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Welcome to our community! Thank you for entrusting the care and education of your student to Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ staff and faculty. We understand that this is a time of mixed feelings for you and your family.

We would like to offer you the following tips that might be helpful:

• Trust that you have given yourÌýstudent the roots and wings they need to be confident in their ability to grow.
• We care about your student and we will do our best to make their experience at Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ÊÓƵ a success both emotionally and academically.
• Remind your student that the door to your home is always open.
• It’s normal for your student and you to question the college decisions you have made.
• Even though your student is now in college, they still need and want your opinions.
• If you bombard your student with questions when they call home, they might stop calling.
• It’s normal for your emotions to be up and down.
• Remember that your student’s siblings are also experiencing transitional feelings and may need you to understand what they might be going through.
• When your student comes home for a visit and is acting like an adult, treat them like an adult rather than the child who used to live in your home.
• Remind yourself that if your student doesn’t call home often, that might just mean that they are busy, not that they have forgotten about you.
• Don’t jump to rescue your student the minute they call saying they hate it here. A call the next week might be them telling you that they love it here and can’t imagine being anywhere else.
• Care packages that can be shared with friends are always welcomed and appreciated.
• Even if they are your second student going off to college, you may still go through all the emotions you went through the first time around.
• Sometimes no news is good news.
• Wellness Services on campus is convenient and ready to help your student with health care needs.
• If you ever have questions or concerns about your student, the residence hall director is a good resource to call.
• You’ve worked hard raising your student to get to this point in their life. If you haven’t done so already, now would be a good time to give yourself some TLC.