University Move-in Dates!

Move-in day for new freshmen and transfer students is Thursday, August 19, 2010 and returning students move in on Saturday, August 21, 2010

The University will hold its official move-in on Thursday August 19, 2010. In order to provide the best service and least congestion for our Illinois students and their families, we would like to ask for your cooperation as you create your leases and confirm your early arrival policies. Not only will our customers be better served but our employees will have a more positive experience.

Last year, we had several Greek letter organizations, student leaders, private certified residents and living learning community residents request to arrive early. These students totaled well over 4000 residents. We allow those students living with University Housing and Private Certified Housing to pay an early arrival fee and move in between Sunday and Wednesday. Students living in Greek Chapter Houses have contract dates that begin on the Sunday prior to move-in. This opportunity allows the traffic to disperse over several days and allows our student staff to help with the remainder of official move-in.

Many of our Greek Letter students, band members and student leaders do not live in on-campus housing, they live in apartments. These students will have the same obligations and need to arrive early. Ideally, we would hope you could structure your contracts to allow for students who need to be on campus prior to August 19th. If you are unable to structure your contract to begin between August 16th and August 19th we would kindly ask that you allow students who need to arrive early an option for doing so. There are some official student organizations like Illini Guides, Dining Workers, etc. that we have rosters for and confirm your residents’ need to be on campus early.

If you have further questions please contact Mari Anne Brocker or Herb Jones