Towels, alarm clocks and laptops are being unloaded at Cal Poly Pomona‘s dorms as students get settled for fall classes.
Cal Poly Pomona junior Rachel Prior, who is from San Francisco, wheels her belongings to her dorm Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. Classes for the fall semester begin Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Incoming Cal Poly Pomona freshman Aryamaan Bhattcacharya, who is from Fremont, pushes his belongings to his dorm room in Secoya Hall as he moves in Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
A handwritten message is seen Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, on a wall inside Secoya Hall at Cal Poly Pomona as students move in for the fall semester. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Cal Poly Pomona junior Christopher Becerra, who is from Roseville, returns his cart Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, after moving into his dorm. Fall semester classes begin Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Cal Poly Pomona students, their parents and friends crowd the elevator entrance as students move into Sicomoro Hall on Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Cal Poly Pomona freshman Eleanor Wyles, center, an 18-year-old Los Alamitos resident, walks with her father Brian, left, as he pushes her belongings toward her dorm Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Cal Poly Pomona freshman Alyssa Arafiles, left, an 18-year-old Corona resident, waits for an elevator in Sicomoro Hall with her mother Ellerina, center, and sister Kylie, right, as she moves into her dorm Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Incoming Cal Poly Pomona freshman Aryamaan Bhattcacharya, who is from Fremont, is seen Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025, in his dorm room in Secoya Hall. Classes for the fall semester begin Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Cal Poly Pomona freshman Aryamaan Bhattcacharya, from Fremont, walks into his Secoya Hall dorm room while his mother Amrita Sanyal pushes his belongings Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
Cal Poly Pomona student Kate Weyhausen organizes her clothes Monday, Aug. 18, 2025, inside her Sicamoro Hall dorm room. Fall classes start Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Courtesy of Tom Zasadzinski, Cal Poly Pomona)
Incoming Cal Poly Pomona freshman Audrey Kim, right, who from La Crescenta, is helped by brother Wes, left, and mother Jennifer, center rear, as she loads items for her dorm Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. Fall semester classes begin Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Cal Poly Pomona junior Rachel Prior, who is from San Francisco, wheels her belongings to her dorm Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2025. Classes for the fall semester begin Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. (Photo by Will Lester, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin/SCNG)
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Move-in days began Sunday, Aug. 17, and continue until Wednesday, Aug. 20, the day before the semester starts.
Many arrived at their new homes over the weekend, but students continued to come Tuesday, Aug. 19, including at the new Secoya and Sicomoro halls on the south side of campus.
Also going back to university classrooms in the Inland Empire will be Cal State San Bernardino students, though they aren’t due back in lecture halls until Monday, Aug. 25.
