• PACK Welcome: PACK Welcome stands for Prepare, Advise, Connect and Know.
• Prepare is a series of emails and texts that students receive telling them about the items on the New Student Checklist.
• Advise is the online module and the meeting they have with an academic advisor to get registered for classes.
• Connect Days are on campus summer orientation events where campus business gets taken care of
• Get to “Know” WOU at PACK Welcome Week
• PACK Connect Days: These are day-long orientations where students get to meet with other incoming students, take care of the New Student Checklist items in person, and get time orientation leaders in small groups to get their questions answered. This is also where parent and family orientation takes place.
• PACK Welcome Week: Held the week before Fall classes begin, this is a conference style orientation where students go to self directed resource sessions, mandatory keynote speakers, and social events. The week is designed to focus on community building, integration to campus culture, and knowledge about academic resources and expectations.

• PACK Connect Days: Sign up on your WolfDen Application Portal – the same portal you applied to WOU on. This orientation is available for all new students who have paid their enrollment fee.
• PACK Welcome Week: Simply show up! The full schedule will be available at wou.edu/orientation in early August. Off campus students can email orientation@wou.edu to get signed up for the group chat to make sure they don’t miss anything!

• Connect Days are July 9, 12, and 16 for 2025
• Welcome Week is September 22-28 for 2025

Nope!

• Make sure you complete the online module (Freshmen, Transfers), as well as your New Student Checklist.
• Please complete this form to let us know and to get connected with resources on campus. You’ll need to be logged in to your WolfDen Application Portal with the credentials you created when you applied.
• You are also welcome to email orientation@wou.edu to get connected to any resources on campus you may miss by not attending orientation.

All students are invited to orientation! We have an off-campus orientation on the first day, as well as a group chat for you to meet other off-campus students.

• Destination Western is a ten-day residential bridge program geared at giving new students the chance to experience college life before the term starts. It consists of two non-credit academic courses and social events that are all aimed at increasing student’s confidence in their ability to succeed at college both academically and socially.
• The program is September 9-20 for 2025

• The application goes live on June 1st. It is due by July 20th for 2025
• If it is before June 1st, you can fill out the interest form.

• It’s a great way to make friends, experience college level work, and get to know campus before everyone else moves in.
• The program is completely free and your housing and food are covered throughout the program.

It depends, if you are in a winter or spring sport, yes. If you are in a Fall sport, you can still apply and the program director will work with your coach to determine if your training schedule will work with the program schedule

Yes! While the program is designed for students who are from marginalized communities, all students can benefit from the program and will be considered until the program is full.

No. Our math and writing classes are non-credit bearing. This allows you to be able to “practice” college without the weight of credit on the line and learn more authentically.