August 10, 2017

Staff may experience traffic delays during campus move-in days, Aug. 14-15

Purdue's West Lafayette students attending Boiler Gold Rush will move into their on-campus housing on Aug. 14-15, a Monday and a Tuesday. This is the third year in a row for the weekday move-in timeframe, which accommodates a shifted Boiler Gold Rush schedule designed to improve student engagement and connect orientation more closely to the start of the academic term. Boiler Gold Rush will take place Aug. 14-19. Residence hall contracts for returning students begin Aug. 18. The first day of classes is Aug. 21.

During the move-in days, the central campus area will experience heavy traffic that may cause delays or disruptions to normal business. The most-affected areas will include U.S. 231 South from Martin Jischke Drive to Airport Road; Stadium Avenue between Northwestern Avenue and McCormick Road; Martin Jischke Drive from U.S. 231 South to Nimitz Drive (en route to the Discovery parking lot); Third Street from Martin Jischke Drive to McCormick Road and all side roads in the vicinity of residence halls.

On Aug. 15, the new student induction event will take place at 4-4:45 p.m. in Mackey Arena. Before and after that period, about 6,000 undergraduate students and 6,000 parents will be walking from the residence halls areas to the arena, then returning to the halls and parking areas.

It is important for employees to anticipate delays and give themselves additional time for their morning commutes and/or to travel around campus for meetings during these periods. At the same time, departments and supervisors are encouraged to exercise discretion and an extra degree of understanding if the additional activity during the workday causes unavoidable delays for workers. 

Additional information about Boiler Gold Rush is available online at www.purdue.edu/bgr. Those with immediate questions should contact Kasi Jones, director of orientation programs, at jones114@purdue.edu.


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