UMASS Dartmouth Chancellor Robert Johnson greeted the 1,425 first-year students and their families while the first arrivals showed up for this year's move in day.
Mount Ida College will receive "fair value" for its assets through its proposed acquisition by UMass Amherst, according to Attorney General Maura Healey.
As Mount Ida College is absorbed into the UMass system, all of its students will granted automatic admission to UMass Dartmouth, it was announced Friday.