Texas State welcomed students and staff from Lamar University Aug. 25 who were forced to evacuate campus ahead of Hurricane Laura.
After over nine hours of travel from Beaumont to San Marcos, students finally arrived on campus and went through a check-in process at the Performing Arts Center.
Students were given access to Wi-Fi, checked into dorms and received brown paper snack bags and instructions for dining from Chartwells Dining Services.
Two charter buses and two smaller university buses carried the passengers, and students said there were only about 20 passengers on each charter bus.
Students will be housed in San Gabriel and Gaillardia residence halls and will use the Harris Dining Hall for dining. Lamar staff will be housed in Bobcat Village.
Lamar University students wait in line to check-in and receive information for accessing the dorms in which they will be staying in, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, in the Performing Arts Center. The students and staff will be housed in San Gabriel and Gaillardia residence halls and will use the Harris Dining Hall, and staff will be housed in Bobcat Village.
Students from Lamar University sit in chairs distanced apart, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, outside of the Performing Arts Center. They were called in one by one to check-in and receive the information they needed.
A group of students from Lamar University pose for a photo after exiting their bus, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020, outside of the Performing Arts Center. Students said that what should have been a four-hour trip turned into an all-day affair.
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Two university buses and two charter buses, carrying students and staff from Lamar University, traveled from Beaumont to San Marcos. It took the buses over nine hours to arrive on Texas State’s campus.
