Wingate University
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New Student Orientation 2021
New Student Orientation 2021
This is a time to focus. First, get your deposit in to reserve a seat at Wingate University for the Fall 2021 semester. Then open your email to find messages from Wingate that will include access to your Wingate account and your Wingate new student portal. Schedule in an hour each week to work on the forms there and read new emails from Wingate with new actions to take. Lastly, focus on succeeding wherever you are at, finish this spring strong, and be ready for the future!
March-April: Informational Webinars for Deposited New Students
We held a number of informational webinars in the Spring of 2021. If you could not attend, please click on the links below to watch it now.
March: Personalized Student Portal with Required Enrollment Forms Opens
Every new student receives access to a personalized portal where they can find all the forms they must submit before they begin classes at Wingate. The deadlines vary from May 1st through July 1st.
Once a student has their Wingate email access and changes their password, they can access their portal from that email after March 1st. Click here for a 15-minute video with detailed instructions and trouble-shooting information.
April-June: Online Orientation Course Opens and Campus Visit Days for Deposited Students and Families
All new students are required to complete the Online Orientation Course WINGATE 101 before their first semester at Wingate University. This course will open in April and be available until August 2021. Students use their Wingate email to access the course. Click here to access the course.
All new students and their families should visit our Wingate campus at some point before they begin classes here. We love our campus and think you will too! We've developed a special campus tour for deposited students, where you'll meet with key folks you need to know, pick up your official Wingate student ID, and receive some fun gifts. If you would like to schedule a tour of campus, please email admit@wingate.edu to request one now.
May 1: Early Bird Deadline for Housing and Course Scheduling Forms (math placement and course preference form)
Students can find these forms on their new student portal and are encouraged to complete these as soon as possible.
June: Virtual Orientation, Housing Assignments, and Fall Course Schedules
Early Bird Applicants Receive Housing Assignment and Fall Course Schedules after June 15
June 24 and 25: Virtual Orientation Event to get tips on completing forms and paying for college, get answers to all your questions, and meet other new students, parents of new students, faculty, staff, and Deans.
July: 2nd Option for Virtual Orientation and Deadline for Financial Aid Forms, High School and College Transcripts, Course Preference, Math Placement, and Housing Applications
July 1: Deadline for most forms on student portal
July 5: Free online access opens to GATE 101 (1 credit required College Success Course)
July 16 and 17: Virtual Orientation Repeat Event: get tips on completing forms and paying for college, get answers to all your questions, and meet other new students, parents of new students, faculty, staff, and Deans.
August 1st: Deadline for completing Wingate 101 online course, paying first tuition bill, completing parking registration, uploading student ID photo, and completing health insurance, assumption of risk, and financial responsibility forms
All of these are accessed in the student portal.
August 13-18: Welcome Week and Move-In Days TBD
Move-in days will be determined depending on the status of Covid-19 restrictions and other factors. Students will be notified of their specific move-in date sometime over the summer. Most first year students will move in on either August 14th or 15th.
Welcome Week is a series of fun events that begins 5 days before the first day of classes and lasts throughout the next week. Some are required, so plan to be available and on-campus.
As long as the Covid-19 threat continues to subside and the vaccines continue to be effective and administered to most Americas, we are planning to hold classes in-person starting on August 19th.
Student schedules vary depending on each student's major and course section availability. Schedules will become available starting in June for those who complete their portal forms before May 1. For those completing these forms after this early date, we will be building schedules based on your course preference forms throughout July. Course schedules can be modified during the drop and add period in the first week of classes.
Most courses are either a 3 day a week format for 50 minutes each day (typically Monday, Wednesday, Friday), or a 2 day a week format with classes lasting 75 minutes each (typically either Monday and Wednesday afternoons or Tuesday and Thursday).
AUGUST 19 First Day of Classes
AUGUST 25 Add/Drop Ends
SEPTEMBER 6 Labor Day Holiday
SEPTEMBER 11-12 Family Weekend
OCTOBER 2 Homecoming
OCTOBER 11-12 Fall Break and Midterm Grades Released
OCTOBER 21 Last Day to Withdraw (Fall)
NOVEMBER 2-5 Register for Spring Classes
NOVEMBER 24-26 Thanksgiving Break
DECEMBER 6-13 Final Exams
DECEMBER 20-JANUARY 13 Optional Winter Term
DECEMBER 24-JANUARY 13 Holiday Break
JANUARY 18 First Day of Spring Classes
JANUARY 24 Add/Drop Ends
MARCH 7-11 Spring Break and Midterm Grades Released
MARCH 31 Last Day to Withdraw (Spring)
APRIL 5-7 Register for Summer and Fall Classes
APRIL15-18 Easter Break
MAY 9-13 Final Exams