Sunday, August 24, 2025
Schedule: Orientation Day 2
8:00 AM–2:00 PM Brunch (For All Students)
📍A-Town Cafe (Atherton Union)
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted. Credit card payment is accepted for those without a meal plan.
9:30-10:30 AM Butler University Convocation (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍Hinkle Fieldhouse
As a Bulldog, there are two events that mark your academic journey at Butler: your induction as a scholar at Convocation and your commencement as a graduate. Join President James M. Danko, Interim Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Jay Howard, Vice President for DEI & Student Affairs, Dr. Khalilah Marbury, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Lori Greene, and other University leaders as we celebrate your formal welcome to Butler University as a student. Students will enter Hinkle Fieldhouse at Gates 2 & 3 to be directed to their seats together in the 100-level of the arena, while families will be directed to their seats from the upper track level. Families should enter Hinkle Fieldhouse at Gate 1.
Incoming Class Photo
📍Sellick Bowl, Hinkle Fieldhouse
Rain date: Monday, August 25, 6:00 PM
Convocation Reception
📍 Lawn of Health and Recreation Complex
Inclement Weather Location: Dugan Hall
Immediately following the Butler University Convocation, please join Butler University faculty, deans, and administrators on the lawn of the Health and Recreation Complex.
11:30 AM–1:00 PM Health and Recreation Complex (HRC) Open House
📍Health and Recreation Complex (HRC)
The doors are open to the Health and Recreation (HRC) for our first annual Open House! Come tour the recreation side of the HRC, get a behind the scenes tour of Health Services, grab a snack, chat with our Counselors, and learn about the many programs we have to offer for our students. We look forward to seeing you after Convocation!
11:30 AM–1:00 PM Family lunch on your own
Families can eat lunch at A-Town Cafe or A-Town Market in Atherton Union, Midtown Provisions in Residential College, or off-campus.
11:30 AM–1:15 PM Commuter Student Center open
📍Atherton Union, Commuter Student Center, Room 011
Commuter students can hang out in this gathering space before the next required program. Members of the Commuter Student Organization and group’s advisor will be onsite. Lunch tickets will be provided.
11:30 AM–12:30 PM Butler Catholic Community Mass
📍Atherton Union, Reilly Room
Join the Butler Catholic Community for the celebration of Mass.
Lunch will be served to Mass attendees.
1:00–1:30 PM Family Farewell
Please use this time to say goodbye before student orientation group meetings begin.
1:30–2:30 PM Jordan College of the Arts (JCA) Family Reception
For JCA Families only – JCA students will attend
their Student Orientation Group Meeting
📍Schrott Center for the Arts, Lobby
Meet the JCA Dean, members of the JCA faculty & staff, and other new JCA families. Light refreshments will be served.
1:30–5:00 PM Student Orientation Group Meetings (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍The location of your orientation group has also been emailed to your Butler email.
Identity + Me
Orientation Group Rooms
Explore your own identities and how an awareness of them can lead to opportunities to establish and maintain belonging for yourself and others. This engaging session will build skills of self-reflection, communication, trust, and appreciation for diversity. Regardless of one’s identity, each student will participate in this experience by acknowledging several different components of their own identity and reflecting on their experiences of them.
5:00–7:30 PM Orientation Group Dinner (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍Pick up food in A-Town Café, take plates out to the Atherton Mall and Butler Way Mall tents | Inclement weather location: Atherton Union dining hall
Please bring your Butler University ID.
6:00–8:00 PM Commuter Student Center Open
📍Atherton Union, Commuter Student Center, Room 011
Commuter students can hang out in this gathering space before the next required program. Commuter students will have access to meals in Atherton Marketplace.
7:00–8:45 PM Playfair
📍North Atherton Mall
Inclement weather location: Health and Recreation Complex (HRC)
Meet hundreds of new students while playing icebreakers and games!
8:30–9:45 PM (Immediately following Playfair) Compass Center Ice Cream Social and Open House
📍Compass Center (The Blue House across from Schrott)
Join The Compass Center communities to learn how to get involved in religious, spiritual, and secular organizations at Butler. Broad Ripple Ice Cream Shop (BRICS) sponsors the delicious ice cream offered!
Meet hundreds of new students while playing icebreakers and games!
10:00 PM–12:30 AM Rave-Yard Shift!
📍Atherton Union, Atherton Mall & Holcomb Observatory
Join new students to dance the night away at the Glow Rave in the tent. Head to the Observatory to watch a planetarium show and look through the telescope at the stars. Play on an 80’s arcade game or the VR roller coaster, tie-dye a t-shirt, and ride the train! Dig in the dirt and plant a mini plant for your room. Head to the firepits to build a s’more, and enjoy outdoor other exciting activities!
Orientation Week: Campus Locations and Hours of Operation
8:00 AM–4:00 PM Bookstore open
📍Atherton Union
Online order pick-up available on the landing between the bookstore and Plum Market.
8:00 AM–4:30 PM Office of Parking Services open
📍4702 Sunset Ave. (Parking Garage, Suite 500)
8:00 AM–5:00 PM Starbucks open
📍Atherton Union
8:00 AM–2:00 PM A-Town Cafe open
📍Atherton Union Dining Hall
Brunch is available for credit card (Visa and Mastercard accepted). Meal plans are accepted.
10:00 AM–5:00 PM A-Town Market open
📍Atherton Union
Visa and Mastercard accepted.
11:00 AM–2:00 PM Midtown Provisions open (lunch)
📍 Residential College (ResCo Dining)
Visa and Mastercard accepted.
11:00 AM–11:00 PM Health and Recreation Complex open
📍Health and Recreation Complex (HRC)
Normal hours of operation begin.
4:30–8:30 PM A-Town Cafe open (returning students)
📍Atherton Union Dining Hall
Meal plans are accepted.