Chancellor Thomas Gibson and Director of University Housing Arcetta Clay Jones greet families at their cars at the start of move-in day. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Elyse Stachewicz and parents Diane and Paul pause during the move-in hustle for a quick photo with Chancellor Thomas Gibson at Sandburg Hall. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student worker Sammie Goldwasser helps direct traffic in the Sandburg Hall parking garage. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM staff Caitlyn McElwee, Pachoua Lor and Itzel Nuñez are ready to check out moving carts to students and families on move-in day. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Student workers Mel Lim and Leeann Xiong use heavy-duty plastic wrap to secure items on moving carts. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Olivia Osborne helps move her son Kenan into Sandburg Hall. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM student Shaniya Williams (second from right) pauses for a photo with her family while moving into Sandburg Hall.(UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Chancellor Thomas Gibson talks with the UWM women's volleyball team in Sandburg Cafe. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM student Karina Salgado and her mother, Esmeralda Pena, share a hug outside Cambridge Commons after moving into the dorms. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM student Nicholas Fitzgibbon and his mother push a cart from their car to Nicholas' new home in RiverView Hall. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Ava Bartkowiak and her father assemble a roller cart in her RiverView Hall dorm room. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Families experience the buzz of move-in at RiverView Hall. (UWM Photo/Elora Hennessey)
UWM is bustling with activity as more than 3,900 students move into campus residence halls and apartments from Thursday, Aug. 27, through Sept. 1, before the start of the 2026-27 school year.
Chancellor Thomas Gibson helped kick off move-in Thursday morning at Sandburg Hall, greeting students and families and lending a hand.
From packed cars and rolling carts to excited first hellos, move-in is bringing energy back to campus as students settle into their UWM homes at Sandburg, Cambridge Commons, RiverView and Kenilworth Square Apartments. Classes begin on Sept. 2.
