Move-in 2012 Builds Sense of Community for New and Returning Students

August 27, 2012

With help and high spirits from family, friends and campus volunteers, about 3,700 new and returning students moved into St. John’s University’s residence halls on August 23 – 26.

At each of St. John’s three, residential New York City campuses — in Queens, on Staten Island and in Manhattan — the fall Move-In Days marked the unofficial start of the 2012-13 academic year.

On Thursday, August 23, more than 1,500 new freshmen arrived at St. Vincent Hall and the Residential Village on the Queens campus. Continuing, transfer and graduate students moved into the Residential Village, Founder’s Village Townhouses and nearby off-campus housing on Sunday, August 26.

“Move-in Day is always exciting,” said Eric Finkelstein, Director of Residence Life. “Every year is the start of a new cycle — the smiles you see on the faces of our new resident students are the same smiles you see at Commencement Exercises four years later. There’s a sense of accomplishment on every face.”

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