{"id":843,"date":"2026-02-04T15:43:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerccom\/?p=843"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:43:54","slug":"butler-university-founders-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/butlerccom\/2026\/02\/04\/butler-university-founders-week-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Butler University “Founder’s Week” 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Mission statements grow out of a university\u2019s founding, and they articulate the purpose, goals, and values that guide the institution in its educational and community-facing efforts. While also kicking off the celebration of Black History Month across campus (please read Black History Month on campus<\/a><\/em> by Elliot Z. Muehlhausen ’28, The Collegian Staff Reporter and journalism major), the first full week of February is when Butler University recognizes \u201cFounder\u2019s Week,\u201d an event marking the importance of its mission<\/a> and the man who set the university on its course, Ovid Butler.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Butler\u2019s vision was for a university that provided educational opportunities for all, regardless of gender, race, or circumstance. This drove his approach\u2014and it is the soul of the institution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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