Moving new SMSU students into dorms the ‘nice and easy way
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MARSHALL -- Sleepy Eye resident Craig Dittbenner drove his pickup truck along Birch Street and parked along the curb outside the Southwest Minnesota State University dorms. Right behind his truck was his daughter, Destiny, in her white sedan. All of sudden multiple golf carts converged around their vehicles and several Mustang movers jumped out.
As Craig and his wife, Joleen, hopped out of the truck, Destiny’s dorm belongings were being grabbed by the movers and put into the back of the carts. Craig got some help with the heavy stuff in back of the truck.
In matter of minutes, Destiny's dorm items were being whisked away with Destiny and her parents quickly following behind. Everything was being transported to Destiny's dorm room.
The Mustang movers appeared to pride themselves in helping their new fellow SMSU students.
"We tried a new like system of parking and unloading, and I think that it went really well," Mustang mover Arlo Riener said. "With the golf carts, especially, like we have one or two people on it, and then they just go back and forth to the dorms and unload them. And I feel like it goes really well."
Riener and Katrina Timm are both graduating seniors this year. Both said they enjoy interacting with the freshmen and making a comfortable environment for them.
"We bring it to the room. I will bring it into your room. If the door is open or they have the key, we just open it, put everything in," Timm said. "If they’re still figuring that out, I will put it in the hallway. It’s right there for them. You know, really nice and easy."
Sarah Brown, coordinator of academic support and new student engagement, stood behind a table under a large canopy handing out T-shirts and anything else to welcome the new students.
"It was a little bit wild because of everybody coming in and everything like that. But it was good. We had a lot of volunteers come out and help with moving. We had some faculty and staff. We had athletes. We had U.S. Bank. Some community members as well," Brown said.