New Student & Transfer Orientation

Welcome to Aquinas College! We're looking forward to seeing you on campus soon! To help you plan your Orientation Week, here are some key dates and events as of May 30, 2024. More details will be added this summer.

Please note that all orientation activities are required for new students.

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Orientation at Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, Michigan

 



Schedule

Thursday, August 15, 2024

 

8 a.m. - noon Move-in  
11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Community Lunch Wege Dining Room
2 p.m. Commuter Student Check In/Information Session  
3 p.m. Parent Reception Holmdene
4:30 p.m. Mass - Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary OLSW Chapel
5:30 p.m. Orientation Kickoff Holmdene Lawn
6 p.m. Dinner/Title IX Presentation Wege Dining Room
8:15 p.m. Class Photo St. Thomas statue
8:30 - 10 p.m. Jumping Jungle Night hosted by Athletics Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center

 

Friday, August 16, 2024

 

8 a.m. Breakfast Wege Dining Room
9 a.m. Hooray Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch/Campus Safety Presentation Wege Dining Room
1:05 p.m. Welcome to the Jungle! Campus wide
3:05 p.m. Service at AQ Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
3:30 p.m. Project Unite Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Dinner/Group Time Wege Dining Room
6:40 p.m. Yard Games Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
8:30 p.m. - 10 p.m. Safari Night hosted by AQ Advantage Center and Campus Ministry Holmdene Lawn

 

Saturday, August 17, 2024

 

8 a.m. Breakfast Wege Dining Room
9 a.m. Last Day Welcome Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
9:15 a.m. Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Presentation Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
10:15 a.m. Student Senate Presentation Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
10:30 a.m. Center for Sustainability Presentation Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch/Group Time Wege / Academic Building
1:15 p.m. Race to Zero Waste Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
2:30 p.m. Campus Ministry Presentation Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
3:30 p.m. Wrap Up Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
4 p.m. Hangout with Commuter Student Union CCH
5 p.m. Dinner with the President Wege Ballroom
7 - 9 p.m. After Party hosted by TRIO SSS/CORE Wege Mall

 

Sunday, August 18, 2024

 

10 a.m. Block Breakfast Sturrus Sports & Fitness Center
3 p.m. Residence Hall Meetings Residence Halls
7 p.m. Mass OLSW Chapel

 

Monday, August 19, 2024 - Friday, August 23, 2024

Welcome Week!  

 


Are you an admitted student looking to register for STAR? Visit the STAR page for more information and the registration link!

Questions? Feel free to contact the Student Activities & Orientation office at sao@vbj4.com