Monday, August 25, 2025
Schedule: Orientation Day 3
7:00 AM–10:00 AM Breakfast (For All Students)
📍 A-Town Cafe (Atherton Union)
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.
9:15AM–9:45PM Wake Up With Wellness
📍 Atherton Union Mall | Inclement Weather Location Orientation: Fairview Community Room
Use this time for your best self-care: sleep-in, attend the 45-minute morning yoga* session on the mall, participate in Eco Therapy walking trails around campus, or do something you love to recharge – walk, run, meditate, read, write, or grab a coffee with a new friend. *Note if you wish to attend yoga on the mall, please bring a mat, towel or blanket and wear comfortable clothing.
9:00 AM–11:00 AM Butler Brew Spotlight on Local Partners
📍Dugan Hall, Atrium
Grab some samples from our local partners! Free!
10:00 AM–1:15 PM Academic Day (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
- College Meetings
📍Locations to be announced
Required for all new first year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students - Department Meetings
📍Locations will be announced during college meetings.
Required for all new first year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students - Lunch With Department Faculty
📍Locations will be announced during department meetings.
Required for all new first year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students
1:30–2:30 PM Student Orientation Group Meetings (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍The location of your orientation group can be found in your Butler email.
Common Read Book Discussion
More information about this year’s common read is available on the New Student Orientation Canvas course.
2:30–4:00 PM Spaces for “We”
📍Dugan Hall, various classrooms and atrium
Spaces for “We” is a unique experience during which campus affinity groups of our underrepresented populations will informally gather with first year students to build connections, offer support, and enjoy the community. Allies welcome!
Locations will be reserved for the following identities:
- LGBTQIA+ students
- Students of Color
- Disabled/Students with Disabilities
- First Generation (First-Gen)
- Commuter students
- Jewish students
- Muslim students
Attendees can visit multiple spaces even if they do not share that identity. Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP using this link to receive room locations. Questions can be sent to Lauryn Jones.
4:00–9:00 PM JCA–Music Ensemble Placement Auditions
📍Various locations, 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 at tblanco@butler.edu.
4:30–8:30 PM Dinner (for all students)
📍 A-Town Cafe (Atherton Union)
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.
5:00–6:00 PM Special Dietary Needs?
📍 A-Town Cafe (Atherton Union)
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 12:00 PM.)
6:30–7:00 PM Hype to Hinkle (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍 Small Tent on Mall
Grab some spirit gear and get hype as we head to Hinkle Magic!
7:00–8:30 PM Hinkle Magic! (Required for all first-year, transfer, commuter, and Founder’s College students)
📍 Hinkle Fieldhouse, Main Gym
Meet the Butler Cheerleaders, Dance Team, Pep Band, Butler Blue IV, and hear from Butler Athletics’ Coaches. Learn Butler cheers, the fight song, and more.
10:00 PM–12:30 AM HRCarnival
📍Health and Recreation Complex and Lawn, Butler Observatory, etc.
Head to the Butler HRC for HRCarnival! Play Human Billiards, Human Foosball, and run around in the Zorb balls on the lawn. Inside the HRC, play mini golf on the track, 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 Café open (breakfast for all students)
📍Atherton Union Dining Hall
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.
8:00 AM–12:00 PM; 1:00–4:30 PM Office of Parking Services open
📍4702 Sunset Ave. (Parking Garage, Suite 500)
9:00 AM–5:00 PM Bookstore open
📍Atherton Union
Online order pick-up available on the landing between the bookstore and Plum Market.
9:00 AM–10:00 PM A-Town Market open
📍Atherton Union
11:00 AM–2:00 PM A-Town Café (lunch for all students)
📍Atherton Union, Dining Hall
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 Café (dinner for returning students)
📍Atherton Union, Dining Hall
Please bring your Butler University ID. Meal plans are accepted.