Passage 2026 Schedule
Passage 2026 On-Campus Programming
| Wednesday, August 12 | |
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| 7:00 am - 9:00 am 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Early Arrival Thunder Move-In
Residence Halls |
| 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm | Food Allergy and Dietary Meeting Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Cross Cultural Chill-Out for International Students Keul Patio, Beamer Center |
| 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Music Majors and Parents Check-in Location TBD |
| 7:00 pm | Music Major Orientation and Social Location TBD |
| Thursday, August 13 | |
| 7:00 am - 9:00 am | Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| 8:00 am - 3:00 pm | Music Major Proficiencies, Competency Exams, and Placement Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 9:00 am - 4:00 pm | Standard Arrival Thunder Move-In
Residence Halls |
| 9:00 am - Noon | International Students Passport to Wheaton Coray Gym, Beamer Center |
| 11:30 - 1:00 pm | ROTC Welcome Lunch North Party Room, Beamer Center |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| Noon - 1:30 pm | Aural Skills Competency Testing Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| Noon - 6:00 pm | Parent Check-In and Hospitality Great Hall, Chrouser Sports Complex |
| 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm | International Students Resource Run Meet in ISP Suite 061, Lower Beamer |
| 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Learning & Accessibility Services Parent Open House Suite 209, Student Services Building |
| 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Legacy Student Photo Reception Coray Gym, Beamer Center |
| 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Aequitas Fellows Gathering Lobby, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 7:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Opening Program Edman Chapel |
| 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm | ResLife Floor Meetings Residence Halls |
| Friday, August 14 | |
| 7:00 am - 9:00 am | Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| 9:30 am - 10:00 am | Morning Worship and Devotions Edman Chapel |
| 10:15 am - Noon | Passage Student Small Groups Meet with Passage Leaders
Meet in Edman Chapel |
| 10:15 - 12:15 pm | Wilderness Rock Climbing & Backpacking Pack-Out Coray Gym, Beamer Center |
| 10:10 am - 11:00 am | Parent Session: Understanding Student Transitions Concert Hall, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 11:00 am - Noon | Parent Mingle and Munch Social Hendrickson Gym, Chrouser Gym |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| Noon - 1:30 pm | First Generation Students Lunch & Program Phelps Room, Lower Beamer |
| 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Wilderness Canoeing Pack-Out Coray Gym, Beamer Center |
| 3:00 pm - 3:50 pm | Administrator's Forum for Parents Location TBD |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Life at Wheaton Program Edman Chapel |
| 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center |
| 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm | The Not-So-Late Late Show Edman Chapel |
| 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm | After Hours on the Quad Campus Quad |
| Saturday, August 15 | |
| 7:15 am - 7:45 am | Wilderness Rock Climbing, Backpacking & Canoeing Luggage Loading Kenilworth Drive |
| 7:45 am - 8:00 am | Wilderness Parent Prayer and Send-Off Location TBD |
| 8:00 am | Wilderness Students Load Busses and Depart Kenilworth Drive |
| 8:30 am - 9:15 am | Northwoods & Equestrian Luggage Loading Kenilworth Drive |
| 9:20 am - 9:45 am | Northwoods, Equestrian, Urban Downtown & Urban Woodlawn Location TBD |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Northwoods & Equestrian Load Busses and Depart Kenilworth Drive |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Closing Parent Program and Prayer Concert Hall, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Urban Downtown & Urban Woodlawn Student Meeting Location TBD |
| 1:30 pm | Urban Downtown & Urban Woodlawn Students Depart Location TBD to Depart to College Ave. Train Station |
| Friday, August 21 | |
| Noon - 3:00 pm | Transfer Student and On-Campus Passage First Year Students Arrival Melvin E. Banks Welcome Center |
| 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Transfer and On-Campus Passage First Year Students Opening Program Concert Hall 190, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 7:00 pm | Transfer and On-Campus Passage First Year Students Kick-off Social Location TBD |
| Saturday, August 22 | |
| 9:00 - 11:30 am | Transfer and On-Campus Passage First Year Students CORE 131 Meet at Sam's Cafe, Lower Beamer |
| 11:45 am - 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 12:45 pm | Transfer Passage Off-Campus Outing - (Meet at College Avenue Train Station for 12:54 pm train departure) |
| 2:00 pm | Northwoods Passage Students Arrive Back on Campus |
| 4:00 pm | Urban Downtown and Woodlawn Passage Students Arrive Back on Campus |
| 8:00 pm | Wilderness Passage Students Arrive Back on Campus |
| 8:00 pm | College Union Event Keul Patio and Lower Beamer |
| Sunday, August 23 | |
| Morning | Worship at Local Church |
| Afternoon | Rest |
| 5:30 pm - 5:45 pm | Bro-Sis-Palooza Residence Halls |
| 5:45 pm -7:15 pm | Slice of Wheaton Soderquist Plaza and Keul Patio |
| 7:30 pm | New Student Worship Concert Hall 190, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| Monday, August 24 | |
| 8:00 am - 9:15 am | Classical Language Placement Test (Hebrew, Latin and Greek) MCA 102 |
| 10:30 am - 11:20 am | Student Wellness Session Concert Hall 190, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Transfer Student Registration Policies Recital Hall, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 12:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Co-Op and Shop with the ISP Meet in ISP Suite 061, Lower Beamer |
| 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Building a Firm Foundation: Laying the Groundwork for Academic Success Concert Hall 190, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts |
| 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm | Academic Fair Coray Gym, Beamer Center |
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm | Office of Multicultural Development Student Reception Phelps Room, Lower Beamer |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Floor Rally for Rec Night Residence Halls |
| 8:00 pm | Rec Night McCully Stadium |
| Tuesday, August 25 | |
| All Day | Academic Advising for New Students Various Locations |
| 8:00 am - Noon | ROTC New Cadet Reception Jenks Hall |
| 10:00 am | Aequitas Advising Session Blanchard Hall 339 |
| 10:30 am - 12:00 pm | International Student Tour of Downtown Wheaton Meet in ISP Suite 061, Lower Beamer |
| 5:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Class of 2030 Meeting Edman Chapel |
| 7:30 pm | All-School Communion Edman Chapel |
| Wednesday, August 26 | First Day of Class! |