Passage 2024 Schedule

 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Campus Residences Open for Move-In

First Year students, head to your campus residence to begin the move-in process and check in at your residence hall.

Transfers, check in at the transfer welcome tent - 301 Chase St. - outside of the Welcome Center.

The Thunder Move-In Team will be ready to assist all new students with moving into their residence! 

12:00 pm - 6:00 pm 

Parent Check-In and Hospitality
Parents, check in and pick up your nametags, enjoy a cup of coffee, gather some Wheaton swag, and make some new friends.
Chrouser Sports Complex, Great Hall

3:00 - 5:00 pm

4:30 pm

Anderson Commons, Beamer Center

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Legacy Student Photo
Calling all alumni children and grandchildren! Join fellow new students of alumni for a generational photo that will be published in Wheaton magazine. Photos will begin promptly at 5:20 p.m.
Coray Alumni Gymnasium

6:30 pm - 7:15 pm

Aequitas Fellows Gathering
All Aequitas Fellows and their families are invited for an informal time to meet the Aequitas faculty theme coordinators and connect with one another.
Armerding Concert Hall, 190

7:30 pm - 8:45 pm

Opening Welcome
A welcome and dedication program for new students, with administrators, the Orientation Committee, parents and other guests.
Edman Memorial Chapel

9:00 - 10:30 pm

ResLife Floor Meetings

Bus Loading: 5:15 - 5:45 am

Departure: 6:00 am

Wilderness Passage Send-Off
Come to King Arena to say goodbye, pray together, and send students off to the North Shore, MN!
King Arena, Chrouser Sports Complex

Immediately after buses depart

Wilderness Passage Parent Gathering
Circle up with fellow parents of Wilderness students for a short time of prayer, blessing, and final words from President Ryken.
Centennial Drive

9:00 am - 9:45 am

Parent Seminar
Parenting College Age Kids: What to Expect When Launching Your Student

Parents and guardians, you have cared for, nurtured, and protected your kids for nearly two decades. Now is the time to transition into a parent-adult child relationship. This parent seminar, led by Professors David VanDyke and Wendy Smith from Wheaton’s Marriage and Family Therapy program, will provide helpful tools for navigating this transition in the life of your family. 

Armerding Concert Hall

10:00 am

Morning Worship and Devotions

10:30 - 11:30 am

Life at Wheaton Program
Explore how Wheaton is committed to your personal formation as a student, both inside and outside of the classroom.
Edman Memorial Chapel

11:30 am - 1:15 pm

Lunch

Staggered start times: 11:30, Noon, 12:15

Anderson Commons, Beamer Center

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

First Generation Lunch and Program
First-Generation college students* gather to celebrate and share support for the college experience and helpful resources. Enjoy connecting over lunch with other First-Gen Wheaton students

* A student whose parents or legal guardians did not graduate from college, whether a two-year or a four-year institution, making them and their siblings first generation college students.

Phelps Room, Lower Beamer

4:00 - 5:00 pm

Spotlight: Co-Curricular and Global Experiences
Don't miss this engaging spotlight on the co-curricular experience at Wheaton!
Edman Memorial Chapel

5:00 - 7:00 pm

Dinner

Anderson Commons, Beamer Center

7:00 pm

Meet Your Passage Leader!
Student Small Group meetings with Passage Leaders

7:00 - 8:30 pm

Parent Social
Come enjoy cookies and conversation! Meet the parents of students who live on your son or daughter’s residence hall floor. (This is a fun social event. There is no formal program.)
Hendrickson Gym, Chrouser Sports Complex

10:00 pm

Centennial Street Closed

8:30 - 9:15 am

Tag and Load Luggage

9:20 am

Northwoods and Urban Passage Send-Off
Come to King Arena to say goodbye, pray together, and send students off to their Passage site!
King Arena, Chrouser Sports Complex

Immediately after buses depart

Closing Parent Program - Northwoods and Urban Passage
Join fellow parents of Northwoods and Urban Passage students for a time of prayer, blessing and words from President Ryken.
Armerding Concert Hall

Noon - 5:00 pm

Campus Residence Open for On-Campus Passage Move-In

First Year and Transfer students, check in at the SAGA circle for move-in instructions.

Beamer Student Center

4:30 pm

Optional - Campus Tour for First Year Students, Transfer Students and Parents

Sam's Coffee Shop, Lower Beamer Student Center

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Opening Welcome

For First Year and Transfer Students

Armerding Recital Hall

8:30 pm

Transfer Kick-Off

Lower Beamer Student Center, Fireside Room 

8:30 pm

First Year Kick-Off

Banks Welcome Center

9:00-9:30 am

Morning Worship and Devotion

Armerding Recital Hall

9:30-10:00 am

Send-off and Prayer

Armerding Concert Hall Lobby

10:00 am

Community and Relationship Building Session

Armerding Recital Hall 

11:00 am

On-Campus Passage First Year and Transfer Students: Downtown Wheaton Visit

Meet at Sam's, Lower Beamer

3:30 pm

On-Campus Passage Hang-Out

Quad

Afternoon

Northwoods, Urban, and Transfer students return from Passage sites
Unpack
Settle into your residence

5:30 pm

All Transfer Dinner

Phelps Room, Lower Beamer

5:30 pm

On-Campus Passage First Year Dinner

Anderson Commons, Beamer

8:00 pm

Beamer Bash

Lower Beamer and Keul Patio

On-campus traditions
Bro-Sis floor fellowships
Residence Life events
Academic sessions
Academic Advising
New Student Worship
Team connections (Athletics/Music/ROTC)

*In August, download the Wheaton Student Engagement app from the App Store for detailed schedules at all Passage sites as well as programming on Wheaton's campus.

Counseling Center/SHS Open House

Come to the Counseling Center and Student Health Services Open House. Meet counselors and nurses before you need us!  There will be supplies to make your own journal and first aid kits, and snacks too! We look forward to meeting you soon.

North Harrison Hall, Monday, August 26^th from 10:30 am – 4 pm.