Photo Editors: Photographers are invited to campus as volunteers help students move into the residence halls. CU-Boulder Chancellor Richard Byyny, the vice chancellors and deans will be assisting students between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Aug. 21 and Aug. 22.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ 600 volunteers will be posted throughout the University of Colorado at Boulder campus Aug. 21-22 to welcome new students and help them, and their belongings, get settled in the residence halls.
The volunteers are CU-Boulder upperclassmen who will be easy to spot in white T-shirts celebrating CU's 125th anniversary. They will be stationed near residence halls across the campus.
The volunteers will help new students move in from 8 a.m. to noon on Aug. 21 and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Aug. 23.
"Most of the student volunteers will be helping new students unload their cars and carry things to their residence hall rooms," said Paula Bland, residence life coordinator for Housing and coordinator of the volunteer effort. "Some students also will be helping the recycling effort by collecting cardboard at the various residence halls."
Faculty and staff members will be on hand to provide information to students until 2 p.m. at three tents set up at Williams Village, Kittredge Commons and Farrand Field. An information table also will be set up at Sewall Hall.
A week of welcome activities for freshmen begins Aug. 21 and will run through Aug. 27, the first day of fall semester classes.
The chancellor's convocation for all freshmen will be held Aug. 23 at 5:30 p.m. in the historic Norlin Quadrangle. Another highlight will be the New Student Welcome Carnival to be held on Farrand Field from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Aug. 24. More than 70 student groups will be represented at this event, along with games, refreshments and the popular Zip Code Man, who can cite the zip codes of locations throughout the United States.
"We try to do everything we can to make the adjustment from home to college successful," Bland said. "Helping to make the adjustment easier will set our new students up for success in the classroom."