{"id":77,"date":"2021-09-24T18:05:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T18:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation-2\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T11:11:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:11:14","slug":"orientation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section style=\"--hero-accent:#8bcec4\" class=\"hero hero--standard alignfull has-no-block-start-margin hero--has-image hero--no-social-links wp-block-butler-hero-standard\">\n\t<div class=\"hero__container container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"hero__headline butler-auto-contrast\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\tOrientation\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__subheadline-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"hero__subheadline\">Welcome, Bulldog!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"hero__inner-blocks\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hero__button-list is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__extra\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/13143813\/butler-university-orientation-cheering-students.jpg\" class=\"hero__image\" alt=\"&quot;Butler University Orientation&quot; text overlaid on a background picture of students cheering wildly.\" style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/13143813\/butler-university-orientation-cheering-students.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/13143813\/butler-university-orientation-cheering-students-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/13143813\/butler-university-orientation-cheering-students-1024x240.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/13143813\/butler-university-orientation-cheering-students-768x180.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/13143813\/butler-university-orientation-cheering-students-1536x360.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/www\/sites\/22\/2025\/10\/13143813\/butler-university-orientation-cheering-students-2048x480.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">Orientation Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-online-modules\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Orientation Online Modules<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-pre-orientation-programs\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Pre-Orientation Programs<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-faq\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Orientation FAQ<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-schedule\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Orientation Schedule<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-january\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Spring Orientation<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/student-orientation-guides\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Orientation Guides<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/admitted\/nearpeer\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Nearpeer<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h2 id=\"h-fall-orientation-kick-off-the-start-of-your-school-year\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fall Orientation: Kick off the start of your school year!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-fall-2026-orientation-august-22-25\" class=\"wp-block-heading has-large-font-size\">Fall 2026 Orientation: August 22\u201325<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can\u2019t wait to welcome you to Butler University and kick off your school year. Please read through all of the&nbsp;Orientation website&nbsp;as it contains pertinent information&nbsp;about action steps you need to take to prepare for Orientation\u2014like completing required online modules, a brief overview of the Orientation schedule, and what to expect while attending&nbsp;Orientation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All new students, including first-year, transfer, and commuter students are required to take part in Orientation. We encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities to meet your classmates and learn more about Butler. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a part of their Orientation experience, all incoming students will be placed into Orientation groups which will be mentored by a returning Butler student called a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/student-orientation-guides\/\">Student Orientation Guide (SOG)<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Activities will occur throughout the day starting as early as 9:00 AM ET and extending through late-night social programming. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-schedule\/\">Orientation schedule<\/a> will be updated regularly as we near Orientation. Additional educational and social programming occurs throughout the first week of classes and in Weeks of Welcome for the first six weeks of the academic semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting classes in January? View our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation-january\/\">Spring Orientation website<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2c90304e wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-text-link-blue-medium\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation-pre-orientation-programs\/\">Explore Pre-Orientation Programs<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-text-link-blue-medium\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation-online-modules\/\">View Required Orientation Online Modules<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-container wp-block-butler-accordion-container\" data-allow-multiple=\"false\" style=\"--butler-accordion-title-bg-hover: ;\">\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tPrior to Orientation\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to a student\u2019s orientation period,&nbsp;<strong>all new students are required to complete a series of&nbsp;<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation-online-modules\/\" rel=\"noopener\">online Orientation modules<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>including&nbsp;the New Student Orientation Course, the Decisions: Alcohol Awareness &amp; Education assignment, and the Cultivating Awareness &amp; Prevention of Sexual Violence assignment<strong>. <\/strong>All courses will be available online via Canvas and students will be notified&nbsp;via their Butler email when they can access the courses in late summer. More information about each course, including completion deadlines, can be found&nbsp;<a aria-label=\"To make this website accessible to screen reader, Press combination of alt and 1 keys. To stop getting this message, press the combination of alt and 2 keys\" href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation-online-modules\/\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tCheck-In &amp; Move-In\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All first-year, transfer, and commuter students will check-in on campus, in-person, to receive their new Butler student ID, their Orientation shirt and, if they are residential students, their key to their residence hall room, on&nbsp;<strong>Saturday, August 22, 2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students will be assigned a check-in and move-in time between 8:00 AM\u20134:30 PM ET on Saturday, August 22, 2026. Students will be notified of their assigned time via email in mid-July.&nbsp; If students are unable to arrive for their assigned move-in time prior to 4:30 PM, they will be unable to utilize the moving company to unload their belongings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commuter and Founder&#8217;s College students may arrive any time after 3:30\u20135:00 PM to participate in the Resource Fair, dinner, and commuter student meeting scheduled for 5:30\u20137:00 PM.&nbsp;They will then join their Orientation groups at 7:30 PM for their first meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additional information about the check-in process for Orientation and move-in will be shared in future communications.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tCommuter Students\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As new Butler Bulldogs, students commuting to campus are expected to be at&nbsp;<strong><em>all<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;meetings listed as&nbsp;<strong><em>required<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;on the full&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-schedule\/\">Orientation schedule<\/a>. There are required meetings on each day of Orientation Saturday (8\/22)\u2013Tuesday (8\/25).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please note, there are&nbsp;<strong>two (2) required meetings<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong><em>specifically for commuter students<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>On Saturday, August 22<\/strong>, please arrive to campus by 3:30\u20135:00 PM to participate in the Resource Fair, dinner and Commuter student meeting from 5:30\u20137:00 PM. Orientation Groups will then meet from beginning at 7:30 PM.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New commuter students will pick up their Orientation T-shirt (if not previously picked up earlier in the day during the check-in process) and meet with campus representatives as well as returning commuter students.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Families are welcome to attend.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Families may prefer to attend the&nbsp;<strong>Family Presentation and Dessert Reception<\/strong>&nbsp;in Schrott Center for the Performing Arts at 7:30\u20139:00 PM.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Tuesday, August 25, Noon\u20131:30 PM<\/strong>&nbsp;(lunch will be provided) in Jordan Hall, Room 141<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commuter students will be placed in Orientation groups based on their First-Year Seminar class to participate in required orientation group meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We also want to strongly encourage our commuter students to attend non-required events during Orientation and beyond! These are great ways to meet fellow Bulldogs and makes connections to campus activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/butler_cab\/\">Commuters at Butler (CAB) student organization<\/a> will be hosting informal gathering spaces for new commuter students during breaks throughout Orientation. Please see the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/orientation\/orientation-schedule\/\">Orientation schedule<\/a>&nbsp;for dates and times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For general information regarding commuter students,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/off-campus-and-commuter-students\/\">please visit our webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"butler-accordion-item wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-header\">\n\t\t<h2 class=\"butler-accordion-title wp-block-butler-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"butler-accordion-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\tFamily Programming\t\t\t\t<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Open<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"butler-accordion-item-content\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We invite families to participate in a number of special programming opportunities on Saturday, August 22, and Sunday, August 23, including a Resource Fair,&nbsp;Family Dessert Reception,&nbsp;religious and spiritual services on campus, and&nbsp;Convocation and the Convocation Reception. The Convocation program is the official welcome and start to Butler University\u2019s academic year. (This program will also be live-streamed for any families who are unable to attend in person.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Families will be asked to say goodbye to their students by 1:30 PM ET on Sunday, August 23, when students will be transitioning into programming with their Student Orientation Groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Questions about Orientation: <a href=\"mailto:orientation@butler.edu\">orientation@butler.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Questions about the move-in process: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/housing-dining\/housing-faqs\/\">Residence Life housing FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/admission-aid\/admitted\/important-dates\/\">important dates<\/a> for Fall 2026<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Visit Butler&#8217;s Parent &amp; Family <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ButlerParentFamilyPage\/\">Facebook page<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/student-life\/parents\/\">Explore parents &amp; families website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"footer-contact has-social-links wp-block-butler-footer-contact\">\n\t<div class=\"footer-contact-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact-content\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-headline has-xx-large-font-size\">Contact the Office of First-Year Experience and Student Transitions<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top footer-contact-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">Office &#038; Hours<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/map.butler.edu\/?id=416#!m\/120158?share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan Hall, Room 144<\/a><br>8:30 AM\u20134:30 PM<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">Email &#038; Phone Number<\/h3><div class=\"footer-contact-column-content\"><div class=\"footer-contact__column\">\r\n<div class=\"footer-contact__columnContent wysiwyg__content\">\r\n\r\n<a href=\"mailto:%20orientation@butler.edu\">orientation@butler.edu<\/a>\r\n<span class=\"tel\">317-940-8648<\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">Contacts<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:%20mhaggert@butler.edu\">Meg Haggerty<\/a><br>Director, First-Year Experience and 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