Sunday, August 25, 2024
9:30-10:30 AM Butler University Convocation (required)
📍Clowes Memorial Hall
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, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Brooke Barnett, Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Frank E. Ross III, Vice President for Enrollment Management, Lori Green, and other University leaders as we celebrate your formal welcome to Butler University as a student. Students will sit together on the main floor and first terrace of Clowes, families will sit on all of the terraces. Overflow family seating available in the Schrott Center for the Performing Arts.
Incoming Class Photo
📍Lawn in front of Clowes Memorial Hall
Rain date: Monday, August 26, 6:00 PM
Convocation Reception
📍 Atherton Mall
Inclement Weather Location: Dugan Hall
Immediately following the Butler University Convocation, please join Butler University faculty, deans, and administrators at a reception.
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
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
📍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)
📍The location of your orientation group will be email to your @butler.edu email account (around August 19 or 20, 2024)
Spend time with your Student Orientation Guides and Group, learning invaluable information about how to succeed as a student.
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 Campus Picnic for new 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.
6:00–8:30 PM Butler Men’s Soccer Match
📍Sellick Bowl
Come cheer on the Dawgs as they take on Western Illinois!
8:30–9:00 PM Tail-Gate
📍Hinkle Fieldhouse Tents
Grab some spirit gear to cheer on Butler’s spirit crews at the Let’s Go Dawgs event!
9:00–10:00 PM Let’s Go Dawgs! (required)
📍Hinkle Fieldhouse
Join the Orientation Team and get hyped with Butler spirit! Meet the Butler Cheerleaders, Dance Team, Pep Band, Blue, and hear from Butler Athletics’ Coaches. Learn Butler cheers, the fight song, and more.
10:00 PM–12:30 AM First Sunday Funday @BU!
📍Atherton Union, Atherton Mall | Inclement Weather Location for Olympics: Health and Recreation Complex
Pick your favorite song to Karaoke in the Irwin Library, play some board games and make friendship bracelets while the singers serenade you. Design a college pennant to hang in your room, play on the inflatables on the mall, and much more! Grab some snacks too!
Dress in your favorite monochromatic color (yellow, black, red, green, blue) so you can join an Olympics squad to participate in competitions and games.
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
9:00 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–11:00 PM Health and Recreation Complex open
📍Health and Recreation Complex (HRC)
Normal hours of operation begin.
11:00 AM–2:00 PM Midtown Provisions open
📍 Residential College (ResCo Dining)
Visa and Mastercard accepted.
4:30–8:30 PM A-Town Cafe open (returning students)
📍Atherton Union Dining Hall
Meal plans are accepted.