Dear Tulane Families,
We are so pleased to have your new first year student join us for fall 2025 and we're excited to welcome YOU into our Tulane community. At Tulane we consider families to be partners with us in supporting your students' education and growth during their university experience. To that end, Family Programs offers publications, webinars, tutorials, events, and other resources to assist you in supporting your student.
The Tulane Family Newsletter is sent monthly now through May and includes information to help you navigate your student's high school-to-college transition. Each issue features university resources and offers practical recommendations, reminders of deadlines, and preparation for upcoming procedures. Be sure to visit some of the Quick Links at the bottom of each e-newsletter and bookmark families.tulane.edu.
This e-newsletter and the families.tulane.edu website are the only official Tulane Family Programs communication mechanisms. (The social media parent groups are not official and are not managed or monitored by Tulane staff.)
This first newsletter issue includes information on:
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Summer Preparation for Students' First Year: New Student Checklist, Navigator Newsletters, Hullabaloo Hello Schedule, and mandatory Online Modules
- Family Programs Webinars
- Housing & Move-In Information
- Fall Semester 2025 Important Dates and Deadlines
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Once again, welcome to the Tulane community and Roll Wave!
Tulane University
Office of Family Programs
*If your spouse or partner didn't receive the e-newsletter, recommend that they check their spam folder first, then use this link to subscribe, if needed.
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To support your student's transition to campus, we have created a "TU Do" list of important tasks to complete throughout the summer. We highly encourage you to review the checklist at the start of each month for a reminder of approaching action items and deadlines.
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The Navigator is the official e-newsletter for first-year students at Tulane. Students will receive a new edition of the Navigator often, beginning in the summer and continuing throughout their entire first year.
The Navigator is designed to support your student's transition to Tulane by connecting them with campus resources, informing them of upcoming events and opportunities, and offering advice for a successful first-year experience!
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Hullabaloo Hello is an immersive orientation experience and celebratory welcome to Tulane for all new undergraduate students, including first-years and transfers! Throughout the experience, students will be introduced to the people, peers, and places committed to supporting their transition. Plus, there will be a parade of opportunities to build community with classmates.
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The required summer modules will introduce your student to the offices and people they'll come to rely on, teach them about the campus and city they will soon (or already!) call home, and prepare them to be an engaged member of our community. With a new theme each month, these mandatory modules will ease their transition to Tulane. Consider these their first homework assignments as a Tulane student!
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Coming soon! The Office of Family Programs offers informative webinars throughout the year on annual administrative procedures or topics relevant to the semester or season. Participation is free but requires online registration in advance. After registering you will receive login instructions in a confirmation email message.
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| Last Day to Register or Add Classes
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We recommend waiting until this date before scheduling your student's end-of-semester travel home, since changes to their class schedule may change their final exam dates.
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You may want to arrive on the evening of Thursday, Nov. 13 so you can attend as many family-specific Friday events as possible. Keep checking the website for more info: homecoming.tulane.edu
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Housing & Move-In Information |
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Beginning June 4 through June 19, students may request a roommate through the Housing Portal. Students are invited in early June to log into the Housing Portal during our roommate matching period and request a roommate if they wish. Students are not required to request a roommate. Students who do not request a roommate will be assigned one based on a compatibility match using the questions the students submitted in their housing application. Whether a student requests a roommate or is matched, what matters most is that they learn to communicate effectively, establish shared expectations together, and approach their new relationship with an open mind!
Room Assignments - Students will be notified of their housing assignment via their Tulane email by mid-July.
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First-Year students will be assigned a move-in timeslot sometime August 10 – 12, 2025. Please do not make travel arrangements until your student has been assigned their move-in time slot. Housing & Residence Life will e-mail new students their assigned 30-minute Move-In arrival time slot to their Tulane email addresses later in May. By assigning Move-In arrival times, Tulane spreads out the number of students and families on campus at one time and provides students some flexibility in planning their arrival. If a student has an unavoidable conflict during their time slot, there will be a period when they may cancel their time slot and select a new one from available options in the Housing Portal. More details will be included in the time slot assignment email messages.
Scheduling your travel for Move-In
Many families arrive in New Orleans the night before their student’s assigned Move-In Day.
Parents/Families Activities on Move-In Day include:
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- assigned move-in/arrival time slots run from morning through mid-afternoon
- 1 – 4 p.m. Family Resource Station staffed by key departments and resources
- 5 – 5:45 p.m. Family Welcome from senior university leaders in McAlister Auditorium
- Students have a mandatory meeting with their Wave Leaders at this time.
- 6 – 7:30 p.m. Center for Intercultural Life Orientation (more details TBA)
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Students and families have the rest of the evening free to have dinner on- or off-campus and finish unpacking and setting up students' rooms.
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The day after your students' assigned Move-In Day:
Families should plan to leave by 10 a.m.
Students' first required meeting starts at 10 a.m. and activities continue the rest of the week until the first day of classes. Please support your student in getting all the benefits of their "Hullabaloo Hello" orientation activities by allowing them to focus and fully participate on their new experience.
Consult the website and stay tuned for more details.
More information about Move-In, other housing information, and specific instructions for mailing/shipping students' belongings to campus will be announced later in the summer and will be featured in an upcoming Family Programs Tutorial. Once students receive their housing assignments, they can find community descriptions and general room details on the Residence Halls webpage.
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PRO TIP:
If you wish to spend time in New Orleans as a family,
it’s best to schedule that before your student's Move-In Day.
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| Ship to Room Program &
Purchasing Supplies |
Here's some helpful advice if you are purchasing items — or your student is planning to use graduation gifts — to outfit your student’s residence hall room.
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Tulane utilizes a ship-to-room program through our partners at University & Student Services to assist all students with their move-in process. Later in the summer you will receive a packet in the mail and via email that will explain all the details of the ship to room program. Essentially students can mail their belongings to Tulane during a designated time and those items will be delivered into your students’ room. No carrying boxes across campus for you!
Keep in mind it might be more cost-effective and efficient to wait until later in the summer to order from retailers so your student’s items can be shipped directly to Tulane. This will save you from having to ship them again from your home to campus. No items should arrive at Tulane prior to July 15, 2025, or they will be returned to the vendor. Our Mail Services staff advise that when ordering items, you don’t have much control over when the vendor sends them. Vendors may promise a later delivery, but to recognize the sale, they must ship when you make the purchase. So, it’s better to wait to make those orders so they do not arrive before July 15.
Also, be aware that Tulane partners with University Student Services (USS) on a special residence hall supplies program for linens and décor called DORMCO. Complete details will be sent later. Unless you want purchases shipped to your home first, items should not be ordered until after Tulane Mail Services sends your student their mailing address and detailed shipping information later in the summer. No items will be accepted by the Tulane Mail Room before July 15.
You can wait until Move-In to buy gently used residence hall supplies during the annual Trash to Treasure sale. The Trash to Treasure student organization sells items donated by students at spring move-out and donates sale profits to local New Orleans service organizations. Items vary each year, but typical treasures include plastic storage drawers, desk lamps, mirrors, hangers, shower caddies, hampers, rugs, pillows, shelves, clothes, and more!
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