Mizzou students set to move into residence halls Wednesday ahead of fall semester
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
Thousands of University of Missouri students will be moving ahead of the fall semester Wednesday and Thursday.
According to the University of Missouri, it is expecting almost 6,000 freshman moving in over the next two days with the majority moving in Wednesday. Traffic issues are to be expected especially on College Avenue, Stadium Boulevard, North Providence Road along with any streets on campus.
According to the Move-In Day map, a majority of streets will have traffic flow one-way, and there will be area available for temporary parking such as Virginia Avenue Parking Garage and AV Lot 14A and 14B.
There will be select streets and areas where students and parents will be able to park and unload depending on the residence hall location.
Not only will campus be busy for Move-In Day, it will also be holding several activities for Welcome Week.
Welcome Week is a series of events for new students and happens every fall the week before classes start. There are several traditions and other activities that will be open to the public as well. Some traditions include Paint the "M", Midnight BBQ and the Tiger Walk.
Welcome Week is from Aug. 14 -18.