Residence Services ready to welcome up to 2,000 students in one day

/EINPresswire.com/ -- On Sunday, September 4, up to 2,000 new and returning University of Calgary students will move their belongings into their new homes and begin their residence experience on Move-in Day. Close to 500 student and staff volunteers will be on hand to help.

Move-in Day 2016 will see approximately 850 first-year students moving in - compared to approximately 715 first-year students in previous years - making it the largest number of first-year students living in residence on record. Additionally, there are approximately 480 second-year students moving in, an increase of 100 over last year.

Move-in day is the prelude to Fall Orientation Week, where all new students are welcomed to campus.

WHAT: University of Calgary Residence Move-in Day

WHEN: Sunday, September 4, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. - Media Availability from 10 a.m. to Noon

WHERE: Dining Centre at the University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW. (Suggested parking in Arts Parkade. Campus map at ucalgary.ca/map)

WHO: Randy Maus, associate director, Residence Services; Kendra Toth, president, Residence Students' Association; Declan Mackenzie, vice-president, Residence Students' Association

About the University of Calgary
The University of Calgary is making tremendous progress on its journey to become one of Canada's top five research universities, where research and innovative teaching go hand in hand, and where we fully engage the communities we both serve and lead. This strategy is called Eyes High, inspired by the university's Gaelic motto, which translates as 'I will lift up my eyes.'

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