Campus Access Information for Move-In Weekend
Please be aware of the following changes in on-campus traffic patterns and parking on these dates and plan your commute accordingly.
Orientation Session 5 and select first-year students will move in on Friday, August 30. We expect approximately 650 families to arrive between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Families will proceed through the main entrance (at the stoplight on Bloomfield Avenue) and along the road to B lot.
The Bloomfield Avenue north entrance to campus (the entrance without the light) will be closed from Friday, Aug. 30, through Monday, Sept. 2.
Connecticut Transit buses, including CTfastrak, that usually stop on campus will instead stop on Bloomfield Avenue from Aug. 30 through Sept. 2. (Note that CTfastrak buses will enter campus at the main entrance to turn around but will pick up and drop off passengers once turning back onto Bloomfield Avenue.)
To ease morning traffic and parking concerns, we ask that you:
. Use the Mark Twain Drive entrance to arrive or depart on Friday, Aug. 30.The Mark Twain Drive entrance is accessible from Albany Avenue and comes out next to the Facilities/Public Safety building (#23 on the campus map). (See campus map)
. Turn left off of Mark Twain Drive to proceed to campus parking, even if you are going to the Sports Center or Commons. An attendant at the Mark Twain Drive stop sign will ask if you are faculty, staff, a student not moving in, vendor, or visitor before allowing the turn. Anyone who is moving in (new or returning student) will be told to turn around and proceed to the main Bloomfield Avenue entrance.
. Park in lots other than B lot on Friday, Aug. 31. Please park in any legal parking space that you find. If you park in C or D lots, please speak to the attendant at the entrance of those lots about available spaces to park in as move-in vehicles will also be staged in these areas.
. Park in lots other than B, C, and D through the holiday weekend. Lots B, C, and D will be staging areas for arriving students and their parents on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Because those lots will be crowded, please park in any legal parking space that you find.
On both Friday, August 30, and Saturday, August 31, on-campus traffic will be one way beginning at the access road leading to the rear of B Complex up to N lot.Those who work or have appointments on the residential side of campus will be allowed to proceed to park on that side of campus (except behind B Complex)—but will have to exit campus via Mark Twain Drive.
University of Hartford Magnet School staff and students will also be accessing campus from the main entrance on Friday for their regular day of school, in addition to normal morning traffic and those attending Orientation. Your assistance in following these guidelines will help ease campus traffic congestion and reduce frustration. Your patience and cooperation are greatly appreciated.