity to build relationships, ask questions, and find support as they begin their college experience. Allies are welcome to attend and engage respectfully.
Locations will be reserved for the following identities:
- LGBTQIA+ students
- Students of Color
- Disabled/Students with disabilities
- First-Generation (First-Gen) students
- Commuter students
- Jewish students
- Muslim students
- Veterans and Military Connected students
Attendees are welcome to visit multiple spaces to learn, connect, and build community across identities. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to receive room locations. Questions can be sent to Lauryn Jones.
1:30–3:15 PM JCA–Music Ensemble Placement Auditions (Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, & All University Choirs)
📍Lilly Hall, Rooms 110, 112, 120, & 124 & Eidson-Duckwall Recital Hall (details online, advance sign-up required)
Sign up for an audition and view audition details on our website. If your placement audition time conflicts with an Orientation session, please contact Dr. Trae Blanco for instrumental auditions or Dr. Becky Marsh for choral auditions.
3:30–4:30 PM Student Orientation Group Meetings (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍The location of your orientation group has been emailed to your Butler email.
4:30–5:15 PM Break (Groups 36–72)
Orientation Group Dinner (Groups 1–35)
📍Pick up food in A-Town Cafe, take plates out to the Atherton Mall & Butler Way Mall tents (inclement weather location: A-Town Cafe)
Please bring your Butler University ID.
4:30–5:30 PM Peer Mentor Meeting
4:30–8:30 PM Dinner (for all students)
📍A-Town Cafe
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.
5:00–6:00 PM Special Dietary Needs?
📍A-Town Cafe
Maximize your meal plan! Meet with dining hall managers and learn about campus resources for those who have food allergies, intolerances, and special dietary needs. (Also offered on Tuesday at noon.)
5:15–6:30 PM Break (Groups 1–35)
Orientation Group Dinner (Groups 36–72)
📍Pick up food in A-Town Cafe, take plates out to the Atherton Mall & Butler Way Mall tents (inclement weather location: A-Town Cafe)
Please bring your Butler University ID.
6:20–6:50 PM Spirit Zone @ Hinkle
📍Hinkle Fieldhouse Parking Lot
Grab some spirit gear and get hype for Hinkle Magic!
7:00–8:00 PM Hinkle Magic! (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍Hinkle Fieldhouse, Main Gym
The entire Butler Community (faculty, staff, new and returning students) are invited to come learn Butler cheers, the fight song, meet the Cheerleaders, Dance Team, Pep Band, and hear from Butler Athletics’ Coaches.
10:00–11:30 PM Late Nite Programming
📍Atherton Mall
Play Human Billiards, Human Foosball, and run around in the Zorb balls on the lawn. Play mini golf, ride a mechanical bull, and enjoy other exciting activities and fair food snacks!
Head to the Butler Observatory to watch a planetarium show and to look through the telescope at the stars!
Orientation Week: Campus locations and hours of operation
6:00 AM–11:00 PM Health and Recreation Complex open
📍Health and Recreation Complex (HRC)
7:00 AM–7:00 PM Starbucks open
📍Atherton Union
7:00–10:00 AM A-Town Cafe open (breakfast for all students)
📍Atherton Union
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.
8:00 AM–Noon; 1:00–4:30 PM Office of Parking Services open
📍4702 Sunset Avenue (Parking Garage, Suite 500)
If you need to pick up your student ID, please visit Parking Services and bring a valid government-issued ID to get set up.
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Bookstore open
📍Atherton Union
Online order pick-up available on the landing between the bookstore and A-Town Market.
9:00 AM–10:00 PM A-Town Market open
📍Atherton Union
11:00 AM–2:00 PM A-Town Cafe (lunch for all students)
📍Atherton Union
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.
11:00 AM–3:00 PM Midtown Provisions open (lunch)
📍Residential College (ResCo Dining)
Grab-and-go options will be available (Visa and Mastercard accepted).
4:30–8:30 PM A-Town Cafe (dinner for returning students)
📍Atherton Union
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.