Signature Events - Bradley University

Late Night BU

Late Night BU is a fun monthly event run by students offering food from local restaurants, giveaways, and a variety of activities. LNBU has featured paintball, fencing competitions, DJs, glow-in-the-dark mini-golf, and much more.

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The Late Night BU Planning Committee is always looking to partner with student organizations for a LNBU! Collaboration is an excellent way to increase student awareness of your organization!

If you are interested in contributing to LNBU’s success, please contact Michael Trubshaw at mtrubshaw@fsmail.bradley.edu to learn more. Since event coordinators typically begin planning LNBUs several months prior to the event date, the sooner you contact us the better chance we’ll be able to have of collaborating.

There are two main ways your organization can partner with LNBU:

Plan and manage an activity – Your organization can find, develop and manage an activity at an event. LNBU can cover the costs of implementing this activity.
Volunteer at an activity – The LNBU Planning Committee will organize the activity, but your organization will run it at LNBU.

Students can also volunteer at a LNBU without being associated with an organization. If you’re interested in doing so, please contact us to let us know.

Late Night BU Programming Team

Event Coordinator	Elda Osmani	eosmani@mail.bradley.edu
Event Coordinator	Yaritza Contreras	ycontrera2@mail.bradley.edu
Event Coordinator	Logan Vargas	lpvargas@mail.bradley.edu
Event Coordinator	Emily Chanez	echanez@mail.bradley.edu
Graphic Design & Marketing Coordinator	Shania Jennings	sjennings@mail.bradley.edu
Advisor	Jeimy López García	jlopezgarcia@bradley.edu

Student Employment Opportunities

Applications are currently closed. We will be hiring again in Fall 2026.

Sponsorships and donations have contributed significantly to LNBU’s success. These contributions have helped reduce high risk drinking for Bradley University students. Our three main types of sponsorships include catering, goods and services, and financial contributions.

Food sponsorships are among the most important donations we receive for Late Night BU. At each event we provide a late night snack for approximately 1,200 students. Catered food and staff support is frequently donated by local restaurants. Alexander’s Steakhouse and Aramark Dining Services have been tremendous supporters of LNBU by sponsoring the meal for one LNBU per semester. We have also enjoyed donations of prepackaged foods from companies such as ConAgra.

Other local businesses have donated services and prizes. Fun on the Run provides free inflatables for one LNBU each year. Regent Broadcasting arranges a night of entertainment with a DJ or band. Allegiant Air contributed two airline tickets to be given away as prizes at LNBUs one year.

Financial donations improve the quantity and quality of activities at Late Night BU. LNBUs are largely funded through a student activity fee; however, we rely on financial support from a variety of local organizations to provide activities which continue to draw large quantities of students. Past financial sponsors have included Allstate Insurance and Brewers Distributing.

Businesses and organizations can benefit in a variety of ways from sponsoring or donating goods and services for a Late Night BU. Each LNBU attracts 1,200-1,500 college students ages 18 – 24. LNBUs are terrific venues for promoting your company and/or services. LNBU sponsors are listed on posters, student-wide emails, the event Facebook page prior to the event. Throughout the past year, LNBUs have received press coverage from newspapers such as The Scout and the Peoria Journal Star. Stories of LNBU’s success have also been covered by radio station WCBU. By sponsoring LNBU, your company can be proud to support an initiative aimed at curbing high risk behavior among college students.

If you are interesting in sponsoring a Late Night BU event, please contact Michael Trubshaw at mtrubshaw@fsmail.bradley.edu. We would love to add your company/restaurant to our growing list of sponsors.

If you or your student organization would like to volunteer with Late Night BU please email studentactivities@fsmail.bradley.edu

Fall Welcome Week

Welcome Week is a time for students to connect with the Bradley family! The week is filled with opportunities to meet other students and build friendships as well as engage with faculty and staff. Activities include:

A student activities fair introducing you to different student organizations on campus
Taste of Bradley, an annual event where local food trucks park in the quad and offer up their specialties
First-year convocation, a welcome event with the President and Vice President of Student Affairs followed by a class photo in the shape of a B
Block party on Fredonia where you can get an up-close look at Greek Life at Bradley

Family Weekend

Family Weekend offers up plenty of activities on campus for you and your family to enjoy like a movie or a picnic on the quad, a pick-up basketball game at Markin Recreation Center, and an opportunity to cheer on the Men’s Soccer Team.

Homecoming

Homecoming is the perfect celebration of all things Bradley! Connect with Bradley students from across generations at the Homecoming Tailgate, cheer on our Division 1 team, and take in the awesome Lighting of the B.

Spring Welcome Week

Spring Welcome Back Week is the perfect way to jump back into campus and kick off your spring semester! Join the excitement at Late Night BU, bring the energy as you cheer on our Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams, and check out what the student organizations are up to (and maybe join one!) at the activities fair.

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Markin 120
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