One of the pitfalls for first year students in college is their perceptions that college is like high school, or…
I have a number of pet peeves. One of them is about how students approach academic advising. Just as students…
At the end of every academic term, students say they’re happy that term is over and they’re looking forward to…
As students begin returning home for the holidays, be those holidays Thanksgiving, or one of the many celebrated in December,…
Many of us receive that teary phone call from a son or daughter asking to come home. That strong and…
For many new students, college is the first time they’ve shared a room with someone they don’t know and it…
Many college and universities offer a form of orientation that takes place in late June. This program goes by a…
Managing their time is one of the hardest things for new students to do. As much as they worked hard…
Thanksgiving is my favorite secular holiday. It’s the one time I remember making the time to travel to my parents’…
Ah, fall. The time when colleges and universities invite the parents and family members of their students back to campus…