Move-ins begin at Southeast for new students and new incoming students

Ben Matthews

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

New students and new transfer students begin moving onto campus as move-in week continues Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. The university developed a drive-through check-in process in the Show Me Center parking lot where students received their key, first-year t-shirt and received their parking permit, among other items before proceeding to their respective residence halls. Southeast Missouri State director of residence life Kendra Skinner said about 1200 new residents were arriving on campus for the upcoming school year.

Alyx Steward, center right, moves into Laferla Hall with help from her parents, Steve Steward and Tanya Hovis, and 16-year-old brother Eric Steward on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Incoming junior Ryan Lee moves into Laferla Hall with help from his father Lewis Lee on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Southeast Missouri State University resident assistant Anna Palmer directs a car Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at the Show Me Center in Cape Girardeau during the first day of move-ins for new incoming students and new transfer students. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
Admissions counselor Byron Brownlee distributes Protect the Nest packs and welcome bags to new incoming students and new transfer students on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)

A bag of Protect the Nest packets containing face masks, hand sanitizer and other health items stands outside of the Show Me Center on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau during the first day of move-ins for new incoming students and new transfer students. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)
A line of cars snakes around the Show Me Center parking lot Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020, at Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau during the first day of move-ins for new incoming students and new transfer students. (Ben Matthews ~ Southeast Missourian)