The floors have been cleaned. The windows washed. The furniture dusted. Now all Michigan State University’s residence halls need are students.
And that will happen Sunday when first-year and transfer students begin the move-in process around 8 a.m. Returning students move in beginning at 8 a.m. Monday. Classes will start on Wednesday.
“The start of the new semester is always an exciting time of year,” said MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon. “It’s critical that students get their academic careers off to a good start and I’m confident we have the programs, resources and support services to do just that.”
An army of volunteers will be on hand to help the students move in, including fellow students, faculty, staff, alumni and community volunteers. In addition, the students’ families, as well as the move-in volunteers, will be invited to enjoy a complimentary meal in one of MSU’s award-winning dining halls.
MSU’s incoming class is anticipated to be around 7,890 students.
Housing more than 14,500 students, MSU has one of the largest on-campus residence hall systems in the country.
Most roads, sidewalks and pathways will be open for move-in days, with two exceptions. The area surrounding the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory and the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams project maintains ongoing pedestrian detours around the construction site and also has lane restrictions on Wilson Road.
In addition, the area around Life Sciences, the Bott Building for Nursing Education and Research, and the Bio Engineering Facility currently has pedestrian detours around the construction site.
For an interactive map of construction areas, visit the Infrastructure Planning and Facilities website.
Here are some other notable events during Fall Welcome.
Fall Convocation and One Book, One Community presentation: 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Breslin Center.
Fill the Bus Service Project: Saturday through Friday.
Fall Welcome Spartan Spectacular: 4 to 10 p.m. Tuesday, Cherry Lane Field.
A complete list of Fall Welcome events can be found here.
Follow along with Fall Welcome activities using the Twitter hashtags #MSUWelcome and #SpartanMoveIn.
Fall 2015 Notables
- MSU has found that students who take advantage of the academic services offered within the university’s neighborhoods have higher grade point averages than students who don’t. See story here.
- The MSU College of Music is offering a new course in which students learn the fine art of writing musical scores for films. See story here.
- MSU will welcome 19 Alumni Distinguished Scholars and University Distinguished Scholars this fall, all of whom will be members of the Honors College. The Honors College welcomes its largest class to date this fall. See story here.
- This past summer MSU Study Abroad debuted a new program titled “A Fragile Fiji: Integrating Ecosystems and Human Dimensions in the Face of Climate Change.” The program is designed to expose students to place-based examples of climate change effects on culture, ecology, agri-business and tourism.
- The College of Communication Arts and Sciences is offering a new class in which students develop and write scripts for four television series. They also will write a script that will be turned into a stage play by students from the Department of Theatre.
- The College of Engineering will welcome its largest class of female students this fall. More than 1,000 women students, from freshmen to seniors, are expected in the college when the academic year opens.
- The College of Communication Arts and Sciences will be offering a minor in communicative sciences and disorders beginning this fall.
- The College of Arts and Letters has launched a Peer Mentoring Program aimed at helping first-year students make a successful transition from high school to college.
(Editor’s note: MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon will be on campus Sunday welcoming new students and their families. For a detailed schedule of where she will be, contact Jennifer Orlando, MSU Communications and Brand Strategy.)