Below is the schedule for 2024 Orientation. Please note that schedules are subject to change.
9–10:30am: Program Check-In
Gaebe Commons
10:30–10:50am: Welcome to JWU
Schneider Auditorium
11–11:30am: Team Meetings
Xavier Hall (various classrooms)
11:30am–1:30pm: Lunch & Downcity Campus Tour
Pepsi Forum
1:45–2:45pm: Wildcat Community Guidelines
Schneider Auditorium
3–4pm: College Meetings
Downcity and Harborside (various locations)
4:30–6pm: Campus Resource Fair & Harborside Campus Tour
Friedman Center
6–7pm: Cookout Dinner
Field House Patio
7–8:30pm: Playfair
Harborside Practice Fields
9–10:30pm: Evening Activities
McNulty Hall
7:30–9:30am: Luggage Drop-Off; Breakfast
Pepsi Forum; Willie’s
9:45–10:30am: Team Meeting
Xavier Hall (various classrooms)
10:45–11:30am: Faculty Mentor Program/Academic Success Center
Schneider Auditorium
11:30am-Noon: Meet Me In Providence
Schneider Auditorium
Noon–12:30pm: See You Soon! Closing
Schneider Auditorium
9:30–10:30am: Program Check-In
Schneider Auditorium
10:30–10:50am: Welcome to JWU
Team introduction
Schneider Auditorium
10:50–11:15am: Wildcat Wheels to Harborside Campus
Departs from Weybosset Street
11:30am–Noon: Family & Guest Overview
Introduction to Parent & Family Relations with Sandy Cardoza
Culinary Museum (inside the Friedman Center)
Noon–12:45pm: Supporting Wildcats I
Department panel: Learn ways you can support your Wildcat.
Culinary Museum
12:45–2:30pm: Lunch
Friedman Center Lounge
2:45–3:30pm: Supporting Wildcats II
Department panel: Learn ways you can support your Wildcat
Culinary Museum
3:30–4:15pm: My Student in Providence
Student panel where you can ask all your burning questions.
Culinary Museum
4:30–6pm: Resource Fair
Friedman Center
4:45pm: Optional Downcity Tour
Bus departs from the Culinary Museum; program concludes at the end of the tour.
6pm: Wildcat Wheels to Downcity
Departing from Culinary Museum
Contact our office at 401-598-2648 or orientation.pvd@jwu.edu with any questions or concerns.