There are a number of considerations that we look at for the timing of Family Weekend; hotel availability is a critical part of those considerations, and we also don’t want a date that is too close to move-in in August or too late in the semester. The Furniture Market that takes place each fall uses most of the available hotel space in the Triad, which ruled out some of the other weekends. After careful consideration of hotel space, as well as the need to schedule Homecoming and other big event weekends, October 7-9 ended up being the best option for Family Weekend.