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.
Here's a quick look at our move-in and groovin' fun.
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.
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.
This schedule is tentative and subject to change.
Time | Event | Location |
|---|---|---|
FRIDAY, AUGUST 23 | ||
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 |
SATURDAY, AUGUST 24 | ||
| 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 |
| 12:30 - 2 p.m. | Lunch and department expo | Recreation Center |
| 2 - 2:45 p.m. | RA & commuter meetings* | Residence halls, Eckardt Lounge |
| 2 - 2:45 p.m. | Parent information panel** | B.J. Haan Auditorium |
| 3 - 4 p.m. | Parent social** | De Yager Student Activity Center |
| 3 - 6 p.m. | Choral audition | Music Building |
| 4 - 5 p.m. | Prayer walk | Clock Tower |
| 5:30 - 7 p.m. | WOW picnic | Campus Green |
| 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 25 | ||
| 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Commons |
Various times | Morning church | Local churches |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Lunch | Commons |
| 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 26 | ||
| 7:30 - 9:30 a.m. | Breakfast | Commons |
| 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 | Commons |
| 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. | Picnic | The Grove |
| 6 - 9 p.m. | WOW Olympics | Southview Green |
TUESDAY, AUGUST 27 | ||
| 8 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 28 | ||
| 11 a.m. | Chapel & Convocation | B.J. Haan Auditorium |
| 9 p.m. | Are You Smarter Than a College Freshman? | B.J. Haan Auditorium |
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29 | ||
| 1 - 4 p.m. | Taste of Sioux Center & Club Fair | Recreation Center |
| 8:30 p.m. | The Show | B.J. Haan Auditorium |
| 10 p.m. | Praise and Worship | Grille |
FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 | ||
| 6 p.m. | Block Party | The Southview Green |
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 | ||
| 8 - 9 p.m. | All-campus worship | B.J. Haan Auditorium |
| 9:15 p.m. | Campus Ministries Kick-Off | Grille |