Welcome Week and Orientation
Welcome Week Schedule
Here's a schedule overview (subject to change). Some sessions and activities are required, while others are optional. We'll share the specifics as we get closer to Welcome Week.
| Time | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30 - 11:30 a.m. | Move-in | Residence halls | |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Lunch | Commons dining hall | |
| 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Impact Welcome lunch | Chapel undercroft | |
| 12:00 Noon - 2:50 p.m. | Campus expo (optional as needed) | Spoelhof University Center Atrium (level 1) and hallway (level 2) | Walk around and see all of the resources Calvin has to offer! Join us in Spoelhof University Center after lunch. |
| 1:00 - 1:50 p.m. | Opening worship service | Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium | |
| 2:00 - 2:30 p.m. | First-Gen college student meet-up | Covenant Fine Arts Center east lobby | |
| 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. | Family root beer float reception | Spoelhof Fieldhouse lobby | |
| 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. | First meet up (students) | Commons lawn (rain location: Tennis & Track Center) | Meet up with your orientation group on commons lawn! See your Door Dec for more information about your group number and location. |
| 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. | Convocation | Van Noord Arena | |
| 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. | Family cookout | Commons lawn (rain location: Commons dining hall) | |
| 6:30 - 6:45 p.m. | Goodbyes to families | Campus | |
| 6:45 - 7:30 p.m. | Homeroom chats | Homerooms | The first meeting with your orientation group in your assigned homeroom (see your Doordeck). |
| 7:45 - 8:45 p.m. | Opening session | Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium | Meet your Orientation Board and hear more about what orientation will look like. Taking place in the CFAC Auditorium with your orientation group. |
| 9:00 - 10:30 p.m. | Residence Life programming | Residence halls |
General schedule - all groups
| Time | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:45 - 9 a.m. | Breakfast | Commons dining hall | |
| 9-9:30 a.m. | StreetFest kickoff | Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium | Streetfest kickoff is an opportunity to highlight the values of Streetfest; to explain how much serving is necessary, and to learn how to put other people's needs in front of our own. |
| 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. | See below for schedule breakdown based on group number. | ||
| 5 - 6:30 p.m. | Floor dinners | Commons dining hall | |
| 8 - 11 p.m. | "Create Your Own Adventure" | Off-Campus | Create Your Own Adventure is an event where the Orientation Leaders organize a fun night for their students. |
Groups 1-23 schedule breakdown
| Time | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:45 - 10 a.m. | Core overview | Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium | |
| 10 - 11:15 a.m. | Connect! Meet Your Major! | Across campus - click to view specific locations | Connect! Meet Your Major! is an event in which the incoming students have a chance to talk to their advisors and the department heads about their particular major and about their academic plan. |
| 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Group lunch | Commons dining hall | |
| 1-4 p.m. | StreetFest | Community locations | StreetFest introduces students to the city of Grand Rapids and the concept of service-learning. It ignites passion for service and justice in the community throughout their time at Calvin and beyond! |
Groups 24-41 schedule breakdown
| Time | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | StreetFest | Community locations | StreetFest introduces students to the city of Grand Rapids and the concept of service-learning. It ignites passion for service and justice in the community throughout their time at Calvin and beyond! |
| 12:30-1:30 p.m. | Group lunch | Commons dining hall | |
| 2-2:15 p.m. | Core overview | Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium | |
| 2:15-3:30 p.m. | Connect! Meet Your Major! | Across campus - click to view specific locations | Connect! Meet Your Major! is an event in which the incoming students have a chance to talk to their advisors and the department heads about their particular major and about their academic plan. |
| Time | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:00 - 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast | Commons dining hall | |
| 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. | Transfer Panel | Meeter Center lecture hall | |
| 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. | Tech and tools | Homerooms | Tech and Tools is an event in which the Orientation Leaders go over the technical sides of college life. For example explaining Workday, Moddle and such. |
| 11:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Group Lunch | Commons dining hall | |
| 12:30 - 1:00 p.m. | Love your Neighbor Kickoff | Covenant Fine Arts Center Auditorium | The Love Your Neighbor Kickoff invites students into the biblical call to loving your neighbor right here on Calvin's campus. |
| 1:15 - 2:00 p.m. | Rotation one | Breakout Rooms | |
| 2:15 - 3:00 p.m. | Rotation two | Breakout Rooms | |
| 3:15 - 4:15 p.m. | Debrief | Homerooms | Students will debrief the breakout sessions they attended in their OL groups. And learn next steps on how to better love their neighbors as themselves. |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Residence hall dinner | Commons dining hall | |
| 7 p.m. | Knights Night Out | Residence Halls | Knights Nite Out is a fun night put on by the residence halls. See you there! |
| Time | Event | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Brunch | Commons dining hall | Brunch in commons dining hall! |
| 3:45 - 4:45 p.m. | Faith Dialogues | Homerooms | Discussion with your orientation leader and group about what faith looks like on campus |
| 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. | Group dinner | Commons dining hall | Dinner with your orientation group! |
| 6:15 - 7:00 p.m. | Worship | Chapel | Reflect on welcome week and worship |
| 7:15 - 8:15 p.m. | Sem Pond Reflections | Seminary Pond | Reflect on your goals for the next four years with your group and pray together |
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Snapshots of Welcome Week and Orientation
