{"id":46502,"date":"2017-09-03T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T18:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=46502"},"modified":"2017-09-03T17:34:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T21:34:28","slug":"parents-say-goodbye-to-students-who-say-hello-to-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/09\/parents-say-goodbye-to-students-who-say-hello-to-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents say goodbye to students, who say hello to Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"page-intro dropcap\">The nervousness being felt by Hannah Flewelling was unmistakeable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>As she loaded her clothes and school supplies into the back of her family\u2019s minivan at their home in Burlington, the 17-year-old admitted she was feeling uneasy about heading off to university.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know my roommate or anything, so it\u2019s a bit scary,\u201d she said early Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/waR2Gsf3br8\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nBut as the Flewelling family arrived at Brock University to drop Hannah off for her first year at the school, the nerves started to dissipate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty exciting. Now that everyone is here, it\u2019s starting to feel more real,\u201d she said as members of the Brock baseball team helped move her into her Lowenberger residence room.<\/p>\n<p>Flewelling, who will start her history co-op program on Wednesday, was one of the nearly 2,400 first-year students who moved into one of Brock\u2019s seven residences Sunday during the annual Move-In Day blitz.<\/p>\n<p>Many teary-eyed parents looked on as some 700 student volunteers helped carry fridges, televisions, suitcases and boxes into rooms across campus.<\/p>\n<p>For Rob and Renee Flewelling, who both graduated from Brock, Sunday was a day of nostalgia and nervous energy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember my first year here and it was full of excitement and new things,\u201d said Rob.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was a little nervous on the way in, but once she got here, she was feeling better. And now we go home without her,\u201d said Renee.<\/p>\n<p>Suzette Lyn knows exactly how the Flewellings feel.<\/p>\n<p>Lyn flew in from Nassau, Bahamas with her son Corri, who came to Brock to study biological sciences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m glad for him because I know he needs to take this next step to go on, but I\u2019m a little bit sad because this is my second son leaving the nest,\u201d Lyn said.<\/p>\n<p>Corri said he was thrilled with his new home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s beautiful. It looks like one of those colleges you see in the movies,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like I\u2019m ready to take the challenges that come my way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the many staff members who joined students in lending a helping hand Sunday was President Gervan Fearon, who said he was impressed by how well organized Move-In Day was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a wonderful experience to see all of the volunteers come together to make this an outstanding experience for our new students and their parents,\u201d Fearon said. \u201cThe entire team comes together to welcome students to their new community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Move-In Day officially kicked off the Brock University Students\u2019 Union Orientation Week schedule, which continued Sunday night with a party in front of the Sir Isaac Brock statue and a full slate of activities Monday.<\/p>\n\n\t    <style type='text\/css'>\n\t        #gallery-1287442329 {\n\t            margin: 0 auto 50px auto 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