{"id":202245,"date":"2024-08-20T16:33:03","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T02:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=202245"},"modified":"2024-08-21T10:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T20:10:49","slug":"students-early-start-uh-manoa-move-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/20\/students-early-start-uh-manoa-move-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Students get an early start with <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Move-In"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_202258\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202258\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024-2.jpg\" alt=\"students and volunteers pushing carts with suitcases and boxes\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-202258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024-2.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024-2-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202258\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Volunteers helping students move into their new home for college.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 3,500 student residents are moving into residence halls at the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M&#257;noa during the week of August 19 for the fall 2024 semester.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I feel excited, nervous, scared, but I\u2019m excited to make new friends and meet new people,&rdquo; said Lhizelle Banchiran, an incoming freshman from Maui. &ldquo;The campus is huge so I\u2019m kind of overwhelmed, but I know I\u2019m gonna get through it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em><abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/20\/hale-aloha-renovation-completed\/\">Hale Aloha Towers renovation completed<\/a>, August 20, 2024<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202257\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"people walking under a green and white balloon arch at stan sheriff center.\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-202257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024-130x73.jpg 130w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-fall-2024.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students and parents at Stan Sheriff Center check-in and explore on-campus opportunities.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Incoming student residents gathered at the Stan Sheriff Center to check in, receive their room key, student <abbr>ID<\/abbr> and room information, and explore campus resources including employment, leadership and financial aid opportunities. As part of the move-in process launched in 2023, students could utilize the two-way shuttle service or drive to the residence halls from Zone 20 to reduce traffic congestion.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We want their first experience at <abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> to be as comfortable as possible,&rdquo; said David Akana, interim director of student housing. We wanted to have something where they know there are gonna be lines, they know it&#8217;s gonna be a little stressful. But at the same time they can feel welcome to the university.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Jessi Arreola, another incoming freshman, expressed her ease in moving into her new home for her first year of college.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_202269\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202269\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-microfridge-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"student showcasing her new microfridge. \" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-202269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-microfridge-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-microfridge-101x130.jpg 101w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/manoa-shs-move-in-microfridge.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jessi Arreola, an incoming freshman, thrilled about her dorm life and new microfridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I was a little overwhelmed at first, but once like I got settled and everything, everyone was so helpful,&rdquo; said Arreola. &ldquo;Right when I got out of my car, they packed my bags and took me up to my floor, and everyone was really nice. It made it so much less stressful.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2>New renovations, amenities<\/h2>\n<p>Students moving into the Hale Aloha Towers will enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/05\/23\/2024-hale-aloha-towers-renovation-project\/\">newly renovated lobbies and common areas<\/a> in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/07\/23\/microfridges-for-uh-manoa-student-residents\/\">new microfridge (microwave\/refrigerators)<\/a>, which are now included in all of the rooms and or suite areas residence halls except the Hale Wainani Apartments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They put it in the fridge and microwave in our dorm, that was super cool. &ldquo;And just walking into the front lobby it just looks so clean and so nice&rdquo;, said Arreola. &ldquo;To call such a nice place home for these next couple of months, I am super excited.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 3,500 students moving in during <abbr>糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M&#257;noa Move-In Days  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1139,202,1466,1641,320,9],"class_list":["post-202245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-commuter-services","tag-facilities","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-student-housing","tag-student-housing-services","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202245"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202338,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202245\/revisions\/202338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}