MILWAUKEE_More than 4,400 students are moving into University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee residence halls starting Tuesday, Aug. 26, ahead of the start of the 2025-26 school year.
UWM Chancellor Thomas Gibson will be helping out and greeting students and families from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at Sandburg Hall, 3400 N. Maryland Ave.
UWM University Housing Director Arcetta Clay Jones and Luke Hams, associate director of residence life for University Housing, will be available for media interviews from 9 to 11 a.m. at Sandburg.
Media photographers and videographers are welcome to take photos and shoot footage in the garage, lobby and other common spaces at Sandburg during that time. Photos and video can be shot in student rooms only by invitation from students occupying those rooms.
Media are encouraged to park on the streets near Sandburg Hall to not interfere with the drop-off process. Media interested in covering move-in day are asked to RSVP via email to media-services-team@uwm.edu.
Move-in will be staggered throughout the week at Sandburg to allow for a smooth transition into the halls. Move-in at the other UWM residence halls – Cambridge Commons, RiverView and Kenilworth Square Apartments – will also take place during the week, with arrival times similarly spread out to avoid overcrowding in parking garages and elevators.
University Housing is at capacity for the fall. In Sandburg Hall alone, an estimated 2,800 students will move in over three days.
Classes begin on Tuesday, Sept. 2.
By the numbers
Some other interesting statistics and fun facts from University Housing about move-in:
28: Number of states from which UWM students will be traveling to move into residence halls
29: Number of countries represented by University Housing residents
72: Number of hours dedicated to training student resident assistants
150: On average, the number of students scheduled to arrive per hour at UWM’s four residence halls combined
About 300: Number of moving carts in use per hour to help residents roll their belongings up to their rooms
1,053: Number of lofts delivered to residence halls
About 144,000: Number of feet of shrink wrap used to help secure residents’ belongings as they move them from street level to their rooms
