GRITS80

I also want to add my thanks for all the wonderful information. Your advice is very helpful and definitely appreciated. Here's another question -- We live in the Northeast so we'll be coming to Furman by plane. Will we have the option of shipping our daughter's things by UPS and having them held for move-in day?

momdoc

GRITS80, just another new parent here, but I believe the Furman website says shipped boxes will be held until move in. Try looking on the housing page under "Mail." I know I saw it on the housing pages somewhere.

Congrats to you and your D. Has she checked out the Class of 2013 facebook page yet? It's a good way for the kids to meet some of their future classmates.

boomer22

Thanks everyone! This is wonderful info. We are from Ohio and my daughter is thrilled about going to Furman!

ernchurl

We were able to ship boxes ahead last year. They needed to be labeled with your student's name, the Furman address and marked "ATTN: FACILITIES SERVICES". You might want to check with the housing department to be sure that will still be the case this year. We shipped several boxes and a bike. In retrospect, we should have just bought a bike at the bike sale.

NEWFURMANMOM

Your post was very informative! Can you tell me if parents are involved in any way AFTER the moving in? Do we just go home that night or are there things for parents to do the next day? I'll do anything to delay that drive home....

ernchurl

There are some parent meetings on Saturday, I believe, but the orientations activities for students begin by Saturday evening or Sunday morning. The parents are really supposed to be gone by then.

masu

The last thing official thing that the parents are invited to is the meeting with your child's advisor and that professor's other 4 or so advisees and their parents. After that, it's time to say goodbye and hit the road. Be sure to bring plenty of Kleenex(tm) for the ride home.

SouCar Mom

Make sure all you new parents make reservations if possible to visit during Family Weekend early in the Fall. It seemed to make things a little easier for all during that first goodbye to know when we would be visiting. If you are further away, don't worry, you can miss it. I think it means more to the parents than the kids, who by that time are well adjusted. Also, the more local families took new friends to lunch, dinner, or a program to make things easier for those with families farther away. Just a thought on looking ahead to the first official visiting weekend. Again, you'll get information on it over the summer but you might want to book a room if you are thinking of attending.