Passage 2026 Schedule

Passage 2026 On-Campus Programming

Wednesday, August 12
7:00 am - 9:00 am 11:30 am - 1:30 pm	Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Early Arrival Thunder Move-In ROTC Music Majors Select Fall Sports Men's Soccer Women's Soccer Women's Volleyball First-year Football Wilderness Passage Students International Students (MK/TCK/F1) Residence Halls This event is for Students and Parents
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm	Food Allergy and Dietary Meeting Anderson Commons, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm	Cross Cultural Chill-Out for International Students Keul Patio, Beamer Center This event is for Students
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm	Music Majors and Parents Check-in Location TBD This event is for Students and Parents
7:00 pm	Music Major Orientation and Social Location TBD This event is for Students and Parents
Thursday, August 13
7:00 am - 9:00 am	Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
8:00 am - 3:00 pm	Music Major Proficiencies, Competency Exams, and Placement Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Students
9:00 am - 4:00 pm	Standard Arrival Thunder Move-In Equestrian Students Northwoods Students Urban Woodlawn Students Urban Downtown Students Residence Halls This event is for Students and Parents
9:00 am - Noon	International Students Passport to Wheaton Coray Gym, Beamer Center This event is for Students
11:30 - 1:00 pm	ROTC Welcome Lunch North Party Room, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
11:30 am - 1:30 pm	Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
Noon - 1:30 pm	Aural Skills Competency Testing Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Students
2:00 pm - 4:30 pm	International Students Resource Run Meet in ISP Suite 061, Lower Beamer This event is for Students
3:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Learning & Accessibility Services Parent Open House Suite 209, Student Services Building This event is for Parents
5:00 - 6:00 pm	Legacy Student Photo Reception Coray Gym, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm	Aequitas Fellows Gathering Lobby, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Students and Parents
7:30 pm - 8:45 pm	Opening Program Edman Chapel This event is for Students and Parents
9:00 pm - 10:30 pm	ResLife Floor Meetings Residence Halls This event is for Students
Friday, August 14
7:00 am - 9:00 am	Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
9:30 am - 10:00 am	Morning Worship and Devotions Edman Chapel This event is for Students and Parents
10:15 am - Noon	Passage Student Small Groups Meet with Passage Leaders Equestrian Students Northwoods Students Urban Woodlawn Students Urban Downtown Students Meet in Edman Chapel This event is for Students
10:15 - 12:15 pm	Wilderness Rock Climbing & Backpacking Pack-Out Coray Gym, Beamer Center This event is for Students
10:10 am - 11:00 am	Parent Session: Understanding Student Transitions Concert Hall, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Parents
11:00 am - Noon	Parent Mingle and Munch Social Hendrickson Gym, Chrouser Gym This event is for Parents
11:30 am - 1:30 pm	Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center Open for Students and Parents
Noon - 1:30 pm	First Generation Students Lunch & Program Phelps Room, Lower Beamer This event is for Students and Parents
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Wilderness Canoeing Pack-Out Coray Gym, Beamer Center This event is for Students
3:00 pm - 3:50 pm	Administrator's Forum for Parents Location TBD This event is for Parents
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm	Life at Wheaton Program Edman Chapel This event is for Students and Parents
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm	Dining Hall Open Anderson Commons, Beamer Center This event is for Students and Parents
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm	The Not-So-Late Late Show Edman Chapel This event is for Students and Parents
8:30 pm - 10:00 pm	After Hours on the Quad Campus Quad This event is for Students and Parents
Saturday, August 15
7:15 am - 7:45 am	Wilderness Rock Climbing, Backpacking & Canoeing Luggage Loading Kenilworth Drive This event is for Students and Parents
7:45 am - 8:00 am	Wilderness Parent Prayer and Send-Off Location TBD This event is for Students and Parents
8:00 am	Wilderness Students Load Busses and Depart Kenilworth Drive This event is for Students and Parents
8:30 am - 9:15 am	Northwoods & Equestrian Luggage Loading Kenilworth Drive This event is for Students and Parents
9:20 am - 9:45 am	Northwoods, Equestrian, Urban Downtown & Urban Woodlawn Parent Prayer and Send-Off Location TBD This event is for Students and Parents
9:45 am - 10:00 am	Northwoods & Equestrian Load Busses and Depart Kenilworth Drive This event is for Students and Parents
10:00 am - 11:00 am	Closing Parent Program and Prayer Concert Hall, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Parents
10:00 am - 11:30 am	Urban Downtown & Urban Woodlawn Student Meeting Location TBD This event is for Students
01:30 pm	Urban Downtown & Urban Woodlawn Students Depart Location TBD to Depart to College Ave. Train Station This event is for Students
Friday, August 21
Noon - 3:00 pm	Transfer Student and On-Campus Passage First Year Students Arrival Melvin E. Banks Welcome Center This event is for Students and Parents
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 This event is for Students and Parents
7:00 pm	Transfer and On-Campus Passage First Year Students Kick-off Social Location TBD This event is for Students
Saturday, August 22
Noon - 5:30 pm	Transfer and On-Campus Passage First Year Students CORE 131 Meet at Sam's Cafe, Lower Beamer This event is for Students
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 This event is for Students
Sunday, August 22
Morning	Worship at Local Church
Afternoon	Rest
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm	Bro-Sis-Palooza Residence Halls This event is for Students
5:45 pm -7:15 pm	Slice of Wheaton Soderquist Plaza and Keul Patio This event is for Students
7:30 pm	New Student Worship Concert Hall 190, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Students
Monday, August 23
8:00 am - 9:15 am	Classical Language Placement Test (Hebrew, Latin and Greek) MCA 102 This event is for Students
10:30 am - 11:20 am	Student Wellness Session Concert Hall 190, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Students
11:30 am - 12:00 pm	Transfer Student Registration Policies Recital Hall, Armerding Center for the Performing Arts This event is for Students
12:45 pm - 3:00 pm	International Student Programs Resource Run Meet in ISP Suite 061, Lower Beamer This event is for Students
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 This event is for Students
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm	Academic Fair Coray Gym, Beamer Center This event is for Students
4:00 - 5:30 pm	Office of Multicultural Development Student Reception Phelps Room, Lower Beamer This event is for Students
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm	Floor Rally for Rec Night Residence Halls This event is for Students
8:00 pm	Rec Night McCully Stadium This event is for Students
Tuesday, August 24
All Day	Academic Advising for New Students Various Locations *This event is for Students*
8:00 am - Noon	ROTC New Cadet Reception Jenks Hall This event is for Students
10:00 am	Aequitas Advising Session Blanchard Hall 339 This event is for Students
10:00 am - 12:00 pm	International Student Tour of Downtown Wheaton Meet in ISP Suite 061, Lower Beamer This event is for Students
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm	Class of 2030 Meeting Edman Chapel This event is for Students
7:30 pm	All-School Communion Edman Chapel This event is for Students
Wednesday, August 25	First Day of Class!