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PHOTOS: It’s move-in day for new UTC students

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Abram Moralez, right, and his father Rigoberto Moralez carry a box across 8th Street while moving in to his room on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19. Abram is a freshman from Memphis. — Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Abram Moralez, right, and his father Rigoberto Moralez carry a box across 8th Street while moving in to his room on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19. Abram is a freshman from Memphis. Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Abram Moralez, right, and his father Rigoberto Moralez carry a box across 8th Street while moving in to his room on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19. Abram is a freshman from Memphis.

By C.B. Schmelter August 15, 2019 1 min read

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UTC Move-In Day

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ People wait outside of the office to check in to Decosimo and Guerry apartments on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Olivia Morris, a freshman from Knoxville, Tenn., prepares to move in outside of Stophel Apartments on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Cat Barnard, a freshman from Mount Juliet, Tenn., carries a speaker while moving in to her room on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Kat Burns, right, helps Sylvia Winne decorate her room inside Decosimo Aprtments on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19. Both Burns and Winne are freshman from Chattanooga.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ People are silhouetted against a sign as they wait to check in for Decosimo and Guerry apartments during move-in day on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Volunteers cross Campus Drive during move-in day on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19.

Staff photo by C.B. Schmelter/ Abram Moralez, right, and his father Rigoberto Moralez carry a box across 8th Street while moving in to his room on the campus of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Classes start on Monday, Aug. 19. Abram is a freshman from Memphis.

Students move into the new West Campus Housing dormitory during the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's move-in day on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The newly completed dormitory will house about 600 students.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga welcomed incoming freshman and transfer students to campus with “Operation Move In” on Thursday. Classes begin on Monday.