Back on campus: 1,400 students move in at Slippery Rock University
Monica Zubik helps pack incoming freshman Kaylie Zubik's things into moving bins ahead of her move into her dorm room in Building E at Slippery Rock University on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
More than 1,400 students settled into their dorms at Slippery Rock University’s campus on Thursday, Aug. 22.
Hundreds of volunteers helped coordinate the effort and carry students’ belongings into their rooms as the first-year and transfer students unpacked their belongings and set up their new spaces for the upcoming semester during the university’s move-in day.
The day marked the beginning of SRU’s Week of Welcome, a series of events created to acclimate first-year students to college life.
Returning students move in Sunday, and fall semester classes begin Monday.
Also in Butler County, Butler County Community College classes are set to begin on Monday.
Monica and Kaylie Zubik unload Kaylie's things ahead of her move into her dorm room in Building E at Slippery Rock University on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Monica and Kaylie Zubik unload Kaylie's things ahead of her move into her dorm room in Building E at Slippery Rock University on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jason McGee loads his freshman daughter's items into moving bins outside Building E at Slippery Rock University on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jason McGee loads his freshman daughter's items into moving bins outside Building E at Slippery Rock University on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Jason McGee loads his freshman daughter's items into moving bins outside Building E at Slippery Rock University on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Kaylie Zubik, center, an incoming freshman at Slippery Rock University, loads a bag of clothing into bins ahead of moving into her dorm in Building E with the help of her mom, Monica Zubik, and volunteers on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle
Sam Smoyer, a sophomore at Slippery Rock University, carries items to her dorm room in Building E at SRU on Thursday, Aug. 22. Morgan Phillips/Butler Eagle