Parents/Guests

Before you arrive

• Make hotel reservations in Seattle. Learn more about lodging and accommodations.
• Be aware of your student’s check-in time:
  • If your student will live on campus (in a residence hall or in a campus apartment), they will be able to check in and begin moving in between 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday, September 27.  Move-in times are coordinated based on the first letter of students’ last names.
    
    • Residential Students with last names A-L are invited to check in and move in from 8:30-10:30 a.m.
    • Residential Students with last names M-Z are invited to check in and move in from 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.
  • Plan on arriving at this time to go through the check-in process in Upper Gwinn, then your student will be able to access their living area after check-in. Students won’t be able to enter their residential space until their designated move-in block.
  • If your student will not live on campus you’re invited to check in at Orientation Check-In (Upper Gwinn) from 12:15-1 p.m. If for some reason you’re unable to participate in Friday’s Welcome Dinner or Opening Welcome, stop by Orientation Central in Martin Square between between 12:30-5:30 p.m. on Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Saturday, or between 11 a.m.–4 p.m. on Sunday.

Arriving on campus

• When you arrive on campus to move in your student, please follow the signs and park in one of our visitor parking lots. Once you are parked, proceed to Upper Gwinn Commons, our Orientation Check-In.
  • Please check out the campus map to see our various parking lots available to you during your time on campus.
  • Students, parents, and guests should all plan to check-in at Upper Gwinn.
  • To manage occupancy and flow, guests assisting their student with move-in will be encouraged to exit the residential area once they are finished with the moving process.
• After check-in, you and your student will have the opportunity to visit the Student Services Fair in Martin Square, followed by an Opening Welcome ceremony beginning at 4 p.m. in Tiffany Loop. Please join us for complimentary dinner catered by a local Seattle restaurant in Tiffany Loop immediately following the Welcome. If your student received a move-in time between 8:30-10:30 a.m., or is a commuter student, you will be released for dinner at 5 p.m. If your student received a move-in time between 10:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m., you will be released for dinner at 5:30 p.m.
• On-campus restroom access will be available in our Student Union Building, Weter Hall, and Upper Gwinn Commons.