2017 NEW STUDENT AND TRANSFER
ORIENTATION SCHEDULE THURSDAY, AUGUST 24 8:00 AM—12:00 PM
Residential Student Move-In
Various Residential Locations
11:30 AM—1:00 PM
Campus & Community Luncheon
Wege Center
11:30 AM—1:00 PM
Commuter Student Check-in
Academic Building (AB 1st Floor)
1:00 PM
Multicultural Student Reception **
Academic Building (AB 2nd Floor)
12:30 PM—2:30 PM
Commuter Student Zone Open
Cook Carriage House
2:45 PM
Everyone Seated in Sturrus
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
3:00 PM
Orientation Opening Kickoff
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
4:00 PM
Families Depart & Orientation begins
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
4:45 PM —6:30 PM
Orientation Group Time & Dinner
Academic Building/Wege Cafeteria*
6:45 PM
Commuter Student Meeting
Kretschmer Hall, Art & Music Center
6:45 PM
Residential Student Meeting
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
7:30 PM
Safety & Success at Aquinas
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
8:00 PM
Keynote Speaker: The Hook Up
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
9:15 PM —10:30 PM
Jump Into the Year with Senate!
Alksnis Athletics & Recreation Center
8:00 AM
Breakfast
Wege Cafeteria
9:00 AM
Orientation Group Time
Classrooms (Academic Building) *
9:30 AM
GE 100 The First Year Experience
Classrooms (Academic Building) *
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25
& Nursing Orientation 11:30 AM
Lunch & Change for Project Unite
Various
1:15 PM
Project Unite Kickoff
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
1:30 PM
Dismissal for Project Unite
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
2:00 PM—4:00 PM
Project Unite
Greater Grand Rapids Area
5:00 PM
Project Unite Reflection & Dinner
Wege Ballroom & Cafeteria
7:00 PM
Race to Zero Waste
AQ Athletic Field
9:00PM—11:00PM
Orientation Dance
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
8:00 AM
Continental Breakfast
Wege Cafeteria
9:00 AM
Orientation Group Time
Classrooms (Academic Building) *
10:00 AM—11:30 AM
HOORAY! With Lonnie Scott
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
11:30 AM—3:00 PM
Brunch, Group Time Including Tour
Various
3:00 PM
Campus Safety Self Defense Session
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
3:45 PM
SOS: Spotlight on Saints
Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
5:00 PM
Dinner
Wege Cafeteria
7:00 PM
Orientation Group Time
Classrooms (Academic Building) *
8:00 PM
Reflection with Campus Ministry
Location TBD
10:00 PM
AQPB Presents: Pop Scholars
Wege Ballroom
6:00 PM
Transfer Student Orientation
Cook Carriage House
8:00 PM
Welcome Back Mass
Bukowski Chapel
SATURDAY, AUGUST 26
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27
*See Individual Schedule on Nametag for Location **Invitation Only
All events are required. Complete event descriptions are found at: aquinas.edu/students/orientation