{"id":5887,"date":"2023-08-03T13:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/?page_id=5887"},"modified":"2026-03-10T18:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T23:33:42","slug":"move-in-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/move-in-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Move In"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection>\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"move in 2\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/03\/move-in-2-e1773183227141.jpeg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69e70829804c3 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 550px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69e70829804c3\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"site-section__title bold\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"title\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNew, Transfer &amp; Returning Students Move In\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5 id=\"move-in-is-august-29-through-september-3\" class=\"site-section__title site-section__title--center h3\" data-name=\"title\" data-depth=\"0\" data-index=\"0\"><strong style=\"background-color: #e4a01b; color: black; padding: 2px 4px;\">August 29 &#8211; September 3<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__micronavbutton panel panel-micronavbutton site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"micronavbutton\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t    <div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--top-padding-none site-section__inner--bottom-padding-none micronavbutton\">\n\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__no-gutters\"\n\t     data-depth=\"0\"\n\t     data-name=\"buttons\"\n\t     data-livetext\n\t>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-cranberry\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"mailto:housing@stolaf.edu\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">Questions about move-in logistics?<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tContact the Housing Office\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn u-bc-teal\"\n\t\t\t\t   \thref=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/newstudents\/orientation\/schedule\/\"\n\t\t\t\t   \ttarget=\"_blank\"\n\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-label\">New &amp; Transfer Students Information<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"site-panel__micronavbtn-btn-desc\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tReview the New Student Orientation Schedule\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\n\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__wysiwyg panel panel-wysiwyg site-section__bg--white\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"wysiwyg\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper site-section__inner--top-padding-minimal site-section__inner--bottom-padding-minimal site-section__bg--white\">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-section__content \">\n\t\t<div class=\"site-grid site-grid__wrapper site-grid__wrapper-stagger\"\n\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t data-name=\"columns\"\n\t\t\t data-livetext>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-grid__col\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__wysiwyg-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content c-tile\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-index=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-autop=\"true\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t data-name=\"column_content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Moving Into the Residence Halls<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Residence Life is excited to welcome you to your new home at St. Olaf.\u00a0 Moving into a residence hall marks the beginning of an exciting chapter in your college experience, whether you&#8217;re a first-year student or returning to campus. Our staff is here to assist you with your transition, ensuring a smooth move-in process.<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">Please make sure to explore the links below which help to outline our students&#8217; move in experience.<\/h5>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid__col -->\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div> <!-- .site-grid, .site-grid__wrapper -->\n\t<\/div> <!-- site-section__content -->\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__title panel panel-title site-section__bg--u-cc-blue-light\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"title\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n<section class=\" site-panel__title--wrapper u-cc-blue-light\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"hero__pattern u-fc-purple\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pattern--background\" style=\"--pattern-url: url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-content\/plugins\/st-olaf-gutenberg-blocks\/\/assets\/img\/backgrounds\/pattern-c.svg')\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"site-panel__title--inner l-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"page__title h1\">The Timeline<\/h1>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__query_loop panel panel-query_loop site-section__bg--normal\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"query-loop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner l-wrapper \">\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n    <div class=\" query-loop\">\n\n                    <article class=\"item-loop item-loop-- c-card  \">\n\n\t<figure  class=\"item__image c-card__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"move in 2\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/03\/move-in-2-e1773183227141-370x245.jpeg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 960px) 25vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/03\/move-in-2-e1773183227141-540x340.jpeg 540w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/03\/move-in-2-e1773183227141-370x245.jpeg 370w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/03\/move-in-2-e1773183227141-270x170.jpeg 270w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t<header class=\"item-loop__header c-card__header u-cc-purple\">\n\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/new-student-housing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"c-card__link\"><span class=\"u-visual-hide\">New &#038; Transfer Student Move In<\/span><\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"item-loop__title c-card__title\">\n\t\t\tNew &#038; Transfer Student Move In\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n        \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n                    <article class=\"item-loop item-loop-- c-card  \">\n\n\t<figure  class=\"item__image c-card__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"untitled shoot 011\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2023\/12\/untitled-shoot-011-e1702594273927-370x245.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 960px) 25vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2023\/12\/untitled-shoot-011-e1702594273927-540x340.jpg 540w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2023\/12\/untitled-shoot-011-e1702594273927-370x245.jpg 370w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2023\/12\/untitled-shoot-011-e1702594273927-270x170.jpg 270w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t<header class=\"item-loop__header c-card__header u-cc-purple\">\n\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/returning-student-housing\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"c-card__link\"><span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Returning Student Move In<\/span><\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"item-loop__title c-card__title\">\n\t\t\tReturning Student Move In\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n        \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n                    <article class=\"item-loop item-loop-- c-card  \">\n\n\t<figure  class=\"item__image c-card__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"thorson checkout\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/thorson-checkout-370x245.jpeg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 960px) 25vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/thorson-checkout-540x340.jpeg 540w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/thorson-checkout-370x245.jpeg 370w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/thorson-checkout-270x170.jpeg 270w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t<header class=\"item-loop__header c-card__header u-cc-purple\">\n\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/early-arrival\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"c-card__link\"><span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Early Arrival<\/span><\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"item-loop__title c-card__title\">\n\t\t\tEarly Arrival\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n        \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n                    <article class=\"item-loop item-loop-- c-card  \">\n\n\t<figure  class=\"item__image c-card__image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" alt=\"checkour\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/checkour-370x245.jpeg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 33vw, (min-width: 960px) 25vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/checkour-540x340.jpeg 540w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/checkour-370x245.jpeg 370w, \nhttps:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2026\/01\/checkour-270x170.jpeg 270w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\t<header class=\"item-loop__header c-card__header u-cc-purple\">\n\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/early-drop-off\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" class=\"c-card__link\"><span class=\"u-visual-hide\">Early Drop Off<\/span><\/a>\n\n\t\t\n\t\t<h3 class=\"item-loop__title c-card__title\">\n\t\t\tEarly Drop Off\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\n        \n\t<\/header>\n\n<\/article>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n\n    \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\tclass=\"site-section site-panel__image_overlay panel panel-image_overlay site-section__bg--default\"\n\t\t\tdata-depth=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-js-panel=\"image-overlay\"\n\t\t>\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"site-section__inner site-section__inner--no-padding\">\n\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<div role=\"img\" aria-label=\"campus\" style=\"background-image:url('https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/files\/2021\/08\/campus.jpg');\" loading=\"lazy\"  class=\"site-section__bg-img site-section__bg-img--m-stack\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t@media all and ( min-width: 960px ) {\n\t\t\t#site-panel__image-overlay-69e7082983572 {\n\t\t\t\theight: 700px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\n    \n\t<div id=\"site-panel__image-overlay-69e7082983572\" class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-wrap site-panel__img-overlay--no-ribbon horz-center vert-middle\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"site-panel__img-overlay-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"t-content t-content--light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"site-section__desc\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-depth=\"0\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-name=\"content\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-autop\n\t\t\t\t\t\tdata-livetext\n\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<table style=\"height: 258px;\" width=\"463\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #6e3a5d; color: #000000;\">\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Date<\/b><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Event<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #00827e;\"><strong>Friday, August 29th<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Approved Early Drop-offs<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #00827e;\"><strong>Saturday, August 30th<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>New Student Move-in<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #00827e;\"><strong>Sunday, August 31st &#8211; Wednesday, September 3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Returning Students Move-in<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #00827e;\"><strong>Monday, September 1st<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Transfer Student Move-in<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; background-color: #00827e;\"><strong>Thursday, September 4th<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>First Day of Class<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>*The arrival and departure dates for semester are standard for all students in the housing portal. All students should follow the dates on the website for their arrival and departure. Arrivals and departures outside of those dates on the website are approved through formal requests. The requests are made through applications within each student&#8217;s housing portal. If you have questions about your arrival and\/or departure contact Residence Life (housing@stolaf.edu).<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5887","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5887"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14474,"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5887\/revisions\/14474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/residencelife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}