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The welcoming student team behind Penn’s orientation week
Four students walking through Penn Commons, three pushing Move-In carts.

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The welcoming student team behind Penn’s orientation week

As part of New Student Orientation and Academic Initiatives, a group of nine undergraduates have been working since June to help shape the design, development, and planning of the New Student Orientation experience for the incoming Class of 2029.
Move-In primer 2025
Students, families, and Move-In volunteers along Locust Walk during Move-In.

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Move-In primer 2025

Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates moving into College Houses Aug. 18 and 24 and participating in orientation between Aug. 20 and 25.

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A College House Thanksgiving
A group of people sit together at a long table with plates of food and Thanksgiving decor

Thanksgiving at Lauder College House.

(Image: Cam Grey)

A College House Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving in Penn’s 13 College Houses is an annual holiday tradition with catered and homemade offerings from around the world.

Kristina García

Keeping a fire under control
Firefighters put out a controlled burn of a dorm room replica on Penn’s campus during DPS’s controlled burn event.

Firefighters from PFD’s Engine 5 were on hand to extinguish the fire on the dorm room replica with no overhead sprinkler system.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn’s Division of Public Safety)

Keeping a fire under control

Penn’s Division of Public Safety’s PennReady: Protecting Communities Through Resilience and Relationships Health and Safety Fair on Sept. 27 featured a controlled burn of a mock residential room, showcasing the efficacy of sprinkler and alarm systems, and the response of first responders and city firefighters.
Students arrive for Move-In 2024
Students and parents on Penn’s campus on Move-In day 2024.

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Students arrive for Move-In 2024

Nearly 6,000 students are moving into the 13 College Houses this week.

Louisa Shepard

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Move-In coordinators help ease transition to college
Move-In coordinators gather signs to put around Penn’s campus.

Penn’s Move-In Coordinator Program operates out of Residential & Hospitality Services, and staffed by 49 second-year, third-year, and fourth-year students.

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Move-In coordinators help ease transition to college

Forty-eight second-year, third-year, and fourth-year students will be on the ground during Move-In to assist approximately 6,000 new and returning Quakers.
Move-In primer 2024
Penn students and volunteers on Locust Walk during Move-In.

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Move-In primer 2024

Penn Today offers a practical guide to undergraduates moving into College Houses and participating in orientation Aug. 19-26

Louisa Shepard