Posted August 16, 2016 by
Tags: Student Activities My Wheaton
Welcome to #WheatonOrientation 2016
Hello new Wheaton students!!
We (Frances and Nathan) have had the privilege to work alongside 10 other students on this year’s Orientation Committee (OC), and we have been eagerly anticipating your arrival on campus all year. Our hope is that you are as excited about the upcoming school year as we are, and Orientation Week is a great opportunity to start your Wheaton experience on a high note. We have so many programs and activities planned for you guys to get to know each other and Wheaton before classes start, so check out these tips for making O-Week as amazing and beneficial as possible.
We cannot wait to have you on campus with us, and our parting piece of advice is to be mindful of the Orientation theme verse, Psalm 107:1-3: “Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever! Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble and gathered in from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south.”
These are the words we have been praying over you these past few months, and it is our hope that you would hold fast to them as you begin this chapter of your life at Wheaton. We are praying for you and cannot wait to meet you!
Frances Hoekstra ‘18 and Nathan Houlihan ‘18 are members of the 2016 Orientation Committee. Frances is a communication and philosophy double major, and Nathan is studying biology. Tune in to Wheaton College's Facebook page on Thursday 8/18 at 3 p.m. and Friday 8/19 at 10 AM to watch Facebook Live footage of move-in and orientation. Photo captions (from top): 2016 Orientation Committee canoeing at HoneyRock; 2016 Orientation Committee gathered at HoneyRock on Chrouser Lawn.