Week of Welcome

Welcome to campus! We're so glad you're here.

Week of Welcome, or as we like to call it: WOW, is an event designed to immerse new students into campus culture and community, while also acclimating them to what college might be like before classes start. It's a great way for students to make friends, get comfortable with the campus, and feel settled into their new home-away-from-home.

Helpful Links

Helpful information for parents throughout the year.

Parent Handbook

Use this as a prayer guide as you walk through campus.

Prayer Walk Guide

The program for our Welcoming Celebration.

WOW Program

Join us virtually for the Welcoming Celebration!

Livestream

The Plan

Step 1: Move-In

Campus is ready for you! Let's do this!

STEP 2: SUNDAY

On Sunday, we will have a variety of experiences planned for students including the opportunity to tune in to or join a local church in the morning and other community-building activities.

STEP 3: MONDAY

Monday will include a bunch more fun activities and will provide students enough time to check out where their classes will be on-campus and prepare for classes on Tuesday.

Snapshots from Last Year

Schedule of Events

This schedule is tentative and subject to change.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 22

Time	Event	Location
1 p.m. - 7 p.m.	Registration Open	Clock Tower
1 p.m. - 7 p.m.	New Student Check-in and Move-in	Residence Halls
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.	Dinner	Atrium

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23

Time	Event	Location
8 - 10 a.m.	New Student Check-in and Move-in	Residence Halls
8 - 10 a.m.	Registration	Clock Tower (tent)
8 - 10 a.m.	Grab & go breakfast	Clock Tower
10:15 a.m.	Campus tours**	Clock Tower
10:15 a.m.	WOW meeting #1*	B.J. Haan Auditorium
11:30 a.m.	Welcoming celebration	B.J. Haan Auditorium & Atrium
12:30 - 2 p.m.	Lunch and Department Expo	Recreation Center
2 - 2:45 p.m.	Parent information panel**	B.J. Haan Auditorium
2 - 2:45 p.m.	RA & commuter meetings*	Residence Halls, Eckardt Lounge
3 - 6 p.m.	Choral Auditions	Music Building
3 - 4 p.m.	Parent social**	The Overlook
4 - 5 p.m.	Prayer walk	Clock Tower
5:30 - 7 p.m.	WOW picnic	The Atrium
7 p.m.	WOW meeting #2*	B.J. Haan Auditorium
8 p.m.	Ice Cream Social	Clock Tower
	Student-only activities *Parent-only activities

SUNDAY, AUGUST 24

Time	Event	Location
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.	Breakfast	Atrium
Various times	Morning church	Local Churches
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.	Lunch	Atrium
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.	Families say goodbye
1:30 - 2:00 p.m.	WOW meeting #3	B.J. Haan Auditorium
2 - 4:15 p.m.	Olympic preliminaries	B.J. Haan Auditorium
4:15 - 5:15 p.m.	Dinner with the Hoekstras	Recreation Center
Various times	Evening church	Local churches

MONDAY, AUGUST 25

Time	Event	Location
7:30 - 9:30 a.m.	Breakfast	Atrium
6 - 9 a.m.	Athletic Practices	Various Locations
8 - 10 a.m.	Choral auditions	Music Building
8 - 10 a.m.	Free Time (Find your classes, purchase your books, set up your room, take a walk, go to the Rec Center, tour the Gaming Guild, etc.)	Various Locations
10:15 a.m.	Program orientation kickoff	B.J. Haan Auditorium
10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.	Program Orientation	Various Locations
12 - 1 p.m.	Lunch	Atrium
1 - 2 p.m.	Program Orientation for Double-majors, explorers, and AEC-100 students	Various locations
2 - 4 p.m.	Student employee meetings	B.J. Haan Auditorium
5 - 6 p.m.	WOW Picnic	Kuyper Lawn
6 - 9 p.m.	WOW Olympics	Southview Green

TUESDAY, AUGUST 26

Time	Event	Location
8:10 a.m.	Classes begin	Campus
2 - 5 p.m.	Talent Auditions	SB 1606
7 p.m.	Community standards meeting	B.J. Haan Auditorium
7:30 p.m.	Wing meeting	Residence halls

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27

Time	Event	Location
11:10 a.m.	Chapel & Convocation	B.J. Haan Auditorium
8:00 p.m.	The Show	B.J. Haan Auditorium

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28

Time	Event	Location
1 - 4 p.m.	Taste of Sioux Center & Club Fair	Recreation Center
8 p.m.	Defender Feud	B.J. Haan Auditorium
9:30 p.m.	Praise and Worship	Grille
10:30 p.m.	Defender Crunch Time	Grille

FRIDAY, AUGUST 29

Time	Event	Location
6 p.m.	Block Party	Southview Green

SUNDAY, AUGUST 31

Time	Event	Location
8 - 9 p.m.	All-campus worship	B.J. Haan Auditorium
9:15 p.m.	Campus Ministries Kick-Off	Grille

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