Dorm rooms at UC Irvine filled over the weekend, a flurry of nesting and excitement before classes start and the business of learning begins.
The university was expecting nearly 5,500 first- and second-year students to move into its Mesa Court and Middle Earth housing communities between Saturday and Sunday.
A relative of Freshman Sistine Tunaya, 18, part of a team of 13 family members from San Diego, uses his head to help her move into her UC Irvine dorm on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Tunaya is studying general biology and hopes to go to medical school. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Freshman Sistine Tunaya, 18, back right, has a team of 13 family members from San Diego who help her move into her UC Irvine dorm on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. She is studying general biology and hopes to go to medical school. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UC Irvine students move into their dorms with the help of family and friends on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. This academic year 5,487 freshman and sophomores will live iin Mesa Court and Middle Earth dorms, Officials say on campus housing costs about 30 percent less than local housing. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UC Irvine freshman Emma Morimoto, 17, of Napa, moves into her dorm with the help of her mother and father, Mamiko and Ryo Morimoto, and her 15-year-old brother Noah, in back, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. She is majoring in pharmaceutical science. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UC Irvine freshman Tam Nguyen, 18, left, from San Jose, gets help from her family as she moves into her dorm on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. “This is the first time i’ve been away from my parents,” she said with nervous excitment. She is studying journalism but may switch to psychology. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Sal and Orchid Tunaya, parents of UC Irvine freshman Sistine Tunaya, 18, use a cart to haul her belongings to her dorm and also to carry her cousins Osmond Esteban, 9, front, and Edriza Esteban, 5, on move-in day Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UC Irvine students move into their dorms with the help of family and friends on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. This academic year 5,487 freshman and sophomores will live iin Mesa Court and Middle Earth dorms, Officials say on campus housing costs about 30 percent less than local housing. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UC Irvine freshman Tam Nguyen, 18, left, from San Jose, gets help from her family, including cousin Huan Nguyen, 18, as she moves into her dorm on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
UC Irvine students move into their dorms with the help of family and friends on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. This academic year 5,487 freshman and sophomores will live iin Mesa Court and Middle Earth dorms, Officials say on campus housing costs about 30 percent less than local housing. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
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A relative of Freshman Sistine Tunaya, 18, part of a team of 13 family members from San Diego, uses his head to help her move into her UC Irvine dorm on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. Tunaya is studying general biology and hopes to go to medical school. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Countin all of its housing options, the university provides nearly 17,800 beds to undergrad and graduate students. For the 2025-26 academic year, another 400 beds are expected to be ready following the completion of construction underway this year to expand its Mesa Court.
Instruction for this fall quarter starts Sept. 26.
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