Chantal Baseke helps move her daughter Raissa Kampel into Sandburg Hall. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Students and families line up for carts to move their belongings to their room at Sandburg. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Allison Ward leads the way to the elevator as she helps move Neeko Ward and Sofia Randall move into Sandburg Hall. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
51ÁÔÆæ volunteers help students check in, get the keys to their rooms and give out information about the residence halls. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Incoming freshman Morgan Egbert chats with 51ÁÔÆæ Chancellor Thomas Gibson in the doorway of her room at Sandburg. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Chancellor Thomas Gibson welcomes students and families outside of Sandburg Hall. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Chancellor Thomas Gibson talks with media about move-in and the new school year. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Maggie Schmidt (left) and her little sister jokingly cover up the UW-Stevens Point logo on their dad’s shirt. Steve Schmidt, an outreach specialist for the forestry education program at UW-Stevens Point, said that 51ÁÔÆæ got a great chancellor in Thomas Gibson. Gibson was the chancellor at Stevens Point before taking over at 51ÁÔÆæ this summer. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Move-in volunteer helper Tedros Adam helps direct traffic outside Cambridge Commons. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Students line up to get moving carts as they move in to Cambridge Commons. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Luke Hansen and his roommate, Hunter Odegaard, get their room at Cambridge Commons ready for the coming year. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Xavier Knauss (right) loads up a moving cart with the help of his younger brother Ivan and his mother, Chantell, at Cambridge Commons. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
51ÁÔÆæ move-in volunteer helper Katie Rose greets families and directs traffic outside of Cambridge Commons. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
A group of student volunteers does a chorus line during a break during move-in at RiverView Hall. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Students carry their belongings into RiverView Hall during move-in. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
Donna Gooden and Efthimia Giannaras help Samantha Gooden bring her belongings to her room. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
51ÁÔÆæ employees Bre Budnick, Rachel Heilgendorf, Katie Rose and Corinne Kronschnabel help students check in and get their keys at RiverView Hall. (51ÁÔÆæ Photo/Troye Fox)
More than 4,400 students began moving into 51ÁÔÆæ residence halls Aug. 26, unloading vehicles and loading wheeled carts to bring their belongings to their new homes for the school year.
New 51ÁÔÆæ Chancellor Thomas Gibson greeted students and their families, welcoming them to the university on a blissfully cool late-summer day.
Students will be moving in over the course of the week to all the residence halls, including Cambridge Commons, RiverView and Kenilworth Square Apartments. Classes begin on Sept. 2.
