On the move: dorm days 2006
Andrew Riggs / The Collegian
Before meeting his roommate, freshman math major Brandon Wedel rifles though life’s essentials in Sycamore Hall Aug. 24. |
By Shannon Milliken
The Collegian
The prospect of moving 1,180 students into nine residence halls over the course of four days seems like a daunting task for anyone.
However, moving students into University Courtyard was a pretty laidback event.
There were almost no long lines.
Staff members in red shirts stationed themselves throughout the residential part of campus ready to answer any questions.
Few students appeared frazzled, as Fresno State was able to accommodate every person on the dorms’ waitlist, giving everyone a place to live, said Erin Boele, Director of Housing.
Boele said the residence halls were completely booked and 75 additional students have been placed at University Inn.
The majority of the students living in the residence halls are freshmen, with about 300 returning students and about 75 transfer and graduate students. The on-campus living experience begins with check-in paperwork and bed assignments, followed by moving in opening day activities.
Activities included a move-in-day barbecue, a “Movie Under The Stars” and “Color Games” competitions between each hall to help students bond.
“The color games help build a community within each building,” Boele said.
Freshman Mailyn Castillo from Los Angeles said she doesn’t know anyone here at Fresno State. Living on campus will help her to meet people but she said she appreciates being far away from everyone she knows at home because it will help her to study more.
Other freshmen have more mixed feelings about being on their own.
“I’m excited but a little apprehensive,” said Jessica Petzrick, a freshman from Poway, Calif.
Petzrick’s mom, Gale Petzrick, is a little scared and nervous to let her daughter go, but said the experience is a right of passage.
Sophomore Sheila Dills expects dorm living to be fun. Though this is her second year of college, it is her first year at Fresno State. Moving into University Courtyard will help her to get to know people, Dills said.
William Bergen, who is returning for his second year in the residence halls said the best thing about living on-campus last year was all the people he met. He hopes for a repeat of that this year.
“It’s going to be a good year,” said Bergen. “I’m looking forward to it.”
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