CU 麻豆影院 will welcome back thousands of students and families to campus this month. Credentialed members of the media are invited to a media availability covering fall move-in and Fall Welcome events from 6听a.m. to noon on Monday, Aug. 19, 2024. Please see details and story ideas below.

If you wish to cover move-in, please RSVP to cunews@colorado.edu by 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16.听

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Who: Credentialed media

What: Media will have the opportunity to interview campus spokespeople about move-in, Fall Welcome events and the fall semester ahead. They can also collect photos and video of students moving in at that time.

If you would like an interview for use in broadcast or print prior to 6 a.m. Monday, Aug. 19, a spokesperson is available for interviews by appointment this week. Email cunews@colorado.edu for arrangements.

When: Monday, Aug. 19. Spokesperson interviews:听6 a.m. to noon. Interviews with Chancellor Dr. Justin Schwartz and Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Dr. D鈥橝ndra Mull: 11am-noon.听

Where:听Media availability will take place at Williams Village East.听Media must RSVP to reserve parking on campus.听Please park in the east side of Lot 622, marked in red on the map below. You can follow this .

Williams Village Map with media parking highlighted

Multimedia

2024 move-in听media assets, including VO and photos, are available for media outlets to download and use. They will also be shared through the official CU 麻豆影院 Strategic Relations and Communications X (Twitter) account, @CU麻豆影院News. Additionally, .听

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Story Ideas

  • Lead, Innovate, Impact: As tomorrow's leaders, these students will innovate in ways we can鈥檛 begin to imagine. Think of the technologies developed over the past 20-30 years鈥搈obile phones, Internet, laptop computers鈥揺veryday things we can鈥檛 live without. What鈥檚 next for science and society at large?
  • Election 2024: CU 麻豆影院 has a long history of civic engagement. In the 2020 presidential election, more than 80% of CU students voted. What issues will drive the student vote in 2024? 41 million members of Gen Z are eligible to vote (18-27).
  • New Chancellor鈥檚 First Move-in: Chancellor Dr. Justin Schwartz joined CU 麻豆影院 as the new chancellor on July 1. He will be assisting students with move-in and has availability for interviews Aug. 19, 11-noon.

Interviewing students

  • Reporters are encouraged to speak with any consenting students, family and others during move-in and Fall Welcome events.听
  • Media members are prohibited from entering residence halls without prior permission from Strategic Media Relations, even if a student invites you in.
  • Contact Strategic Media Relations before visiting campus to request residence hall permission.

Traffic impacts

  • The move-in process is spread out over several days and is based on student selected move-in appointments. This eases the moving process for students and lessens the traffic impact in and around 麻豆影院. People driving to or around 麻豆影院 should expect increased traffic throughout the week of Aug. 19.听
  • Reporters and photographers should allow extra time to arrive on campus and locate parking.
  • Members of the public should be advised that US-36, Baseline Road, Broadway and Arapahoe Avenue in the areas around campus often have additional traffic throughout the move-in process.
  • Families are encouraged to use the 鈥渕ove-in鈥� layer of the campus map. Families are advised to approach campus from the east via Baseline Road. 听
  • Big box stores (e.g. Target at 28th and Pearl Streets) and grocery stores near campus can also be busier than usual as students pick up furniture or stock up on groceries and other essential items.听

In-person welcome events

Fall Welcome events will be open to first-year and transfer students. Select events will be open to all CU 麻豆影院 students. The full Fall Welcome event schedule can be found here.听

Public community events

  • Attendance is open to the public; CU 麻豆影院 affiliation is not required.

CU In the Neighborhood Welcome Back Events

  • Hill Welcome: Aug.听17, 1-4 p.m., Beach Park, 1280 Euclid Ave
  • East Aurora Welcome: Aug.听18, 2024 1pm to 4pm, Aurora and 28th
  • Goss Grove Welcome: 听Aug.听24, 2024 1pm to 4pm, Grove and 19th听
  • Martin Acres Welcome: Aug. 25, 2024 1pm to 4pm, 36th Street and Dartmouth

CU Buffaloes vs. North Dakota State football game

  • Aug. 29, 6 p.m., Folsom Field
  • Game will air on ESPN

Pearl Street Stampede

  • Aug. 28 at 7 p.m., then the night before home football games
  • Starts at 1300 block of Pearl Street (in front of the County Courthouse). The Stampede moves west, stopping on each block of the Pearl Street Mall To perform.

Resources for new families