{"id":42067,"date":"2016-08-22T09:54:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=42067"},"modified":"2016-08-22T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T13:54:30","slug":"wright-state-will-welcome-more-than-1600-new-students-on-move-in-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/08\/22\/wright-state-will-welcome-more-than-1600-new-students-on-move-in-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Wright State will welcome more than 1,600 new students on Move-In Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_42069\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/08\/22\/wright-state-will-welcome-more-than-1600-new-students-on-move-in-day\/move-in-15852_295\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42069\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42069\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42069\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/08\/move-in-15852_295-508x338.jpg\" alt=\"Over 110 golf carts and 500 volunteers will help more than 1,600 new students move into their new homes on campus on Aug. 25.\" width=\"460\" height=\"306\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42069\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Over 110 golf carts and 500 volunteers will help more than 1,600 new students move into their new homes on campus on Aug. 25.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More than 1,600 new Wright State University students can be found on the Dayton Campus during the university&#8217;s annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/residence-life-and-housing\/campus-living\/move-in\">Move-In Day<\/a> on Thursday, Aug. 25. Move-In Day runs from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>During the day, much of the Wright State community turns out to help new students move into 29 residence halls and on-campus apartments.<\/p>\n<p>Move-In Day will include 110 golf carts, a fleet of luggage rollers and about 200 staff and faculty volunteers and 300 upperclassmen volunteers who will end their summer vacation early to help their peers settle on campus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s convenient to live on campus,&#8221; said Dan Bertsos, director of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/residence-life-and-housing\">Residence Life and Housing<\/a>. &#8220;The benefits of living on campus include developing autonomy by managing your own affairs, developing maturity and connecting to the campus better because you\u2019re here all the time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2016 marks the 25th year the Wright State community will come together for the Operation Move-In event.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People generally enjoy the experience and find it to be a good day,&#8221; Bertsos said. &#8220;If there are tears, they are happy tears.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another 1,200 upperclassmen will move in to residence halls and apartments on Saturday, Aug. 27.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42071\" style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/08\/22\/wright-state-will-welcome-more-than-1600-new-students-on-move-in-day\/15852_308-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42071\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42071\" class=\"size-large wp-image-42071\" src=\"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/files\/2016\/08\/15852_308-508x286.jpg\" alt=\"For the last 25 years, teams of student, faculty and staff have helped make Move-In Day one of the most successful events at Wright State.\" width=\"460\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42071\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">For the last 25 years, teams of student, faculty and staff have helped make Move-In Day one of the most successful events at Wright State.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New residents may want to consider bringing the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extra long twin size sheets (mattress size 36\u2033x80\u2033)<\/li>\n<li>Mattress pad or cover, pillows, and comforter\/bedspread<\/li>\n<li>Rugs<\/li>\n<li>Computer<\/li>\n<li>Alarm clock<\/li>\n<li>Desk lamp<\/li>\n<li>Television<\/li>\n<li>Touch-tone phone<\/li>\n<li>Wastebasket<\/li>\n<li>Bathmat<\/li>\n<li>Towels<\/li>\n<li>Toiletries (shampoo, soap, razor, toilet paper, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Seasonal clothing<\/li>\n<li>Hamper<\/li>\n<li>Umbrella<\/li>\n<li>Cooking utensils\/can opener<\/li>\n<li>Plates, cups, silverware<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some items \u2014 such as hot plates and pets other than fish \u2014 should be left at home.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about acceptable dorm items, the complete Move-In Day schedule and check-in information, future residents should visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wright.edu\/residence-life-and-housing\/campus-living\/move-in\">Residence Life and Housing website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Wright-Patt Credit Union supports Move-In Day by providing volunteers and funding.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Much of the Wright State community will help new students move into residence halls and on-campus apartments during Move-In Day Aug. 25. <a href=\"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2016\/08\/22\/wright-state-will-welcome-more-than-1600-new-students-on-move-in-day\/\" class=\"morelink\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":42069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[722,729,748,743,2048,2017,744,725,2045,747,715,4296,746,2119,2061],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-around-campus","category-business","category-engineering-computer-science","category-enrollment-management","category-nursing-health","category-education-human-services","category-home-news-sidebar","category-honors-program","category-liberal-arts","category-news","category-residence-life-housing","category-science-mathematics","category-university-college","category-undergraduate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42073,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42067\/revisions\/42073"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}