PHOTOS: Incoming college students move onto campus

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PHOTOS: Incoming college students move onto campus

University of Georgia, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State University and Spelman College students among the multitude filling metro Atlanta and Georgia campuses for fall.

(L-R) Jasmine Walker and Julianne York, first-year students, move into their room at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Julianne York, a first-year business administration major from Peachtree City, holds her gecko, Mr. Gecko, during move-in day at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Students wait in line to use the elevator during move-in day at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Bruce Derenthal of Woodstock helps his daughter, a first-year student, move into Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

First-year student Ishan Panchamia of Morris Plains, New Jersey moves into Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

Anais Acree, a third-year international affairs major, helps students move into Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

(L-R) Kellie Avery of Fayetteville helps her daughter Arrington move into Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

August 12, 2022 Athens - Incoming students, family members and moving assistant staff move items into into Black, Diallo, Miller Hall on the University of Georgia's campus in Athens on Friday, August 12, 2022. Black, Diallo, Miller Hall is new dorm, named after the first three undergraduate black students to graduate from the school. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 12, 2022 Athens - Lily Marston (right), freshman and Health Promotion major, helped by her parents Ellen and Chris Marston, of McDonough, moves into Black, Diallo, Miller Hall on the University of Georgia's campus in Athens on Friday, August 12, 2022. Black, Diallo, Miller Hall is new dorm, named after the first three undergraduate black students to graduate from the school. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 12, 2022 Athens - Alex Gertler and Savannah Garst (right), both freshmen and roommates, pose with University of Georgia’s mascot Hairy Dawg as they move into their room on the University of Georgia's campus in Athens on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 12, 2022 Athens - University of Georgia’s mascot Hairy Dawg entertains Michael Gertler as he helps his sister Alex Gertler (not pictured), freshman, with assembling a furniture on the University of Georgia's campus in Athens on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 12, 2022 Athens - Incoming students, family members and moving assistant staff move items into into Black, Diallo, Miller Hall on the University of Georgia's campus in Athens on Friday, August 12, 2022. Black, Diallo, Miller Hall is new dorm, named after the first three undergraduate black students to graduate from the school. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

August 12, 2022 Athens - Incoming students, family members and moving assistant staff move items into into Black, Diallo, Miller Hall on the University of Georgia's campus in Athens on Friday, August 12, 2022. Black, Diallo, Miller Hall is new dorm, named after the first three undergraduate black students to graduate from the school. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Mindy Doty from Milton, Ga., helps her son Will Doty bring his stuff to his dorm at the new building, The Summit at Kennesaw State University, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

Twyla Kennedy (left) helps her daughter Loving Kennedy upload her cart outside the new building, The Summit, on campus at Kennesaw State University, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

Masadericka Ampafo (left) and Joi Palmore cheer on the arrival of the new residents at The Summit, the new building located on campus at Kennesaw State University that will house 500 first-year students. (Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

Madison Fadely (center) pushes a cart full of her stuff with her mom Joanne Fadely while her dad Jason Fadely watches; they walk into the new building at Kennesaw State University campus. The Summit will house the 500 first-year students. (Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

Senior Joi Palmore hands a flag to Tiffany Wheelock as a welcome as she arrives in the lobby of The Summit building at Kennesaw State University on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2002. The new building on campus can house 500 first-time students. (Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

Kennesaw State inflatable mascot welcomes students and parents outside The Summit, a new building on the Kennesaw State University campus, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. The new dorm will house 500 first-year students. (Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

Kimberly Wheelock and her daughter, Tiffany Wheelock, observe the activity in the parking lot from her dorm during the students' arrival at the new building, The Summit at Kennesaw State University, on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Miguel Martinez / miguel.martinezjimenez@ajc.com)

Spelman College freshman Leila Plunkett (right), 18, health science major, helped by her parents Crystal Plunkett-Sanders and J.T. Sanders and sister Ava Plunkett-Sanders, moves into a dormitory at Spelman College on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Spelman College freshman Camryn Henry (left), 18, economy major, and Alexandria Belcher, 18, biology major, greet as they meet as roommates at Spelman College on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Spelman College’s assistant leaders entertain new students and family members as they enter the campus for Fall 2022 Move-In at Spelman College on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Spelman College’s assistant leaders entertain new students and family members as they enter the campus for Fall 2022 Move-In at Spelman College on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Spelman College freshman Alexandria Belcher (left), 18, biology major, and her parents Debbie-Anne and Gerald Belcher, all from Dallas, Texas, move her belongings into a dormitory at Spelman College on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Jalen Wilkerson (left) helps his sister Gabby Wilkerson (second from left), 18, biology major, installing string lights at her dormitory room at Spelman College on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Incoming students and family members move items into the dorms at Spelman College on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

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(L-R) Jasmine Walker and Julianne York, first-year students, move into their room at Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Friday, August 12, 2022. (Arvin Temkar / arvin.temkar@ajc.com)

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