WOW

General Information

What WOW is to New Students?

Discovery. Connections. Adventure. WOW.

The Week of Welcome program, also known as WOW, is a week-long orientation event. It is a balanced combination of excitement, learning, and new experiences. As a new student to Cal Poly, either a first-year or transfer student, you will participate in activities, events and presentations introducing you to the campus and community. WOW provides a thrilling environment for you to meet new people, become familiar with Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo, and prepare to start your college career.

As a new student, you will be placed in a group of about 10-20 other new students led by two current Cal Poly student Orientation Leaders. Your WOW group will participate in an array of orientation events in addition to activities both on- and off-campus planned by your Orientation Leaders.
This is one Cal Poly experience you do not want to miss!

Dates

WOW 2009 is scheduled for Tuesday, Sept 15 - Saturday, Sept 19, 2009.
More information, including reservations, will be available soon.

Fee information

$190 for students, $215 after September 4, 2009

PLEASE NOTE: These amounts do not include the convenience fee of 2.9% if you choose to pay online via credit card.

In addition, during the Week of Welcome, new students will be asked by their Orientation Leaders to pay up to an additional $25. This additional payment is NOT covered in the WOW Student Fee, so please keep this in mind when making your WOW reservations. This extra money will be used for excursions such as kayaking, hot tubbing, eating off-campus, reimbursement for gas, etc. These activities provide an additional way for students to orient themselves with the community and bond with the other members of their WOW groups. These additional group activities are optional and new students do not have to participate if they do not wish to do so.

Student Orientation Fee: Includes program materials, WOW sponsored activities, and also supports training and programming for our 700+ volunteer Orientation Leaders.

Text Message Updates

By providing your cell phone number in space provided during the portal signup process, you are choosing to receive text message notifications from the Week of Welcome Orientation Program. Standard text messaging rates apply for this optional service. Potential benefits include easy access to important updates during the WOW program in September. We plan to send a maximum of 10 messages during the dates surrounding WOW in September, as well as one reminder message about Orientation Leader training in February/March 2010. If you choose not to participate in this service, reminders and important information will also be sent to you by email and/or posted to the WOW Website: http://orientation.calpoly.edu/wow