Students Return to Illinois State Aug. 17

Date: 8/8/06
Contact: Kathy Beal

Related Link: http://www.housing.ilstu.edu/seasonal/move_in/

More than 7,000 students will be moving into Illinois State University's residence halls beginning on Thursday, Aug. 17.

Some 400 students and Illinois State representatives as well as Association of Residence Halls students and staff will serve as volunteer move-in leaders at the residence halls starting at 8 a.m. on Thursday and continuing through Sunday at 4 p.m.
Temporary traffic patterns will be established for the area around Watterson Towers and Manchester and Hewett Halls on the east side of campus. Fell Avenue will be designated one-way southbound from Mulberry Street to Beaufort, with the block between College Avenue and North Street closed. School Street will be one-way southbound between College Avenue and North Street.

On the west side of campus, the private drive between Redbird Arena and the Nelson Smith Building will be closed to move-in traffic at Tri-Towers. That traffic will be directed to the Adelaide Street entrance to the north of Tri-Towers.

Watterson Towers traffic will begin at the intersection of School Street and College Avenue and continue southbound on School Street, east on North Street and south on Fell Street to Watterson Towers. Extra parking will be available in the University lots on School and Fell Streets just north of Manchester Hall and in the lots directly north of the Bone Student Center pay parking lot. The Hancock Stadium lots will be used for over-flow parking.

The Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System will move their pick-up and drop-off site temporarily to the corner of Broadway and Beaufort Streets in Normal. NiteRide will start on Thursday evening with the regular route.

Following the move-in, new freshmen and transfer students will participate in a four-day orientation program, "Passages," that helps students feel at home at Illinois State and in the community.