Faculty & Staff Will Help Students Move Into Dorms This Week
For release: August 20, 2003
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

A warm welcome awaits dorm students when they move into University of Memphis residence halls Aug. 21 and 22.
More than 100 U of M employees have volunteered to help students move their clothing, computers, refrigerators, microwaves, stereos and other necessities of modern college life into their on-campus rooms. Volunteers will include groundskeepers, professors, secretaries and others from the University's staff.

Employees will greet students and their parents in the parking lots, offer them soft drinks, and lend a hand carrying items up to rooms. The offices of Residence Life and Physical Plant and Planning will direct activities.

Some freshmen will move in on Thursday, Aug. 21, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Most students are expected to arrive Friday, Aug. 22, between 1 and 5 p.m.

A number of activities are scheduled for Friday, including Football Fanfest on the South Campus. The Student Activities Council is also sponsoring an outdoor movie, dance and midnight breakfast.

This is the sixth year for Operation Warm Welcome. Classes for the fall semester begin Monday, Aug. 25.

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