Freshman Jenna Portz (left) and Dominique Flannagan, RA for the 18th floor of the Sandburg north tower, talk with Chancellor Mark Mone. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Families and students unload their luggage, packed onto carts with the help of plastic wrap, getting ready to move in. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Chancellor Mark Mone speaks with the parent of a new UWM student. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
A new freshman checks in and receives the key to her room. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
UWM men's basketball coach Pat Baldwin helps a player move furniture up to his room. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
Freshman Matthew Villanueva moves his bags onto a luggage cart. (UWM Photo/Mikaila Dusenberry)
UWM sprang back to life as some 4,000 students descended on campus and moved into residence halls during move-in week.
Crews of volunteers helped students unpack cars and vans. They swaddled the luggage in plastic wrap on moving carts and helped wheel the carts to elevators and up into rooms.
Returning students found several renovations and additions to UWM’s five residential communities, including:
— A new lounge area in the RiverView residence on North Avenue
— Kitchenettes on all floors of RiverView
— Expanded mailroom in Sandburg Halls to accommodate increased deliveries of textbooks ordered online.