Here are the two general options:
1) Loved ones arrive with their student and help them check-in/move-in before the Pre-O Retreat. In order to prioritize the safety of everyone, Residence Life invites those moving onto campus to have up to two (2) support people with them in the halls.
If you choose this option and are from out-of-town, we suggest arriving in San Diego on Monday, 8/10. Unfortunately, students cannot move into their rooms until 8/11, but it's helpful to be at USD first thing on the morning of move-in. Most families and their student stay in a nearby hotel on the night of Monday, 8/10. While we’re still waiting on guidance from Residence Life and the State of California, it’s likely that move-in will occur between the hours of 9:00am-1:00pm on Tuesday, 8/11. Students and their two support members can begin to settle into their dorm during this time. University Ministry hopes to host a Welcome Pizza Party for the Pre-O participants and their families to share time all together shortly after move-in concludes. (Details will be available early August). The retreat itself will conclude around 1:30pm on Thursday, 8/13.
Loved ones who choose this option often elect to stay in San Diego for the two days their student is at the retreat and vacation or continue to get their students’ dorm room set-up. Students may start sleeping in their residence hall starting the evening of Tuesday, 8/11 after moving in for the retreat. General move-in for the rest of the incoming class begins later that week, on 8/14. Parents and students then participate in the Ole! Weekend activities.
2) Student arrives to USD for Pre-O Retreat and family arrives after for Ole! Weekend.
If you choose this option, we suggest that the student flies into San Diego the morning of Tuesday, 8/10 in between 8:00am-11:00am. One of our University Ministry staff makes rounds picking up Pre-O students from the airport and transports them safely to campus. We have well-marked University of San Diego vans that we use to transport. If you choose this option, we ask that you email your flight information to Aly Monteleone, at amonteleone@sandiego.edu before August 1, 2020. The parents generally arrive on the afternoon/evening of Thursday, 8/13 or the morning of Friday, 8/14 in time for the Ole! Weekend activities.