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Past Newsletter Articles of Interest
Last minute advice
Some last-minute advice for parents of freshmen adapted from You're on
Your Own (But I'm Here If You Need Me) by Marjorie Savage.
Being the parent
Tips to help parents understand their students's experience, support their student's learning, and help their student take responsibility for social and academic decisions.
Parents: Contributing to the knowledge base
The University of
Minnesota Parent Program has grown throughout the past 15 years
based on the results of surveys and suggestions from parents.
Affording college during a recession
Steps parents and students can take to keep costs low.
The wired university
Technological developments have changed the way we
work, play, and communicate and has rapidly and radically shifted
the way higher education does business.
The housing decision
Why can't I access my student's grades and billing info?
Identity theft and online security
People aged 18 to 29 are the group most commonly victimized by identity
theft.
Tips for student success
Students who combine their academic studies with out-of-classroom learning opportunities are the most likely to succeed.
Troubleshooting guide
Students should try taking care of their problems first; parents can act as a guide.
Parents
can help make study abroad successful
Parents can help make study abroad more successful and satisfying
by understanding and supporting their student's feelings and decisions
before, during, and after the study abroad experience.
When
students go abroad, should parents visit?
Seeing your student function in a different culture can be one of
the most gratifying experiences of raising a child. Knowing that your
son has mastered the transportation system of London or your daughter
can read a ferry schedule in Greek is heartwarming proof of your child's
intelligence, maturity, and independence.
Study abroad and graduation
Carefully planned study abroad opportunities do not need to delay graduation.
Campus and student safety at the U.
Walking the fine line: When does parent involvement become parent interference?
Career planning: A parent's guide
Housing decisions: Living on campus
or off?
Parent survey results: out-of-classroom
experiences make an impact
Every two years, the University of Minnesota surveys parents
to find out how well it's serving them and what issues are
of greatest concern to family members.
GoldPASS to opportunities
A new tool to aid in job, internship, and volunteer opportunity searches.
A guide to career planning services at the U
Breaking through the walls of depression and anxiety
Finding ways to support and help students experiencing depression and anxiety is one of the more difficult challenges facing parents.
Stage I strategies
A continuation of "Breaking through the walls of depression and anxiety."
Desired outcomes for parent involvement
A guide to successful family involvement during the college years.
Strategic Positioning: A plan for the University’s
future
Student Academic Success Services
Office for Student Affairs encourages
learning outside the classroom
The University encourages students to develop and demonstrate life skills that
will ensure their future success beyond college. The Office for Student Affairs
provides many opportunities and resources that facilitate this maturation.
New program helps off-campus students
This pilot program will eventually target students who live in all neighborhoods around the Twin Cities campus.
Late night. We're just getting started!
To fit the late-night schedule of our students, the University has created "Gophers After Dark."
Survey finds U parents satisfied
Parents influence the decisions students
make
HELP Center for students with children
Service learning deepens educational experience
Service learning emphasizes experiential learning as a key component to education.
Taking risks:
Students say it's how they learn their limits
By engaging in new behaviors, students
learn their limits, practice decision making, and discover their
identity
Moving to an apartment off-campus
Typically, about one third of residence
hall students choose to return to campus housing for the next year,
either in traditional residence halls or in apartment-style housing
owned by the University.
Frequently
asked questions about off-campus housing
Is your student ready for an apartment?
Career planning through the college years
A year-by-year breakdown for career planning including resources to
help choose a career.
Graduation: According to plan
A student who graduates in four years gains more than an early start to his
or her career.
A timeline for career planning
Career planning and preparation is a four-year
process. Students should be examining career options as first- and
second-year students, and fine-tuning their career plans as juniors
and seniors.
Resources for parents' careers, too
The University of Minnesota Career and Lifework
Center (CLC), open to the public, serves adults in life-work
transitions.
New center for health careers
Current and prospective undergraduates interested
in careers in the health professions have a new resource this
year—the Health Careers Center.
Parents' guide to University career services
When it comes to career planning, students start out at different points.
The goal: graduating in four years
More than three-fourths of freshmen arrive at the University of Minnesota
believing they will graduate in four years. Only about one-fourth
actually do.
Tips from the
Office of Student Finance
It's January and time once again to apply for financial aid. Here
are some tips to help with the process.
Parents
and safety concerns about study abroad
Boynton offers free financial
counseling to students
Free financial counseling services are now available to University
students at Boynton Health Service. Counseling is provided by staff
from Lutheran Social Services (LSS).
University workshop dispels myths,
breaks career selection process down to its parts
Some
of the myths that students believe about choosing a career can cause
high anxiety, said Jennifer Engler of University Counseling & Consulting
Services (UCCS).
Update
on student issues
Student surveys conducted during the past several years show that
students are arriving at colleges and universities with increasingly
complex life issues.
Students
contribute to Twin Cities community
While many students select the University of Minnesota because of
the opportunities available in St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Twin
Cities in turn benefit by having an energetic population of students
who donate their time and talent to the community. |
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