{"id":24085,"date":"2023-08-18T14:06:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T19:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/?p=24085"},"modified":"2025-03-12T13:20:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T18:20:05","slug":"move2bu-crew-welcomes-baylors-class-of-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/2023\/08\/move2bu-crew-welcomes-baylors-class-of-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Move2BU crew welcomes Baylor\u2019s Class of 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-23092\" style=\"display: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/movein-aug21.png\" alt=\"#Move2BU volunteers do a sic 'em outside Russell Hall\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/movein-aug21.png 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/movein-aug21-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/movein-aug21-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/movein-aug21-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24086\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/move2bu-aug23.jpg\" alt=\"Baylor volunteers do a sic 'em during Move2BU\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/move2bu-aug23.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/move2bu-aug23-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/move2bu-aug23-1024x512.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/move2bu-aug23-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Baylor\u2019s not the only school in the country where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RlO6Rv3-4c0\">volunteers line up to help new students move into their residence halls<\/a> &#8212; but it\u2019s hard to believe any school does it better.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday and Thursday, 3,000+ new Baylor students (both freshmen and transfers) were helped into their new on-campus homes by a nearly equal number of student, faculty and staff volunteers &#8212; including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Baylor\/status\/1691828692173905925\">President Livingstone<\/a>, who was all across campus both days even after having double knee replacement (!!) this summer.<\/p>\n<p>What does such service look like? Like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0i00sBnuHA0\">this<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Move2BU 2023\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0i00sBnuHA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Want to see more?\u00a0Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/media\/set\/?vanity=BaylorUniversity1845&amp;set=a.686074746892958\">this photo gallery<\/a>, then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=204058032407236\">share a word of thanks to the volunteers<\/a> who made it all possible.<\/p>\n<p>After students were all settled in their rooms, they and their families enjoyed one more meal together at the Baylor Family Picnic before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BaylorUniversity1845\/posts\/pfbid02Wg2Yv96GQh45wbaakeg6Rnr8bt35AhZirwDULQN8u3tjT6tPR1FrNp8KdEyZBJi1l\">saying their goodbyes<\/a>. And with that, Welcome Week is officially underway!<\/p>\n<p>Sic \u2019em, #BU27!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baylor\u2019s not the only school in the country where volunteers line up to help new students move into their residence halls &#8212; but it\u2019s hard to believe any school does it better. Wednesday and Thursday, 3,000+ new Baylor students (both freshmen and transfers) were helped into their new on-campus homes by a nearly equal number [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,14,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photo-galleries","category-student-life","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.baylor.edu\/baylorproud\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}