044 Move in Vibes 2022

Dave and photographer Kyla strike out to interview first year students and their helpful parents as they move in to Thunder Hill Hall on the beautiful campus of Appalachian State University.

 

 

Transcript:

Dave Blanks:

Hey folks, how's it going? I'm Dave Blanks from University Communications. Today on Dave by the Bell, I'm going to be talking to people who are moving into Thunder Hill, trying to figure out what the moment's like for them. Maybe talk to parents, maybe talk to students. Also, get an idea of what their aspirations and hopes are for the coming year. That's the plan. Let's do it.

All right. There's a lot of folks in here. We're actually going in one of the residence halls. This is Thunder Hill, I do believe. Yeah, that's correct. We have a lot of folks. You've been taking pictures of move in day, Kyla, and those will probably be some of which will end up on our Facebook page.

Kyla:

Facebook and Instagram.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I don't like it in here.

Kyla:

It is chaotic.

Speaker 3:

Excuse me.

Kyla:

Yeah, no problem. Yeah, let's go upstairs.

Dave Blanks:

Let's go upstairs.

Tia Proctor:

I'm Tia Proctor. It is so exciting. I'm just ready to get everything in and get everything sorted and stuff. And then just go explore the campus and just go to King Street-

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Tia Proctor:

... and just have fun.

Dave Blanks:

When you look forward to the coming year, what is something that you're anticipating?

Tia Proctor:

I'm excited for game days.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah. Awesome.

Tia Proctor:

And learning about business and going through the business college and stuff.

Dave Blanks:

Cool. Tia, thank you so much for your answers. I really appreciate you. You passed with flying colors. Good job. Yeah.

Tia Proctor:

Thank you.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Tia Proctor:

Yeah. Good one.

Dave Blanks:

Okay. And who is this? Your roommate?

Tia Proctor:

Yes.

Dave Blanks:

Hello? What is your name?

Maddie Henry:

Maddie Henry.

Dave Blanks:

Hey Maddie, how's it going?

Maddie Henry:

It's good. How are you?

Dave Blanks:

I'm good. How's your room? It looks pretty cool to me.

Maddie Henry:

It is amazing.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Maddie Henry:

I was expecting so much less actually.

Dave Blanks:

Right.

Maddie Henry:

And I'm so excited that we got our own bathroom.

Dave Blanks:

Okay. Maddie, what's the moment like for you right now? What's the feeling?

Maddie Henry:

Nervous, excited, everything. I just want to get everything unpacked and be settled in, have everything go smoothly.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah. Well, has it been so, so far so good?

Maddie Henry:

So far so good except for the rain.

Dave Blanks:

I know, but at least you're inside right now. Right? Did you get everything in before it started really coming down?

Maddie Henry:

My parents are actually out there.

Dave Blanks:

Oh no. Your poor parents. All right. Well, shout out to Maddie's parents.

Maddie Henry:

Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

Be strong.

Maddie Henry:

I'm from Pennsylvania, so I'm very excited to just meet new people. Get a fresh start and make a lot of friends.

Dave Blanks:

Tia and Maddie, good luck. We're happy to have you as new Mountaineers.

Maddie Henry:

Thank you.

Dave Blanks:

All right. Bye y'all.

Silas Dickerson:

I am Silas Dickerson. I got here about 15 minutes ago. It feels great. Yeah, I'm ready to be here. I'm just ready to be more independent.

Jennifer Leaver:

Hi, I'm Jennifer Leaver.

Dave Blanks:

Who are you helping move in here today?

Jennifer Leaver:

My daughter, Lauren.

Dave Blanks:

Is this your first kid to come to college?

Jennifer Leaver:

No, I have a son in Boulder, in Colorado.

Dave Blanks:

All right.

Jennifer Leaver:

It's been nice to have her close by.

Dave Blanks:

When you look forward to Lauren's first year, what is it that you're excited about for her?

Jennifer Leaver:

Just meeting new people, finding her tribe of friends, and big football games, because she didn't have a school that was oriented around that and-

Dave Blanks:

Yeah. She's definitely got that to look forward to.

Jennifer Leaver:

Yeah. Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

Well, thanks so much for helping out and thanks for letting me talk to you. I appreciate you very much.

Jennifer Leaver:

Yeah. Sure, sure.

McKenna Guard:

I'm McKenna Guard. A mix of excitement and nervousness. A good healthy mix. I'm excited for the new community, and my friends last year went here and I just got to see them grow.

Dave Blanks:

Hold on, hold on. Let's let the train pass by. All right. What else was it?

McKenna Guard:

Because my friends, I got to see them grow here in Boone last year, and so I'm really excited to do that too.

Dave Blanks:

Awesome. I'm sure you will. McKenna, thanks for your time. I really appreciate you. Welcome to Boone.

McKenna Guard:

Thank you.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Spencer Daniel:

I'm Spencer Daniel.

Dave Blanks:

Hey Spencer.

Spencer Daniel:

Hey.

Dave Blanks:

Your girls are here?

Spencer Daniel:

I have one daughter here and then her friend is her roommate.

Dave Blanks:

Oh, that works out well. Cool. What's your daughter's name?

Spencer Daniel:

Her name is Allie.

Dave Blanks:

Okay. All right. Is this your first child to come to college?

Spencer Daniel:

First child to go to college. Yes.

Dave Blanks:

All right. What's the moment like? Allie's in her room now.

Spencer Daniel:

Yeah, it's real. It feels real.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Spencer Daniel:

It's exciting. She's so happy to be here. She's been looking forward to this since probably her junior year of high school. And so it's a really exciting time. I feel good that she feels good about it. She's just so excited to be here and have the opportunity to go out on the Parkway and go hiking and do all the outdoor things. And I think that part is what I'm most excited for her to be up here and to experience everything.

Dave Blanks:

Well, let's talk to her. Is she inside?

Spencer Daniel:

Yeah, she is. Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

Okay. Cool.

Spencer Daniel:

Come here.

Dave Blanks:

Hey.

Alice Daniel:

Hi.

Dave Blanks:

How's it going y'all? I was just talking to Spencer here.

Alice Daniel:

Yes.

Dave Blanks:

And Spencer, this is your daughter.

Spencer Daniel:

Yes.

Dave Blanks:

Okay. Who am I speaking with?

Alice Daniel:

Alice Daniel.

Dave Blanks:

Alice. How's it going? You go by Alice or Allie?

Alice Daniel:

Well, so my nickname has been Allie growing up.

Dave Blanks:

All right.

Alice Daniel:

But I decided I wanted to go back to my real name.

Dave Blanks:

All right. Cool.

Alice Daniel:

Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

Well that's what college is all about, right?

Alice Daniel:

Yes.

Dave Blanks:

Okay, cool. You were moving into Thunder Hill?

Alice Daniel:

Yes.

Dave Blanks:

You're in your room. What's going on in your head?

Alice Daniel:

Yeah, I'm really excited. I thought I was going to be more emotional, but I'm actually... I feel like my happiness is overshadowing my sadness about leaving them right now.

Dave Blanks:

Nice. Percentage wise. Good.

Alice Daniel:

Yes.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Alice Daniel:

Yes.

Dave Blanks:

Excellent. Well, I hope it continues to tip that way, the scale.

Alice Daniel:

Yes. Yeah, I do too.

Dave Blanks:

When you look forward to your coming year, what is it that you're most excited about?

Alice Daniel:

Definitely. I have two things. I think one, I'm really excited to meet new people and just do Young Life or RUF, some kind of campus ministry. And then two, just being in the mountains and doing hikes and just being in the beauty of it.

Dave Blanks:

Nice. Oh, that was perfect.

Alice Daniel:

Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

All right. Well thank you so much for your time and welcome to Boone. We're glad you're here.

Alice Daniel:

Thank you.

Vrishank Thombare:

My name is Vrishank Thombare. I just moved in right now. I just dropped off all my stuff, said bye to my parents.

Dave Blanks:

Oh, man.

Vrishank Thombare:

Just came back. Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

You just said goodbye to them?

Vrishank Thombare:

Yeah. I just said goodbye. I just came back from the rain.

Dave Blanks:

Were they sad?

Vrishank Thombare:

My mom was crying. Oh, my mom was crying.

Dave Blanks:

Oh, no. Oh, man.

Vrishank Thombare:

She was like, "Give me a hug," and all this. She hugged me three times in the rain.

Dave Blanks:

Did you expect that?

Vrishank Thombare:

Yeah, I did. I expected it.

Dave Blanks:

Did you get emotional?

Vrishank Thombare:

I did get emotional, but it's like, I got to start this chapter.

Dave Blanks:

It's true man.

Vrishank Thombare:

New opportunities, new people.

Dave Blanks:

Absolutely.

Vrishank Thombare:

I'm really looking forward to the clubs because they have a lot of nature clubs that I wanted to look at to check them out.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Vrishank Thombare:

I'm also interested in meeting new people from all types of backgrounds and building relationships, creating a network with people, so when I go into my career field I'm able to communicate with people that may have an advantage of something else that can help me.

Dave Blanks:

Whoa, This Hall's all decked out.

Kyla:

People are still moving in.

Dave Blanks:

Somebody decked the hall. It's got balloons and streamers and stuff. This RA really cares. Do you remember your move-in day, Kyla?

Kyla:

Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah. Was it hard?

Kyla:

Not really.

Dave Blanks:

No. It was pretty smooth?

Kyla:

Because I didn't have whole load of stuff. I had really small room.

Dave Blanks:

Nice.

Kyla:

And I lived on the second floor of Eggers.

Dave Blanks:

Oh perfect, so you didn't have to climb floor after floor after floor?

Kyla:

Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

Oh, that's a nice feeling.

Vrishank Thombare:

Hey.

Dave Blanks:

Hey dude. What's up Vrishank? Good man. How are you?

Vrishank Thombare:

Just getting to my room.

Dave Blanks:

All right. All right. Enjoy. Hey, guys.

Guys:

Hey.

Dave Blanks:

Well everybody in Thunder Hill seems to have a pretty good attitude thus far.

Father of student:

Sorry.

Dave Blanks:

Oh no, you're good. Come on past. Okay. All right.

Kyla:

But all of these people have moved in.

Dave Blanks:

That lady had a plunger. Did you see that?

Kyla:

Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

She's a vital member of the team.

Jack Bryan:

I'm Jack Bryan.

Dave Blanks:

Okay. Jack Bryan. And your name, sir?

Tim Johnson:

I'm Tim Johnson.

Jack Bryan:

Just feeling things out right now. I've been here for a little over 24 hours, so everything's still pretty fresh. Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

Room looks good.

Jack Bryan:

Yeah. Thank you. I appreciate it.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah. Yeah.

Jack Bryan:

Just getting used to the campus and everything. Exploring a little bit.

Dave Blanks:

And Tim?

Tim Johnson:

I'm not going to lie, I was a little nervous, but then I got everything in place and I just did my own thing, and I feel fine now. I can't wait for it. I know it's going to sound cliche, but I can't wait for all the friendships we're going to make with other people. I'm actually really excited for that.

Dave Blanks:

Nice man.

Tim Johnson:

Yeah.

Dave Blanks:

That's nice. It's cliche for a reason, man. That's a good thing.

Tim Johnson:

Mm-hm.

Dave Blanks:

All right. And Jack, what about you? What are you looking forward to for this year?

Jack Bryan:

Got to be the football games.

Dave Blanks:

Yeah.

Jack Bryan:

Got to be.

Dave Blanks:

Awesome. All right. Are you stoked for Carolina?

Jack Bryan:

Yeah, absolutely.

Dave Blanks:

You're going to be there.

Jack Bryan:

Absolutely.

Dave Blanks:

All right. Absolutely. Well, thanks guys. I appreciate your time and welcome to Boone.

Jack Bryan:

Thank you. I appreciate it.

Kyla:

Stairs is all the way down. If you pass... They're right across from the elevators.

Mother of student:

Okay.

Dave Blanks:

Thanks, Kyla. You're so helpful.

Kyla:

I get so many questions.

Dave Blanks:

Oh, I know. People are like, "Hey, help me put together my bed. Where's the door? Where's my child?"

            Hopefully everybody's moved in by the time you're listening to this. Thanks so much to everybody who let me barge in on them. I really appreciate it. Kyla, thanks for taking pictures. I'm Dave Blanks. This has been Dave by the Bell.