China Programs and Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) picked up about 75 new students from DIA on 8/11-13.
On August 11, we welcomed students at the airport and guided them to get their baggage and helped them get on the shuttle bus. On August 12-13, we reserved CSU bus to bring students back to campus from DIA. We had 2 trips on each day. We also arranged volunteer cars to drive students to residence halls, apartments and temporary housing to make sure they arrived safely.
CSU campus is about 80 miles away from the airport. This was the first time we arranged CSU bus to pick up students. China Programs and Chinese Students and Scholars Association covered the cost. Students, who arrived on 8/12-13, didn’t have to take the shuttle and get off at the place new to them. Students felt warmly welcomed and also established great relationships among new and return students.
Volunteer cars were also available from 8/11-17 to drive new students to the markets and malls in Fort Collins to get some daily life essentials. This solved a big problem for new students – transportation.
The whole airport pickup process was very successful. We picked up all the students who signed up for; we brought them to where they needed to go; we also provided services to help them settle down before the semester started. It was a great experience for new students, return students as well as for China Programs and CSSA.
中国项目和中国学生会于8月11-13日对75名新生进行了接机服务。
8月11日，我们在机场欢迎新同学、引导他们取行李并帮助他们乘坐机场大巴。8月12-13日，我们租了CSU的大巴把新生从丹佛机场直接送达科林斯堡。这两天，每天我们有两趟大巴来回接送。达到科林斯堡后我们还安排了志愿车队接送新生抵达他们的宿舍、公寓或临时住址以确保他们安全到达。
科罗拉多州立大学距离丹佛机场大约有80迈。今年的接机我们首次租用CSU大巴。中国项目和中国学生会承包了所有租车费用。8月12-13日抵达的学生不需要乘坐机场大巴去他们不熟悉的地方，而是在机场大巴上和老生们交流。新生们收到了热烈的欢迎，并且也建立了新生和老生之间的友谊。
学生会安排的志愿者车队从8月11-17日为新生提供免费去科林斯堡超市和商场购置生活必需品。这一服务解决了新生所面临的最大困难之一- 出行不便。
整个迎新和机场接机都非常顺利。所有报名要求接机的同学我们都接到了、我们也将他们送到了他们需要抵达的地方、同时在学期开始前我们帮助他们安顿下来。此次活动对于新生、老生、中国项目以及中国学生会都是一个非常有意义的经历。