GOLD RUSH - Saturday, November 15, 2008
Head for the Plains – It’s Gold Rush Time!
Gold Rush is Wayland’s fall preview event scheduled this year for Saturday, November 15. It’s one day packed full of information and opportunities for prospective students and their families.
Join us for 8:30 check-in and breakfast followed by scholarship drawings, tours, auditions, tryouts, entertainment, and lots of information from majors and minors to student activities.
Registration
There are 3 ways to register.
- Please call our office to register
- Call 1-800-588-1928
- E-mail us at admityou.wbu.edu.
- View the schedule
Cost
The registration fee for Gold Rush is $7.00 for each student and for each family member in attendance. That means if you, Mom, Dad, and Sis come, that’s just $28 for free Continental breakfast, lunch, admission to the Flying Queens game, and all information sessions. The registration fee is paid at Check-In.
Housing
Campus housing is limited and is on a first-come basis.
Reservations for campus housing must be made in advance.
Most Gold Rushers stay at one of the hotels noted below.
Hotel space is limited as well so call soon!
Best Western
806-293-9454
Comfort Suites
806-293-7700
Days Inn
806-293-2561
Holiday Inn Express
806-296-9900
Friday Events
ACT Residual
The ACT Residual is scheduled for 1:00 on Friday afternoon. This is the ACT test, but Residual scores are not transferrable to another college; the scores will be used for Wayland admissions and placement purposes only. When you go to the Van Howeling Education Building for the test, you’ll need $40, a photo i.d., and a reservation. Just call the Admissions Office at 800-588-1928 to reserve your spot.
Seminar: Everything You Wanted to Know About Paying for College But Were Too Embarrassed To Ask
This is wonderful opportunity to replace all the myths with all the facts about paying for college. Our Director of Financial Aid, Karen LaQuey, will be presenting, entertaining questions, and doling out doorprizes from 7:00-8:30 in the Gates Hall Auditorium, Room 208.
Wayland Theatre Presents “Frame 312”
Always popular on campus and regionally, Wayland’s dinner theatre productions are a weekend treat you won’t want to miss! Prices are $4.00 per Gold Rush participant for the production only or $20 per person for the catered Carino’s dinner and production. Attendance for Gold Rush participants is through reservation only. The curtain goes up at 8:00, and the house opens 30 minutes prior to the performance. Please contact the Admissions Office for reservations.
Frame 312 by Keith Reddin
Lynette is a suburban housewife with a terrible secret. On her birthday she will tell her children about her involvement with a catastrophic historic event over 30 years earlier. Will they believe her? And more importantly, where does she go from there?
“After a plethora of new American plays aimed at the solar plexus, it is gratifying to find one that appeals to the mind.” Guardian (London).
“…a solidly engaging show.” – New City Chicago.
View the schedule here.