University of Mary Washington Then & Now

Move-In Day signifies the beginning of the academic school year for students. For freshman, it is the day where they say goodbye to living solely under their parents’ or guardians’ roof, and learn to live with people their own age. Move-In Day is typically in late August and is the first day of Freshman Orientation, which is the week before courses begin. Upperclassmen tend to move in either a few days or the day before the first day of courses.

Move-In Day, 1948 "Move-In Day," 1948, The Centennial Collection, UMW Digital Archives, University of Mary Washington.

Move-In Day, August 17, 2010 Norm Shafer, UMW Photographer, "Move-In Day," August 17, 2010, University of Mary Washington.