Butler Religious Holiday Accommodations Policy and Calendar

The Policy on Religious Holidays provides guidance to students on how to navigate accommodations when their faith tradition practice poses a conflict with their academic study. In addition, we provide a list of dates of when the holidays occur for the current academic year from the traditions most common among our students, faculty, and staff. We advise faculty to try to avoid putting exams or elements of class that cannot be made up on these dates; we also suggest campus partners who design programs try to avoid these dates.

View the Policy on Religious Holidays.

Religious Observance and Holiday Calendar and Religious Accommodation Policy Academic Years 24-25 and 25-26

Multifaith Calendar

The Harvard Divinity School provides an excellent Multifaith Calendar.

Religious Communities in Indianapolis

The list below is a resource for those who wish to explore and/practice in a faith tradition. The communities provided below are shown either because they have a connection to our faith and philosophical communities, they reflect common traditions among our student body, or they are proximal to campus. The Compass Center at Butler University does not endorse any sites and we view this list as a source of information upon which to base personal decisions regarding faith and practice.

Butler University Faith-Based Community Responses: Vigils, Memorials, and Gatherings

At times students may desire a faith-based response to a local, national, or global set of events.  This set of Guidelines for Butler University Faith-Based Community Responses is designed to articulate the guidelines for a community-wide faith-based response if it is to be sponsored by Butler University (and coordinated in conjunction with The Compass Center), representing the wider campus communities.

Vocational Reflection Resources

The Vocational Reflection Resource is a menu of different practices faculty have been accessing to help infuse vocational reflection into their courses.

The Compass Center Blog and Podcast

The Compass Center students, interns, faculty and staff write reflection blogs while taking part in internships, leading on projects and collaborating with CC teams.

The Compass Center hosts a podcast on meaning and purpose work they participate in as a member of the Center team.

Meaning and Purpose Exploration into Curricula

The Meaning and Purpose Exploration in Curricula is a menu of different practices faculty have been accessing to help infuse vocational reflection into their courses.

Academic Study of Religion

For students interested in the academic study of religion, we have further details about the Religious Studies program on campus.