We are excited to welcome our students and families back to Mason soon! We will welcome our first-year students to campus on Thursday, August 23 and our upper-class students back on Saturday, August 25.
The Mason community has been preparing for the past several months to welcome our students and families to campus with a stress-free move-in day experience. Since move-in is right around the corner, we want to make sure you understand Mason’s move-in day procedures. All students are assigned a move-in date, time, and campus entry point; students received this information in their Mason email (or the email they listed on their Housing application). Move-in times are also posted on the Housing and Residence Life website at housing.gmu.edu. Be sure to arrive at the appropriate entrance and at your student’s assigned time to ensure everyone has access to move-in help from volunteers and the greatest availability of moving bins.
When can my student check in?
Freshmen & Transfer Students
- All freshmen students may check in on Thursday, August 23 at or after their assigned check-in time.
- All transfer students may check in on Saturday, August 25 at or after their assigned check-in time.
- Please view assigned check-in times at gmu.edu/sites/housing/files/Move-in%20Times%20FR_1.pdf. All check-in times are based on your student’s housing assignment.
- Attending Orientation on Wednesday, August 22? All first-year and transfer students registered for orientation on Wednesday, August 22 may check in after completing Orientation. Please check in for move-in at your student’s neighborhood desk at gmu.edu/housing-options/desk-operations.
Returning residents
- Returning students may check in on Saturday, August 25 at or after their assigned check-in time.
- Please view assigned check-in times at gmu.edu/sites/housing/files/Move-in%20Times%20UC.pdf.
- All check-in times are based on your student’s housing assignment.
Can my student check in early?
Freshman students are not allowed to check in early unless participating in a university-sponsored activity or registered and attending the August 22 Orientation.
Upperclass students may request to move in early via eLiving. The first day to request early move-in is Sunday, August 19. If approved to move in early, your student will be charged $50 a night depending on the day your student checks in. More information on early arrival check-in will be emailed to your student’s Mason email account in August.
Any upperclass student who successfully volunteers for Freshmen Move-In Day as part of our Move Crew will be credited the early arrival charge back to their student account. Students who wish to sign up to be a Move Crew volunteer can do so at getconnected.gmu.edu/submitter/form/start/171597.
Where does my student check in?
Check-in for all freshmen on Thursday, August 23 is centralized via neighborhood until 4 p.m. It is important to follow directions and enter campus as instructed for your student’s assigned neighborhood. View and download move-in maps of each neighborhood at housing.gmu.edu/housing-options/hall-openings.
- If your student is assigned to the Shenandoah Neighborhood (all Presidents Park buildings), you are to enter campus via Braddock Road onto Roanoke River Lane into Lot L. Look for signs and volunteers. You will remain in your car for check-in and then proceed to your area for unload.
- If your student is assigned to the Rappahannock Neighborhood (Commons, Piedmont, Commonwealth, Dominion), you are to enter campus via University Drive and proceed to park in the Rappahannock parking deck. Your student will exit your vehicle and check-in will be in person at Hanover.
If you and your student arrive to campus for move-in after 4 p.m. on Thursday, August 23, please park your vehicle in a campus visitor lot and proceed by foot to the neighborhood desk of your student’s assignment. Here your student will receive a temporary parking permit to use during move-in.
- Shenandoah Neighborhood (all Presidents Park buildings): Eisenhower Desk
- Rappahannock Neighborhood (Commons, Piedmont, Commonwealth, Dominion): Piedmont Desk
Upperclass move-in
Upperclass move-in is on Saturday, August 25 and will take place in the building where your student is assigned until 4 p.m. Vehicles should be parked in a lot adjacent to your student’s building. Your student will then be able to proceed by foot to the building where he or she will receive a temporary parking permit for move-in.
If you and your student arrive to campus for move-in after 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 25, please park your vehicle in a campus visitor lot and proceed by foot to the neighborhood desk of your student’s assignment. Here your student will receive a temporary parking permit to use during move-in.
- Shenandoah Neighborhood (Liberty Square and Potomac Heights): Eisenhower Desk
- Rappahannock Neighborhood (Hampton Roads, Blue Ridge, Sandbridge, Piedmont, Tidewater, Northern Neck, or Eastern Shore): Piedmont Desk
- Aquia Neighborhood (Townhouses, Rogers, or Whitetop): Whitetop Desk
- Mason Global Center: Mason Global Center Desk
If you have any questions, please contact Housing and Residence Life at (703) 993-2720 or housing@gmu.edu. We can’t wait to welcome you and your student to Mason!
McKenzie Riley
Assistant Director of Conferences and Marketing
Housing and Residence Life