Fall 2021: Move-in Tips

If you’re a residential student living on campus for Fall 2021, you’ve probably gotten a lot of emails from Residential Life and Housing Operations. From scheduling move-in appointments to COVID-19 testing, we’ve hit you with all of the pertinent information. But, we’ve got some helpful tips to make your move-in go smoothly—in New York City and in Pleasantville.

Check ‘em out:

• Arrive on time. Try to arrive at your residence hall during the window of time for which you signed up. It is okay to come AFTER your appointment, but please do not come BEFORE your appointment.
  • If you are arriving after 6:00 p.m., you may need to contact the RA on Duty to come down and check you in (the contact information for the RA on Duty will be easily available in each residence hall).
• Speak to staff at the Check-In tables. Students arriving between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. should check in with the Residential Life Staff stationed at their residence hall. There will be an easily identifiable check-in location at each residence hall.
• We’ll make it quick. The initial check-in process is very quick, and simply allows the staff to verify that each student has completed all steps necessary for moving in. Some students may also need to pick up keys and/or ID cards at this step in the process.
• Bring a couple of people. Three people, max. Students may have up to two people enter the residence hall to assist them in moving their things in. We suggest that one person always stays with the car (if arriving by car) to ensure that it can be moved if necessary. For this reason, we recommend that no more than three people accompany each student to move in (two to help move things into the building, one to stay with the car). We ask that helpers limit their stay to just the time needed to move things in and assist in setting up the room. After move-in, as per the Guest Policy for the start of the academic year, residential students may only have other members of the Pace Community visit them in the residence halls.
• Parking stuff. If arriving at your residence hall by car, you will want to unload quickly, but then have someone move the car to a parking lot. There is parking available in the Pleasantville Campus, but there is no Pace parking for the New York City Campus. There are many private parking garages in the area, and they are easily identifiable (and security and other Pace staff can help direct you to them).
• We’ll help keep the process moving. Pace staff will be present on site to assist in direction of both vehicle traffic and foot traffic. Pace Security staff will work to ensure that cars keep moving as they are unloaded. Student and staff volunteers from the Pace Community will be present to also assist, but each student should be ready to move their own things into the building.
• Hello, dolly. A limited number of rolling moving bins will be available at each location, but depending on demand at any given time, we cannot guarantee that bins will be available to everyone. Students who have a cart, wagon, dolly, or hand truck are encouraged to bring it to help with their move in process.

Enjoy the rest of your summer and reach out anytime with additional questions to housingoperations@pace.edu. You can also find more information and explore our buildings online on the Housing website.