On Aug. 28, the most academically talented class in UVM history arrived on campus, and the entire community joined together to welcome them. As faculty, staff and fellow students hefted boxes and bags to rooms, alumni from around the world shared their advice for the new students. All together, the UVM family donated more than $80,000 as part of the #MoveUVM Giving Day Challenge, unlocking an additional $100,000 toward student scholarships.

See moments from the day here, and scroll through the stream of #MoveUVM social media content.

7:45 a.m., Trinity Campus

Toby helps send off Kristi Boucher of Bedford, N.H., as she moves into McAuley Hall.

7:49 a.m., Athletic Campus

Early birds: Lee Mullin helps her daughter Beth stack her belongings outside Harris/Millis while Beth's twin sister Anne unpacks the car with stepdad Peter Rogers. The twins didn't start out looking for the same school, it just sort of worked out that way. But they'll have some distance. One is in Harris; one is in Millis.

8:13 a.m. Athletic Campus

Deborah Brown and her son Nathaniel wait for Harris/Millis to open. Deborah's son Colin is an upperclassman at UVM and Nathaniel is her youngest, so she'll have an empty nest at the end of the day. "Oh, I know I'll cry. I already have," she says.

8:33 a.m. Athletic Campus

Many hands make light work. Students, faculty and staff all worked together to get first-years settled into their res halls. Alumna Leslie Black Sullivan '77, wife of UVM president Tom Sullivan, helps unpack arriving cars.

8:53 a.m. Athletic Campus

Kid sister: Allison Kuentz of Rockville, Maryland, strums her ukulele and minds her UVM first-year sister Emelia's things outside Living/Learning. Soon to be an only child, Allison says she looks forward to having the TV to herself.

9:34 a.m. Patterson Hall, Wellness Environment

Kristina Posnick, from Webster, New York, is happy to have pictures of friends on the first day of college. “They remind me of home and the people closest to me,” she says. As an incoming member of the swim team, she knows what she’s talking about when she says, “I’m tired, but it’s exciting.”

9:48 a.m. Patterson Hall

From the fourth floor of Patterson Hall, Kendal Castele has a good view of the moving trucks—and a line-up of inspirational aphorisms. What does she want to do on campus? “Join Feel Good,” she says, without hesitation. “You know, the grilled cheese people.”

10:31 a.m. Living/Learning Center

John Sawyer Shaw of Brattleboro says it's tough to choose a favorite in his vinyl collection, but goes with this one. Planning to study geology and Chinese at UVM, John is a trumpet player who hopes to play with the UVM jazz ensemble.

11:23 a.m. Old Mill

With Hampton, New Hampshire, first-year student Lydia Sack safely settled in her new dorm, Margaret Sack and Devan Sack — Lydia’s mom and younger brother — happily nap on hallowed UVM ground.

12:09 p.m. Wright Hall

“Yes, I can confirm that today my mom made my bed,” says first-year Sarah Clements of Epping, NH. Now her dad, Eric, and mom, Robin, help her unpack clothes while Sarah arranges photos. “Mom never makes it for me at home,” she says.

12:21 p.m. Christie Hall

2015 Skidmore grad, Lauren Mamuszka (left) shares some advice with her sister, UVM first-year Alyssa Mamuszka. “Try everything, and go into the woods a lot,” says the elder sister as their mom, Carey, fields a reporter’s question about what it will be like to have an empty nest back home in Glastonbury, Connecticut. “We’ll miss her,” she says, “but I’m very happy for Alyssa."

12:28 p.m. Christie Hall

First-year roommates Becca Rotman and Anna Frasier met a few weeks ago—since they’re both from New Hampshire. They’re looking forward to making fruit smoothies in their new blender. Beyond that, Frasier is excited to “meet new people,” while Rotman eagerly anticipates challenging courses, particular her Teacher-Advisor Program (TAP) seminar, “The Meaning of Madness.”

Converse Hall. 2:30 p.m.

First-year Zach Pick, from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, is a trained and certified ski patroller who spent last ski season patrolling at Breckinridge. Zach has seen it all, including a skier with a broken femur on his first day on the job he and his dad, also a ski patroller, had to baby down the mountain pulling traction on the man’s leg to keep it from slicing his femoral artery. Smuggler’s Notch is tentatively holding a spot for him, but Zach will wait for his sophomore year to start ski patrolling. Year one is all about getting his feet on terra firma at UVM as he starts a challenging major in mechanical engineering.

2:43 p.m. Patterson Hall

For first-year Graham Nadel, classic rock is where it’s at. “I used to play drums,” he says, “but now I play guitar.” Nadel, from Wellesley, Massachusetts, sounds good. And his roommate, Andrew Kazal, from Hanover, New Hampshire, — sorting stuff in the hall with him mom, Rebecca — is probably glad Nadel gave up the kit for some softer Clapton chords.

3:42 p.m. Church Street

Michael Notice (second from left) with his brother Danny, mom Sharon, and dad Glenn made the drive to Burlington from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, for the second straight year to move Michael into his dorm after moving Danny in last year. "What's not to like," says Michael, about UVM and Burlington. "I got into nine schools and there was no doubt I was coming."