Student Transitions and Family Programs
First-Year Fall Move-In
Date: Friday August 18, 2023
before arrival
- Sign-up for your arrival timeslot. Housing and Residence Life will email your UDayton email with the sign-up link
- Upload your photo for your UD ID to Porches if you have not already picked it up
- Complete your Post-Orientation Homework on Porches (including your Community Education Modules)
- Keep your valuables, breakables, sentimental items and medicines labeled separately for YOU to carry into the hall - Label all of your belongings with your name, room number and hall
- Print your building move-in hangtag:
ARRIVING ON CAMPUS
- There are specific routes for each residence hall to follow to expedite the move-in process. These routes are different from normal campus traffic flow.
- When you arrive in front of your residence hall, volunteers will direct you to an unloading spot.
- The driver needs to stay with the vehicle at all times so that as soon as the car is empty, it can be driven to the appropriate parking lot.
- Blue carts will be available to help with moving items in, but feel free to bring your own dollies or handtrucks.
- Once you have unloaded, please refrain from rejoining a move-in line… give everyone their timeslot to drop off!
- Once you get to the Brown St. and E Stewart St., turn off your G.P.S. and follow the routes outlined below (as traffic flows differently on move-in day)
Parking and Directions
Hang tags and the directional signs are color coded to ensure an easy trip to your residence hall front door. Please print the hangtag associated with your hall and hang it on your car rearview mirror!
At the intersection of Brown St. and E Stewart St.
- Continue on Brown
- Turn Left on Irving
- Turn Left at the UD Welcome Sign into Parking Lot
- Turn Left to Founders/Marianist
- Drop off Items - one person should remain at the vehicle the entire time
- Park in C lot
Image created through mapping route on maps.google.com
At the intersection of Brown St. and E Stewart St.
- Continue on Brown
- Turn Left on Irving
- Turn Left at the UD Welcome Sign into Parking Lot
- Continue straight to Marycrest
- Drop off items - one person should remain at the vehicle the entire time
- Park in S1 by Fitz Hall (turn left on Stewart, left on Brown, and right into S1)
Image created through mapping route on maps.google.com
At the intersection of Brown St. and E Stewart St.
- Continue on E Stewart
- Turn Right on Access Road
- Drop off items - one person should remain at the vehicle the entire time
- Park in S1 by Fitz Hall (turn right on Irving, right on Brown, and left into S1)
Image created through mapping route on maps.google.com
Once you have unloaded your belongings, you will be asked to park. A shuttle will be available to help with those that may need to park farther from campus.
There will be four stops on the route:
- the D/S1 parking lot,
- behind Marycrest Complex,
- behind Stuart Complex, and
- at the intersection of Evanston Avenue, Kiefaber Street and Stonemill Road (front of RecPlex).
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes! The UD Bookstore will be open:
- times and dates will become available soon!
Regular Bookstore Operating Hours
Community Building Meetings (CBMs) will be hosted by Resident Assistants (RAs) in each hall to outline residential living expectations. It's also important that incoming students engage in a Community Living Agreement meeting, which is offered by each RA.
You will receive your UD ID at Residence Hall check-in. Be sure to have your photo ID in order to get your UD ID.
Flyer Card Services
To navigate traffic flow and maximize the elevators for hauling carts, we encourage anyone on the 3rd floor or below to use the stairs going up and down the hall. For those living on above the 3rd floor, we encourage you to use the elevator up and take the stairs down. Anyone with accessibility issues will be permitted to use the elevator, but note that there may be a wait to use the elevator with the increased traffic.
Yes, once you park the vehicle, please take your time organizing the room and helping your student get settled.
The first number of your room is the floor number:
- Rooms ending in 02 through 23 are in Marshall
- Rooms ending in 25 through 46 are in Sheehy
- Rooms ending in 51 through 72 are in Meyer
Service Project
Here, at Dayton, we’re more than just words- we’re committed to action. That’s why we invite you to join us in living our mission starting Day 1 as part of the UD family.
During move-in, we will be supporting the Residential Housing Association (RHA) donation competition for our local YWCA, as well as the Hanley Sustainability Institute with cardboard corrals to recycle broken-down cardboard. The residence hall your student has been assigned will be given a list of items to bring for the RHA donation competition: