A Look Back at Move-in 2017
Slideshow captures annual migration
Shades of Michelangelo: Scott Shephard (CAS’18) (left) and Manish Polavarapu (CAS’18) outside of 33 Harry Agganis Way. Photo by Jake Belcher
Sophia Pouzyrev (CAS’20) (left) and friend Morgan Browning, a University of Edinburgh student, waiting for Pouzyrev’s 722 Comm Ave room to be ready. Photo by Maddie Malhotra (COM’19)
Have wheels, will travel: Daniel Poe (ENG’18) and Aily Walker (ENG’20) haul the ubiquitous yellow Move-in carts down Comm Ave. Photo by Jake Belcher
Scarlet and white: new students have no need to wonder if they’re in the right place as they check in at Warren Towers. Photo by Jake Belcher
Resident assistant Andrea Rustad (CAS’19) was kept busy at 33 Agganis Way on August 30, the Move-in day that saw the most incoming students. Photo by Jake Belcher
A full load: Hedge Jeon (CFA’21) heads for 14 Buswell Street.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Every dorm room needs some photos from home (and a fancy frame adds élan). Photo by Jake Belcher
Maddy Campbell (CAS’18) gets help from Storage Squad worker Brian Brown in front of 33 Harry Agganis Way. Photo by Jake Belcher
Trekking along Comm Ave: Brittany Chang (COM’19) on her way to Claflin Hall. Photo by Kelly Davidson
There’s more to moving in than hauling boxes: Lucas Berry (SAR’21) (right), gets a hand from his father, Warren (that’s friend Paula Long leaning over the bin). The three drove from Jackson, Mich. Photo by Jake Belcher
A tight squeeze: Nathalie Friedman (CAS’20) (right) and her mom, Lily, probably wish the Claflin Hall elevator was a bit roomier.
Photo by Jackie Ricciardi
Belle Zhang (ENG’19) en route to her new digs at 726 Comm Ave, with its flower-filled courtyard. Photo by Kelly Davidson
Sarah Wager (CFA’21) (from left) and longtime friend Anna Shaughnessy (CAS’21), with Anna’s mom, Audrey, create some order in Anna’s Rich Hall room. Photo by Jake Belcher
Divya Advani (CGS’18) (right) gets some help from her mother at the 575 Comm Ave residence hall. Photo by Kelly Davidson
Dillon McGuire (CFA’19) (left) and his dad, Tim, are familiar with this rite of fall. Photo by Jake Belcher
You know how hard it is to move into a new dorm room or an off-campus apartment. There’s the boxing up and loading the car, the long drive to campus (for many), and the frantic unloading and unpacking, to say nothing of the last-minute trips to Target or Bed Bath & Beyond for all the stuff you forgot.
Now imagine multiplying that by 11,530. That’s the number of students who arrived on campus during Move-in in the week leading up to Labor Day.
The first 1,349 students arrived on Monday, August 28, many of them freshmen and transfer students volunteering for BU’s First Year Student Outreach Project, the weeklong Community Service Center program that sends students to work with nonprofits across the Boston area.
Wednesday was the busiest day of Move-in week, with 2,625 students arriving, among them a large group of new, and mostly international, students checking in early for Thursday’s final Orientation session of the summer.
Saturday saw the arrival of another 2,600 students, then 1,700 more on Sunday.
Unloading help was available in the form of 90 red-shirted sophomores and upperclassmen who volunteered for this year’s Scarlet Squad. “They’re resourceful, they generate great energy, and we couldn’t do Move-in without them,” says David Zamojski, assistant dean of students and director of Residence Life, whose office oversees the volunteer brigade. “It’s a great BU tradition to have upperclassmen welcoming new students.”
More than two dozen Boston University police officers, assisted by officers from Boston, helped keep the traffic moving in the right direction.
“Move-in went as smooth as could be,” says Marc Robillard, executive director for auxiliary services. “The great weather helped, with rain holding off until Sunday, and by then all the freshmen and new transfer students had already arrived. We had a great staff, too. Everyone had a smile on their face.”
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