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Turn orientation into an adventure.

WayHopper gives student life teams campus hunts, org-fair challenges, and alumni weekend games — with residence-hall teams and data exports

Campus map checkpoints Class-year & hall teams WayHopper app for check-in
Welcoming students at 95+ colleges, universities & private schools
Northgate State University
St. Alden's College
Metro Community College
Lakeview Preparatory
Harbor City University
Union Theological Seminary
Built for how campuses operate

The tools that make welcome week repeatable.

Campus map builder

Plot checkpoints on your campus map — buildings, quads, dining halls, and parking lots. Day-of QR + GPS check-in runs in the WayHopper app; the app supports offline check-ins when signal drops.

Residence hall & class teams

Auto-assign teams by dorm, class year, or student ID import. Hall-vs-hall competitions drive participation without manual group management on move-in day.

Org fair stops

Assign club booths as route stops with QR codes and optional photos. Student life monitors check-ins from the organizer portal — no clipboards at every table.

Tickets, photos & public pages

Free or ticketed orientation events, check-in photos, and shareable public pages for welcome week and alumni weekends.

Orientation templates

Clone last year's welcome week in one click. Update checkpoints, hall assignments, and prize rules — your student life team runs the calendar, not a folder of last year's PDFs.

Live quad leaderboard

Project hall rankings on the welcome stage or stream to student phones. Real-time updates as checkpoints clear — the energy driver for the final days of orientation.

FAQ

Student life questions.

More in our help center, or talk to a campus already running welcome week on WayHopper.

Do students need to download an app?

For day-of QR + GPS check-in, yes—the iOS/Android WayHopper app is the home for play. The app supports offline check-ins when signal drops. Students can still browse events and register on the web.

Can clubs manage their own stops at the org fair?

On supported open events, invite clubs through the Location Entry Portal to add stops under your limits and approvals. Student life keeps control of the overall route.

Does this work for high schools and community colleges?

Yes. Smaller cohorts use the same templates — orientation hunts, campus tours, and club crawls scale from 200-student private schools to 5,000-seat state universities.

Can we collect signed waivers?

Yes. Add waiver text when you create the event and download signed waiver PDFs per participant from the organizer portal—useful for adventure courses and liability-heavy activities.

Can we moderate photos from welcome-week hunts?

Yes. Require, allow, or disable photos per stop, and approve submissions before they appear in public galleries when auto-approval is off.

Can welcome week be free to join?

Yes. Choose the free event payment model so students join without buying a ticket, or sell registration through Stripe when you need capped capacity.

Your next welcome week starts with one checkpoint.

Launch an orientation hunt in few hours