By Cheryl Jahn

Move-In Day wraps up at UNBC

Aug 30, 2024 | 3:30 PM

PRINCE GEORGE – “I remember just the excitement, the energy, the nervousness, you know, moving away from all those types of things. So, yeah, a real buzz on campus,” says Dr. Geoff Payne, President of UNBC.

This is not Dr. Payne’s first Move In Day. Nor is it Noah Keyzers, in his second year as a Residence Assistant.

“I think it’s my favourite day of training. We have all the students come in from like 9 am to 4 pm and they’ll bring usually their parents will help us move in and we’ll just run up to them with the carrots and help them load their stuff in and show them where their dorm is, dump their stuff out and leave them to unpack.”

As an RA, Noah can be a life-line for the students in residence, especially the first-years.

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“Actually, just this morning, somebody came up to me and asked me where the dining hall was, and it’s not necessarily part of the job description, but I was like, ‘Yeah, I can show you and show them around the school and some of the things.’ I was a part of student life once and I can show them around like where all the things are in the school, like the registrar’s dining office, the library, all that.”

Rylan Gillanders is back in residence for his second year. And he is back for a second time for a reason. Convenience and, more importantly, meeting new people.

“Convenience and more importantly, meeting new people, just being able to meet new people. The convenience is super nice and being able to wake up for like 8:15 for an 8:30 class is pretty awesome. But meeting new people is by far the best part of it.”

And Move-in Day is not the end of what’s called Orientation at UNBC.

“The team has done an amazing job of putting together an awesome orientation sort of session,” says Dr. Payne. “But also we want to make sure that orientation doesn’t end. We’re not just like, ‘There you go, on your way.’ We want to make sure that there’s out those opportunities to check in, to make sure that the information, which is a lot when you’re moving in gets to the students and for the students heading into our university.”

For the students heading into UNBC, welcome.