A new class of first-year students will arrive to campus Aug. 23, 24, 27 and 28, and the Office of Residence Life needs your help. Faculty and staff volunteers are needed to help greet students and assist with the check-in process. If you are interested in volunteering (and have approval from your supervisor) please sign up for a shift.
Volunteers will greet students and their families curbside in front of their residence hall and direct them to the hall front desk to check-in and get their room key. In the meantime, move-in helpers will unload and take the student’s belongings to their room.
We need 2–3 volunteers per hour, per building for the dates of Aug. 23, 24, 27 and 28 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Volunteers can choose to work one hour or multiple hours. Please select as many hours as you are available, but make sure not to double book. In other words, do not sign up to volunteer at both Morehouse and Carpenter on Aug. 23 from 1–2 p.m. Also, if you can only volunteer for a partial shift, that is okay, just let us know when signing up.
On move-in day, volunteers should report to the residence hall front desk of the building for which they are volunteering to receive instructions. We encourage volunteers to wear Drake apparel, their professional name badge, and a mask.
Move-in would not be possible without the help of so many gracious faculty and staff volunteers. Thank you for your time and consideration!
— Lorissa Sowden, Office of Residence Life