Buff Branding 2024 Schedule
Day One (Thursday, August 22)
8:00am-5:00pm: Check in at the Office of Student Student Success Center open area OR your residence hall for your Buff Branding lanyard and name tag. Arrive at any time between these hours, it will only take a few minutes! We will confirm your color group here too.
7:00-8:00pm Color Group Time -Meet your Buff Leader!
Green - Legacy Hall
Blue – NSB Foyer
Pink- ABH
Purple- Mary Moody Lobby
8:00pm-9:00PM Open ceremony at the Buffalo Stadium
Day Two (Friday, August 23)
8:00am-12:00pm: Didn't get checked into Buff Branding yesterday? Come by the Office of Orientation and Academic Success in this timeframe to get your color group and lanyard!
9:00am-11:00am: Transfer Connect Brunch at 13/30 (Transfer students only!)
11:00am-12:00pm: Color Group Time
Green - Legacy Hall
Blue – NSB Foyer
Pink- ABH
Purple- Mary Moody Lobby
12:00pm-1:30pm: College Lunches - Enjoy Lunch with faculty from your academic college!
Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business - Vaughan Pedestrian Mall North (by Clock Tower)
College of Education and Social Sciences - 2nd Floor of Old Main
College of Nursing and Health Sciences - Fairly Club at Buffalo Stadium
Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (Ag majors) - Piehl-Schaeffer Pavilion
Paul Engler College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences (Natural Science majors) - Natural Sciences Building (NSB) Atrium
College of Engineering - Engineering Computer Science Building Lawn
Sybil B. Harrington College of Fine Arts and Humanities - Lawn between the Classroom Center and Fine Arts Center
1:30pm-3:00pm: The Amazing Race
3:00pm-4:00pm: Break
6:00pm-8:00pm: Join the Herd Org Fair on 26th st. Click here for Org list
6:30pm-7:7:30pm: Color Group Time
Green - Legacy Hall
Blue – NSB Foyer
Pink- ABH
Purple- Mary Moody Lobby
7:30-9:30pm: Thunder Games - Buffalo Stadium
9:30pm-11:00pm: Paint Party - 26th Street
Day Three (Saturday, August 24)
11:00am-12:00pm: Color Group Check In
Green - Legacy Hall
Blue – NSB Foyer
Pink- ABH
Purple- Mary Moody Lobby
12:00pm-1:30pm: Student Affairs Cookout - Engineering Building Lawn
1:30pm-4:00pm: Buff-a-Luau - Virgil Henson Activites Center
4:00pm-6:30pm: Dinner/Break/Change into Buff Branding T-shirts
6:30pm-7:00pm: Buff Branding Photo - Buffalo Stadium
7:00pm-8:30pm: Eternal Flame at the Buffalo Stadium - Discover the historic meaning behind the eternal flame
8:30pm-12:00am: Branding Ceremony/ Greek Sponsored Campus Wide Dance at the FUB - The pinnacle of the Buff Branding experience! Mark your official membership into the buff family. Arrive with your individual color groups and leave as a maroon family.