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Campus Week is a week-long in-person learning experience which seeks to foster student connections, build community, provide orientation, and set spiritual direction for seminary life. Alongside a week of classes, students will participate in group activities, attend orientation sessions, join in daily chapel times, eat meals together, and enjoy all that Otterburne Campus has to offer.
For the full "Camp-us" Week experience, students are encouraged to stay on campus for the week and fully engage with all activities offered. As an incentive, Providence is offering a partial-to-full subsidy to cover room and board fees (see more details & eligibility below). For local students who choose to go home for the night, we expect participation in the full day schedule including all orientation sessions, lunch and supper meals, and evening activities not marked optional.
The schedule begins on Sunday evening with some orientation to campus and the week's activities. Travel plans should be made so that students arrive on campus by 6:30pm (for those flying in, factor in the 1 hour drive from the airport to campus). Students are expected to remain on campus until the closing chapel ends at 3:30pm on Friday (schedule flights out for 7pm or later).
All faculty/staff will be around and participating in the various activities throughout the week.
Expect to be encouraged, start long-lasting friendships, meet your faculty advisor, and have a blast doing it on a beautiful prairie campus.
| Description | Total Amount |
|---|---|
| Tuition & Student Fees (1 course) | $1944* |
| Room Fees: Single Occupancy Room (5 nights) | $250 |
| Board Fees: Meal Plan (3 meals/day - 5 days) | $175 |
| Transportation Fees: Airport Shuttle | TBD |
| Total | $2369 + tax |
*based on domestic rates, see prov.ca for current INTL rates.
Any student who is enrolled in Reading the Church's Bible or Foundations of Counselling and registers for the full Room & Board plan (5 days & 3-meals/day) by July 15, 2026 will be eligible for a partial-to-full subsidy. This subsidy will cover up to 100% of Room & Board Fees and will be applied directly to student accounts after July 15, 2026. Total subsidy per student will depend on the number of students eligible. The subsidy does not cover taxes, extra nights/meals, tuition, or transportation fees. *Note: students will pay for Room & Board in full with registration and the subsidy amount will be credited to their student account following July 15.
At Providence our mission is to teach people to grow in knowledge and character for leadership and service. We see learning as more than simply informing our minds with the hope that this knowledge will produce character. We recognize the incarnational nature of the gospel and that kingdom life is best expressed by ‘doing life together.’ There are innumerable intangibles that are caught and not just taught, particularly in training pastors and counsellors. Formation through online lectures and assignments is an aspect of learning that is strengthened by established relational history.
Students who come to campus for a modular week routinely tell us how formative their experience was to their learning and growth. They feel a stronger connection to their professors and classmates and less isolated when they return to their distance studies. When they graduate, they have a larger network of friends and colleagues to share experiences and challenges with as they begin and navigate their careers. Students, faculty, and staff who have met in person are more likely to be engaged with each other in future online interactions, having more empathy and love for each other as wholistic beings rather than a distant face or name on a screen.
Campus Weeks will foster relational history early in a student’s program. This, in turn, will result in a more wholistic education right from the start, producing stronger growth in knowledge and character for leadership and service.
The overall improvement to the student experience achieved by Campus Weeks will repay dividends long-term, both for students and for program reputation. The difference in quality between students like ours and students trained completely online is already apparent to potential employers, churches, and clients, and that will only continue and increase over time.
Contact our Seminary Services Coordinator.
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