More than 6,000 students expected to live on MU campus this school year
Jazsmin Halliburton
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
With the first day of classes in less than a week, the University of Missouri campus is alive with thousands of students moving into dorms.
MU’s Director of Housing Tyler Page estimates 2,500 students arrived on Wednesday and another 1,500 will join on Thursday, with returning students expected to trickle in before class. Added to the estimated 2,000 students who came during early move-in, the MU campus will house more than 6,000 students this school year.
Last year, MU accepted more than 6,100 freshmen, causing some strain on campus with the reports of full lecture halls and the school making a deal with Tri-Sigma sorority to use their house as temporary residential housing.
Page confirms that MU does not expect to use overflow housing this year.
A thousand volunteers will spread out across move-in locations, helping parents and students with the move-in process by unloading cars and showing students to their rooms.
“It was less than 10 minutes,” MU freshman Jack Braun said.
“In 5 minutes, actually, they had everything out of the car,” Bruan’s mom, Sandy Braun, said.
MU senior Jordan Blew and MU junior Evan Judge told ABC 17 News they were happy to help.
“Moving to college is a pretty stressful time for everyone, so just being able to be there and do everything we can, I think just helps a lot,” Blew said.
“All these people we got helping out, they’re able to take a little stress off and get everyone moved in and in a timely manner, which is great,” Judge said.
Traffic issues are to be expected, especially on College Avenue, Stadium Boulevard, North Providence Road and many streets on campus.
According to the Move-In Day map, a majority of streets will have traffic flow one-way, and there will be multiple areas available for temporary parking, such as:
Virginia Avenue Parking Garage
Turner Avenue Parking Garage
Conley Avenue Parking Garage (top level only)
AV Lot 14A and 14B.
Other parking areas based on residence hall can be found here.
The school is also holding Welcome Week, which is a series of events for new students and happens every fall the week before classes start. There are several traditions and other activities that will be open to the public as well. Some traditions include a midnight barbecue and Tiger Walk.
Welcome Week runs through Sunday, while Monday is the first day of class.