Moving-In for Fall 2025-2026

These are some of the things that are already in your room:

Traditional & Suite Style (Alvarado, Coronado, Hokona, Santa Clara, and Laguna/DeVargas)

• Desk & Chair
• Bed with mattress (twin XL in traditional doubles and singles. Laguna DeVargas’ Singles, Full Size)
• Dresser/Built In Drawer Space (Varies by hall)
• Closet Space
• WI-FI and Xfinity Access

Apartment Styles (SRC and Redondo Village Apartments)

Everything Listed above plus:

• Full size refrigerator, oven, range and microwave
• Dining table, chairs and stools
• Living area furniture, sectional seating and coffee table
• Storage room & cabinet space

You Should Have:

• Personal identification docs (driver’s licence, passport, SS card)
• Pillows, blankets and sheets for an extra-long twin bed (or full size sheets)
• Shower caddy with toiletries (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, etc.)
• Robe, towel & flip flops, slippers or slides
• Laundry supplies (High Efficiency liquid laundry soap)
• School supplies
• Basic cleaning supplies
• First aid supplies
• Dishes & utensils

For your convenience, we have partnered with Campus Comforts to provide an easy, affordable way to purchase Twin XL bedding, dorm storage solutions, and everything else you'll need (and want) for your new home away from home. Please visit https://www.campuscomforts.com/nm-unm/ to get move-in day ready and create your dream dorm!

All residents will check in via a drive-up process hosted in the Redondo Village parking lot (yellow area). Please note that the entrance at Princeton and Central will be closed. Visitors will enter campus at Stanford and Central and proceed east via Redondo South. Please review the map and plan to approach the check-in process from Redondo South to the check-in area indicated in yellow.

Click HERE to access our interactive move-in map for Fall 2025-26 move-in!

 The check in process will include:

• Pick up your UNM ID (LoboCard) if you are a new student (if you haven't already received it)
• Pick up your room keys and your Welcome to UNM Housing kit
• Pick up your UNM Parking Permit if you have purchased one

After you finish the Parking and Transportation tent, you will be given directions to your residence hall to unload. Please remember that there are many fellow Resident Lobos coming to move-in as well, so be a brief as possible while unloading.

Important Notes:

Lobo Rainforest Residents will check-in at Lobo Rainforest, in the courtyard, and then move their larger items in the east lobby door next to Broadway.

LoboCards – Your UNM ID / LoboCard serves as your access control for living in UNM Housing. If you are new to UNM, please be sure you have uploaded your photo to LoboCard so they can have your ID printed and ready for pick up. If you are a returning UNM Student have lost your card or do not have the new card with the proximity chip in it, you will need to contact LoboCard to arrange for a replacement. If you have questions, please contact us at 505-277-2606 or housing@unm.edu.

2025 - 2026 RESIDENT LOBO Move-In:

Freshmen: August 14,  9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Upperclassmen: 15- 16,  9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All residence halls open for all students at 9 A.M. on Thursday, August 14.

Where is Check-in?
All main campus residents will check in via a drive-up process hosted in the R Lot at Central and Girard (yellow area on map). Please note that the entrance at Princeton and Central will be closed. Visitors will enter campus at Stanford and Central and proceed east via Redondo South. Please review the map and plan to approach the check-in process from Redondo South to the check-in area indicated in yellow on our map.

Residents of Lobo Rainforest will need to check in at the building, which is off main campus. The location for Lobo Rainforest check-in will be held at 101 Broadway Blvd NE.
All residents will check in via a drive-up process hosted in the parking lot at the corner of Girard and Central. Please review the map and plan to approach the check-in process on Redondo Drive heading eastbound as the arrows indicate.

Click HERE to access our interactive move-in map for Fall 2025-26 move-in!

UNM Housing will have an info tent in front of the SRC Commons where we will be answering your questions about move-in. Incoming Resident Lobos will also be able to check-out our rolling move-in bins to make things a bit easier. We’ll just need to see your Lobocard to check-out any equipment.

Approved Advance Arrival is an early move-in option (August 8-9, 2025) for UNM Housing residents who are participating in approved university programs or groups that require them to arrive on campus prior to the standard move-in period (August 14-16, 2025). Students approved for early move-in will be assessed a fee of $175, which will be placed on their student account, for their participation in the Advanced Arrival program.

Special Circumstance Requests
Students who are not part of one of the designated groups but have a special circumstance, may request an Advanced Arrival application for individual review. Approval is not guaranteed and will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Application Timeline

• Opens: June 10, 2025, at 2:00 PM
• Closes: July 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM

Questions can be directed to tortiz@unm.edu

Started in 2016, Lobo Reclaim was created to minimize the number of usable items residents were throwing out during move-out and minimize the overall cost of move-in, by collecting, recycling and reselling student-donated items during move-in. Now, in its sixth year, Lobo Reclaim gives students the opportunity to buy gently used items at a huge discount instead of buying new. It keeps items with more life to live out of the trash and landfills. So don’t go out and buy new hangers or a shower caddy, buy from Lobo Reclaim and help the environment and your on-campus community.

AUGUST 14 - 15 (Residents Only)
AUGUST 16 (Open to the public)
10 A.M. - 5 P.M.

HOKONA BALLROOM

All You Can Carry - $1
One Filled Container - $5

This is a cash only event.
*Some items priced as marked*