Moving into a residence hall is a rite of passage for college students.
And thanks to an enthusiastic crew of helpers, it's also a low-stress event for students and their families at Arizona State University.
Watch how the process works from the viewpoint of the helpers themselves, and scroll down for photos and more video from move-in at the West, downtown Phoenix, Polytechnic and Tempe campuses. For more Fall Welcome events, visit https://eoss.asu.edu/welcome.
Video by Ken Fagan/ASU Now
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Aziah Whitfield of Tucson holds one of her boxes as she waits to go to her new room at the Taylor Place residence hall on the Downtown Phoenix campus on Saturday, Aug. 13. Whitfield is planning to study criminal justice and psychology.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Sophomore Owen Craig and his mother, Tina Craig, start setting up his new room at Taylor Place on Saturday. Craig is from Phoenix and is studying exercise and wellness.
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Sophomore Kelly Fleming waits with her friend and community assistant Marc Costello to take her belongings to her room at Taylor Place residential hall. Fleming, of New York, is studying criminal justice, and Costello — a member of Sparky's Welcome Team who helps students unload their belongings — is a senior in nursing.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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Freshman Danielle Ixco holds the door for movers and eight members of her family at Taylor Place on Saturday. Ixco, of Los Angeles, left home around 3:30 a.m. and was moving in her new residential hall room about eight hours later. She'll soon begin her kinesiology studies. Both A+ Movers and ASU helpers moved students' belongings.
Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU Now
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The assembly line move-in at Taylor Place can be seen reflected in the windows of the new Arizona Center for Law and Society in downtown Phoenix on Saturday.
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Members of ASU West's Residential Housing Association dance on the morning of freshmen move-in Saturday, Aug. 13, in Glendale. A festive, fun atmosphere prevailed as a DJ played music to keep energy levels high.
Photo by Sierra LaDuke/ASU
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Parker Scott (left) and his mother, Jill Scott, move his belongings — with the help of Sparky's Welcome Team — into Casa de Oro on the West campus Saturday. Scott is an incoming freshman majoring in global logistics.
Photo by Sierra LaDuke/ASU
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Jennifer Castiglione, an incoming forensics major, and her father, Keith, unload possessions from the car at the West campus Saturday.Photo by Sierra LaDuke/ASU
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Frajean Anderson, an incoming business administration major, gathers information on campus safety during the West campus move-in Saturday in Glendale.
Photo by Sierra LaDuke/ASU
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Jalen Botiz, an incoming biology major, and Mandy Kephart, a volunteer, maneauver a box down a ramp during the West campus move-in Saturday.
Photo by Sierra LaDuke/ASU
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Members of Sparky's Welcome Team help Asher Young, an incoming freshman from Los Angeles, move his belongings onto the Polytechnic campus Saturday in Mesa. Young will study aviation.
Photo by Alisha Gudz/ASU
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Amara Hicks of Phoenix smiles as she receives details about move-in on the Polytechnic campus Saturday. Hicks, an incoming freshman, will be studying general engineering.
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Incoming freshman Marvin To'oto'o of Pago Pago, Samoa, checks in with the move-in crew at the Polytechnic campus. He'll be studying applied biological sciences.
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Jade James of Mesa gets help unloading her belongings from her family and the ASU move-in crew Saturday at the Polytechnic campus. The freshman will major in exploratory health/life sciences.
Photo by Alisha Gudz/ASU
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Families line up to move in their students during the fall 2016 move-in on ASU's Tempe campus Aug. 13.
Photo by Deanna Dent/ASU Now
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Communications freshman Sarah Garbinski waits to receive her housing papers during the fall 2016 move-in on the Tempe campus Aug. 14.
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Robert Gouran and his mother Michele Gouran take advantage of treats at Fall Welcome as they wait for actuarial science freshman Conrad Gouran during the fall 2016 move-in on the Tempe campus Aug. 14.
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ASU basketball coach Bobby Hurley greets the 942 Crew during the fall 2016 move-in on the Tempe campus Aug. 14.
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Volunteers and families take breaks on the residential hall balconies during the fall 2016 move-in on the Tempe campus Aug 14.
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Sun Devil mom Darci Passarella and her daughter Aleia Passarella bring a few more residential hall items for their incoming business freshman Tyler Passarella during fall 2016 move-in on the Tempe campus Aug. 14.
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Kimberly Marker helps business law freshman Madison Marker adjust the shelves in her residential hall bathroom during fall 2016 move-in on the Tempe campus Aug. 14.
Photo by Deanna Dent/ASU Now
Welcome to the family, newest Sun Devils, and welcome back to everyone else!
Video by Dave Hunt/ASU
Top photo: Mary Mani, a Well Devil ambassador for the Las Casas community on the West campus, awaits the arrival of freshmen and families on Saturday, Aug. 13, in Glendale. Photo by Sierra LaDuke/ASU
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