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UTC volunteers in gold shirts assisted students moving into residence halls during Operation Move In on Wednesday, Aug. 19. Photo by Angela Foster.<\/p><\/div>\n

As students arrived in cars packed from top to bottom, volunteer students, staff, faculty and administrators in bright gold shirts stood ready to help move vacuum cleaners, shoe racks and everything else a residence hall room might need.<\/p>\n

Operation Move In, held Aug. 19-20, is an annual University of Tennessee at Chattanooga event that helps students move to campus. The campuswide effort brings together students, faculty, staff and administrators to ease the transition and introduce new students to classmates and the people of UTC.<\/p>\n

Erica Holmes Trujillo, director of The HUB (Student Success Center) in the College of Arts and Sciences and interim co-director of Integrated Studies, is serving a second year as co-chair of the OMI Volunteer Coordinator Committee.<\/p>\n

She explained that the \u201cenergy\u201d on campus is her favorite part of the OMI experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy favorite time of my life was college,\u201d Holmes Trujillo said. \u201cI remember moving in, and I just love how everybody rallies around for the Mocs spirit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophomore Braxton Hughes was among the students returning to campus. A mechanical engineering major with a minor in entrepreneurship, Hughes returned with greater familiarity.<\/p>\n

\u201cComing in as a freshman, you\u2019re going: \u2018Where is everybody? Where do I go?\u2019 Now you know where you\u2019re going and what to do,\u201d said the Drummond, Tennessee, native. \u201cYou know how to pack, which is extremely nice and helps ease the moving-in process.\u201d<\/p>\n

His parents, Brendon and Stacy Hughes, described the feeling after dropping their child off as mixed.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019re excited to see them go, but sad to see him leave,\u201d Brendon Hughes said. \u201cWatching your child grow into their next step in life is probably the biggest thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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More than 450 members of the UTC family volunteered to assist during Operation Move In.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Hughes family recalled last year\u2019s OMI and highlighted the University\u2019s support during what can be a stressful period.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe logistics have been incredible,\u201d Stacy Hughes said. \u201cWe\u2019ve actually bragged on UTC for this experience. We hear horror stories of kids moving in. Both years have been phenomenal.\u201d<\/p>\n

For some students, it was their first time moving in on campus.<\/p>\n

Lillie McKeand, a freshman from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, hopes to grow during her time at UTC and enjoyed the move-in process.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody\u2019s been super nice and the process has been really smooth so far,\u201d said McKeand, who plans to major in psychology. \u201cI\u2019m just excited to make new friends and just be here and experience something new. I\u2019ve been in Murfreesboro my whole life, so I\u2019m excited to be in a different city.\u201d<\/p>\n

For some students, it may be a short drive to campus or even a few-hour drive.<\/p>\n

For Jordan Walker, it was a multiday odyssey from her hometown of Pleasanton, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe got to see a lot of cool stuff,\u201d Walker said. \u201cThe first couple of days we went through Arizona mainly. I got to see the Mojave Desert in California. We stopped through Flagstaff and then went to see the Petrified Forest. That was pretty cool. And then the rest of the way was kind of just onward. We didn\u2019t really stop because there\u2019s a whole lot of nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

When choosing between universities, she explained that affordability, residence hall life and proximity to family made it easy for her to choose UTC.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m super excited to make a lot of new friends and explore the area because I\u2019ve never really been outside of California,\u201d Walker said. \u201cThis is a new adventure for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Holmes Trujillo highlighted the entire campus coming together as what makes UTC different from other universities.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is truly a community,\u201d Holmes Trujillo said. \u201cWhat other institution are you going to see that the person that\u2019s teaching you in class on Monday is helping you move in your belongings four days prior?\u201d<\/p>\n

Learn more<\/h4>\n

Visit UTC<\/a><\/p>\n

How to apply<\/a><\/p>\n

Operation Move In photo gallery by Angela Foster<\/h4>\n
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Jordan Walker smiling with her father after the drive from Pleasanton, California.<\/p><\/div>\n

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