Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Macy Scamehorn, right, a freshman from Montague, Michigan, gets help moving into Wadsworth Hall from Michigan Technological University residential assistants Chase Cummings and Keagan Reimers along with Matt McCollom of Whitehall, Michigan. The environmental engineering major said she chose Michigan Tech because she wanted to be in the Upper Peninsula.

Friday marked the first of two move-in days at Michigan Technological University, followed by an orientation week for new students.