{"id":38906,"date":"2016-07-27T09:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T16:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/?p=38906"},"modified":"2019-06-27T13:13:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-27T20:13:31","slug":"moving-to-howard-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/moving-to-howard-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving to Howard University"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38923\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/howard2.jpg\" alt=\"howard2\" width=\"800\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/howard2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/howard2-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/howard2-768x348.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Veritas et Utilitas<\/em>, or &#8220;Truth and Service&#8221; will be the new motto to live by when you move to Howard University. \u00a0Founded in 1867, Howard is a private research university located in Washington, D.C. \u00a0About 11,000 students study a wide variety of programs at Howard while also servicing many communities. \u00a0Read up on these Howard highlights and moving tips before your adventure begins!<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38927 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/academics-1.png\" alt=\"academics\" width=\"214\" height=\"236\" \/>Academics<\/h3>\n<p>Howard University has granted over 120,000 degrees and certificates in the arts, sciences, and humanities. \u00a0<em>The Princeton Review\u00a0<\/em>ranked Howard&#8217;s business school #1 in opportunities for minorities. \u00a0The National Law Journal also listed Howard&#8217;s law school in the top 25 nationally. \u00a0Howard&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www2.howard.edu\/\">website<\/a> notes its dedication to &#8220;educating students from diverse backgrounds at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thirteen schools and colleges make up Howard University:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Dentistry<\/li>\n<li>Engineering and Architecture<\/li>\n<li>Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Social Work<\/li>\n<li>Business<\/li>\n<li>Divinity<\/li>\n<li>Graduate School<\/li>\n<li>Nursing &amp; Allied Health Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Communications<\/li>\n<li>Education<\/li>\n<li>Law<\/li>\n<li>Pharmacy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Among these schools are over 120 areas of study, so you&#8217;ll probably find one that trips your trigger! \u00a0Howard students spend hundreds of hours every year servicing their community and places around the world. \u00a0They have done things like participate in the U.S. Peace Corps, as well as lead projects in Engineers Without Borders in Kenya and Brazil.<\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-38928\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/on-campus.png\" alt=\"on campus\" width=\"233\" height=\"221\" \/>On Campus<\/h3>\n<p>Howard&#8217;s 256-acre campus is full of helpful resources. \u00a0Students can take advantage of a health center and hospital, multiple public safety programs, shuttle buses and a metro-rail station, spiritual and religious groups, counseling, and over 200 student organizations. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/residencelife.howard.edu\/\">Housing<\/a> on campus is split into 9 different locations. \u00a0Residence halls are equipped with a twin-size bed for each student, a desk and drawer chest, cable television, internet access, and local phone service. \u00a0Depending on the particular hall, they have amenities like\u00a0convenience stores, computer labs, study rooms, television lounges, weight rooms, and more. \u00a0For specific amenities in each residence hall, click <a href=\"https:\/\/residencelife.howard.edu\/housing\/residence-halls-and-room-rates\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are all-female, all-male and co-ed residence halls at Howard:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Female (freshmen)\n<ul>\n<li>Tubman Quadrangle<\/li>\n<li>College North<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Male (freshmen)\n<ul>\n<li>Cook Hall<\/li>\n<li>Drew Hall<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Co-ed (upperclassmen)\n<ul>\n<li>Bethune Annex<\/li>\n<li>Plaza Towers, West<\/li>\n<li>Slowe Hall<\/li>\n<li>College South<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Graduate, Seniors &amp; Honors (co-ed)\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Plaza Towers, East<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Moving to Howard University<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38930 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/movinginsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/mthu.png\" alt=\"mthu\" width=\"271\" height=\"226\" \/><\/h3>\n<p>So you&#8217;re moving to an esteemed college just two miles away from the U.S. Capitol. \u00a0Exciting, right? \u00a0Well, don&#8217;t let the move bring your mood down. \u00a0If you&#8217;re dreading transporting all of your personal items to Howard, <a href=\"https:\/\/collegeboxes.com\/global\/aboutus\/school.seam?s=howarduniversity&amp;cid=71960&amp;utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=collegeboxes&amp;utm_content=20160727-movingtohowarduniversity\">Collegeboxes<\/a> is the service for you. \u00a0Simply pack up everything you&#8217;ll need in your new residence hall, and your boxes will be picked up at your home. \u00a0From there, they&#8217;ll be shipped to a secure climate controlled storage facility, and delivered to your room on the scheduled date! \u00a0This way, you can travel lightly and alleviate some stress&#8211;maybe even make a few stops on your way to Howard. \u00a0Another moving solution is to rent a U-Haul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Truck-Rentals\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trucks&amp;utm_content=20160727-movingtohowarduniversity\">moving truck<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/Trailers\/?utm_campaign=uhaulsm&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=trailer&amp;utm_content=20160727-movingtohowarduniversity\">trailer<\/a> for your journey. \u00a0No one wants to squeeze into a packed car, especially for a long drive!<\/p>\n<p>(Wiki: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Howard_University_clock_tower_side.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fourandsixty<\/a>\/via cc)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veritas et Utilitas, or &#8220;Truth and Service&#8221; will be the new motto to live by when you move to Howard University. \u00a0Founded in 1867, Howard is a private research university located in Washington, D.C. \u00a0About 11,000 students study a wide variety of programs at Howard while also servicing many communities. \u00a0Read up on these Howard [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":198,"featured_media":38948,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[545,9,7],"tags":[21,41,537,625,112,2249],"class_list":["post-38906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-2","category-moving-2","category-tips-tricks","tag-back-to-school","tag-college","tag-college-bound","tag-collegeboxes","tag-moving","tag-tips-tricks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/198"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38906"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48014,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38906\/revisions\/48014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uhaul.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}