University Housing

Approved groups may move in beginning August 15 for additional orientation and training. These groups are: AppolCorps, Fall Athletes, Marching Mountaineers, New and Continuing Honors, Watauga, and RLC Populations, SOULs, Student Employees, and Trailhead.

All other students should arrive during their assigned building move-in day and time. Continuing students, who are not a member of an approved group listed above, should plan to move in any time on August 20 or 21. Continuing students cannot arrive prior to August 20 unless they are with a specific, scheduled group.

Assigned residence hall move-in days and times are as follows:

Staff and resources will be concentrated to areas where move-in is scheduled each day. If students and families arrive outside of their assigned move-in time, there will not be staff or volunteers on hand to help them move in, find parking, or generally assist with any other needs. Therefore, we ask that students and families please make the necessary arrangements to move in during their assigned day and time.

Additionally, rosters for AppolCorps will be assembled after July 1 and will be based on each student's housing assignment and move-in date. Therefore, students who do not arrive during their scheduled move-in timeslot will risk missing their AppolCorps experience. For this reason, as well as managing traffic on campus, students who miss their move-in timeslots should plan to arrive any time from August 19 - 21.

When families arrive for move-in, there are a multitude of highly visible yellow/black signs posted along the roadways. The signs come in two varieties, one being for WEST CAMPUS and the other for EAST CAMPUS. Families may also use this interactive campus map (opens in a new tab) to navigate campus. To do so, open the link and check Fall Move-In, which is located under the Locations tab on the left side of the screen.

Residence halls on the WEST CAMPUS are: Appalachian Heights, Belk, Frank, Laurel Creek, Living Learning Center (LLC), Mountaineer, New River, Newland, Raven Rocks, and Thunder Hill. The WEST CAMPUS signs provide directions to Rivers Street. From there, additional signs are in place to divide traffic appropriately. Specifically:

• Appalachian Heights/Mountaineer/LLC traffic continues to Bodenheimer Drive and continues to that building.
• Belk/Frank/Laurel Creek/New River/Newland/Raven Rocks/Thunder Hill traffic is turned onto Stadium Drive and checks in at the New River Hall parking lot before being directed to that building.

Residence Halls on the EAST CAMPUS are: Cannon, Cone, Dogwood, Doughton, Elkstone, Mountain Laurel, Summit, and White. The EAST CAMPUS signs provide directions to Hardin Street. From there, additional signs are in place to divide traffic appropriately. Specifically:

• Mountain Laurel Hall should drive directly to that building.
• Cone/Elkstone/White Hall traffic is turned onto Locust Street.
• Cannon/Dogwood/Doughton Hall traffic is directed to the Legends parking lot.

All students will get their AppCard during Orientation. If you are attending a late Orientation, you may get your AppCard from the AppCard Office, located on the second floor of the University Bookstore, after you check into your residence hall. Your AppCard serves as your key to enter your residence hall and it is also what you use to pay for your meals on campus. Please note, residence halls will lock after 5 PM during move-in days so residents will need their AppCard to access their building after 5 PM on these days.

After Aug. 18, visit the Campus Services Express desk (opens in a new tab), located on the second floor of the University Bookstore during regular business hours with all AppCard questions.

The driver of the vehicle is directed upon entering the appropriate area for unloading. Upon completing the unloading process, vehicles on WEST CAMPUS will be directed to the Greenwood, Peacock, or South parking lots. Vehicles on EAST CAMPUS will be directed to the Convocation, Hill Street, or State Farm parking lots. Please see the campus parking map (opens in a new tab)for further information. To do so, open the link and check Fall Move-In, which is located under the Locations tab on the left side of the screen.

Construction on the STADIUM SIDE OF CAMPUS requires vehicles to exit (after unloading) at the Schaffer Center parking lot. At the light, they will either go straight into the Peacock parking lot OR turn left onto Rivers Street and stay in the left-hand lane. At Bodenheimer Drive, vehicles will turn left and follow it to the Greenwood parking lot (just past the Appalachian House).

If these lots are full, vehicles may use the South parking lot, which is located on Bodenheimer Drive beside the baseball fields. For this lot, vehicles will exit unloading zones using the Schaffer Center parking lot and turn left onto Rivers Street (stay in the left-hand lane). At Bodenheimer Drive, vehicles will turn left and follow it to the South parking lot.

Vehicles on EAST CAMPUS may use the State Farm parking lot, which is located at Dale Street. For this lot, vehicles will exit unloading zones using Hardin Street and proceed straight down Blowing Rock Road (US Route 321) to U.S. 221 North Highway. Turn left at U.S. 221 North Highway and turn right at the light onto State Farm Road. From State Farm Road, turn left onto Dale Steet, which is approximately 0.9 miles down State Farm.