They explore the demands of critical, creative, and effective thinking and writing as well as participate in lively discussions. Prelude introduces students to our expectations of academic excellence. Students have the opportunity to choose from a variety of activities that emphasize community, citizenship and personal integrity. Passages Passages is an off-campus outdoor experience program that takes students to the scenic Hood Canal area of Washington state, near Olympic National Park. This outdoor portion of orientation offers a fun and exciting opportunity to establish friendships with fellow classmates, and relationships with upperclassmen, faculty, and staff.
Passages provides new students with a wide variety of outdoor activities to choose from.
Backpacking in the Olympic Mountains with a small group. The special Transfer Passages and Perspectives orientation program is designed to introduce transfer students to their new community, Puget Sound's traditions and expectations. Passages is the outdoor orientation program and includes all of the some opportunities as the freshman students receive. Perspectives also includes the activities the freshman students receive as well as a few additional programs that are geared for transfer students specifically.