Move-in Day for the Class of 2023

Paul Yoon ’23 lived in Texas before moving with his family to South Korea to attend high school. Wednesday, he set up a new address nearly 7,000 miles from home: the University of Rochester.

“I’m definitely nervous, but it’s a good nervous,” said the environmental sciences major, a violist who plans to audition for the University’s symphony orchestra. “I’m excited to be here.”

Yoon is one of 1,396 students in the College’s incoming Class of 2023. They come from 44 states and 65 countries and were selected from a record 21,300 applicants. More than 300 international students moved in Monday. The Eastman School of Music welcomed 130 first-year students from 35 states and eight countries.

As incoming students and their families lined their vehicles up in Park Lot on Wednesday morning, they were serenaded by College a cappella groups.

University President Sarah C. Mangelsdorf and her husband, Karl Rosengren, a professor in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, greeted students and their families at residence halls on the River Campus. The couple, who began their roles July 1, helped student volunteers unload packed vehicles in front of the Susan B. Anthony Halls.

“She seems like a nice, lovely person,” said Anna Job, a microbiology major from Germantown, Maryland. “I look forward to getting to know her.”

After settling in, students in the College and at the Eastman School of Music will engage in orientation activities leading up to the first day of classes on Wednesday, August 28.

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