{"id":12384,"date":"2025-08-21T14:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/08\/22\/move-in-day-through-the-years\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T14:56:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T18:56:25","slug":"move-in-day-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2025\/08\/21\/move-in-day-through-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Move-In Day through the years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-1988-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"Moe-In Day 1988\" class=\"wp-image-12385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-1988-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-1988-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-1988-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-1988.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Certain items can\u2019t be left at home. Move-In Day 1988.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-large wp-image-38936\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-In-2022-1024x682-2.jpg\" alt=\"Move-In Day 2022\" class=\"wp-image-38936\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Move-In Day 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-image-38932\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-In-Day-1942-women-1.jpg\" alt=\"Women moving into Clark University in 1942\" class=\"wp-image-38932\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The first women students moved in to Clark University in 1942.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-image-38937\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-In-2016-1.jpg\" alt=\"Move-In Day 2016\" class=\"wp-image-38937\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Move-In Day 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-full wp-image-58158\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2021-Move-In-Day-Undergrad-15-1.jpg\" alt=\"Clark students moving in during rainstorm\" class=\"wp-image-58158\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Not even a torrential downpour \u2014 or tornado warning, in 2021 \u2014 can dampen Clarkies\u2019 Move-In Day spirit.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-3-e1692897981418.jpg\" alt=\"First-year students with &quot;Don't Lose Your Cool&quot; t-shirt\" class=\"wp-image-17943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-3-e1692897981418.jpg 672w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-in-Day-3-e1692897981418-300x277.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cDon\u2019t blow your cool\u201d is still a pretty good piece of advice for first-year students.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full wp-image-38934\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Wright-Hall-1.jpg\" alt=\"Wright Hall on Move-In Day\" class=\"wp-image-38934\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wright Hall on Move-In Day in the late 1980s or early 1990s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024-First-Year-Move-In-NH-00-44-1024x683-2.jpg\" alt=\"Move-In Day with the Clark Cougar\" class=\"wp-image-21477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024-First-Year-Move-In-NH-00-44-1024x683-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024-First-Year-Move-In-NH-00-44-1024x683-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024-First-Year-Move-In-NH-00-44-1024x683-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Does anyone love Move-In Day as much as Jonas the Cougar?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull size-large wp-image-38929\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/Move-In-Day-5-1024x702-2.jpg\" alt=\"Move-In Day\" class=\"wp-image-38929\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Clark stickers have adorned student\u2019s property for years \u2014 but there\u2019s not a laptop in sight in this undated Move-In Day photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 &nbsp; 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