Move In
Campus residences are open on Thursday, August 22 from 3-5pm for Passage participants, Cross-Cultural, Conservatory, and First-Generation Students. All other new students move in on Friday, August 23 beginning at 9am. Wheaton’s Thunder Move-In crew will be serving in all residences to assist new students on both move-in days.
What to Pack
The following are suggestions of items to bring to campus. Some are necessities, others are optional. Remember that you don't need to bring everything with you at one time. Many students choose to arrive on-campus and "scope out" their room, space limitations and roommate's preferences before purchasing items. Along with the College Bookstore which carries an array of items for the residence halls, there are many stores in the Wheaton area. Also, take note of what items not to bring.
A
Aspirin
B
Backpack
Band Aids
Bath mat or rug
Beach towel
Bible
Bicycle & lock
Blankets
Board games
Boots
Business Casual Clothes
C
Calculator
Calendar
Camera
Clothes drying rack
Coat
Coffee maker
Comforter
Computer
Copy of family insurance card
Cotton balls
Crates (under-the-bed, stackable, etc.)
D
Decorative items
Desk lamp
Desk organizers & supplies
Devotional books
Dish towel/dish soap
E
Envelopes
Extension cord (3 pronged ground wire)
F
Fan
Flashlight & batteries
Folders
Fridge (dorm size)
G
Garbage bags
Gloves
H
Hair dryer
Hangers
Hat
Highlighters
Hole punch
Hooks (3M Command hooks)
I
Ibuprofen
Index cards
Iron
J
Jewelry
Journal
K
Kleenex
Kettle for tea & coffee
L
Lamp
Laundry bag or basket
Laundry detergent
Lap desk
Light bulbs
Lotion
M
Markers
Masking tape
Mattress cover
Message board
Mugs
N
Neosporin
Notebooks
O
Original social security card (for employers)
Outdoor Clothes
P
Packing tape
Paper
Paper clips
Paper towels
Passport
Pencils & pens
Photos
Pillow & pillow case
Plants
Post-it-notes
Posters
Power strip w/ surge protector
Q
Quilt
R
Rain gear/raincoat
Razors
Rubber bands
Rug
S
Scarves
Scissors
Scotch tape
Shoe rack
Shower caddy
Sleeping bag
Soap
Snacks for your room!
Sponge
Stamps
Stapler
Storage boxes
Sunglasses
Swimsuit
T
Thumb tacks
Towels
Tylenol
Tide To-Go stick
U
Umbrella
V
Vitamins
W
Wash cloths
Watch
Weekly planner
Winter clothing
White plastitack
Whiteout
X
X-Long twin sheets
Y
Yourself!
Z
Zany clothes for random events
Things Not to Bring
- Pets (fish are allowed)
- Wireless routers
- Nails, tacks, duct tape for hanging pictures, etc. (instead please use white plastitack or 3M Command adhesive mounting strips)
- Curtain rods needing installation (spring tension rods are allowed)
- Halogen lamps
- Hotplates
- Candles/incense
- Flammable material (gasoline, kerosene, camping stove fuel etc.)
- Fireworks
- Firearms (guns) & knives
- BBQ grills
- Paintball guns
- Real, play, or decorative weapons (including paintball guns and water balloon launchers)
- Alcoholic beverage containers (empty, full or partially full)
- Objects, poster, signs, items of clothing promoting or advertising tobacco, alcohol or other drugs)
- Pornographic or obscene objects, posters, photographs, magazines
- Air conditioners
- Microwaves