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Five Conversations Parents and College Students Should Have Before the First Year of College

June 22, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
The summer before your student heads of to college is an exciting, busy, and stressful time for everyone. There’s lots to do to prepare – forms to complete, finances to consider, orientations to attend, shopping to do. Your student may be working and is also...

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Teach Your College Student to Be a Packrat

June 16, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central

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How to Help Your College Student Use the Summer Months Wisely

April 21, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
As a college parent, you may be looking forward to the summer months, and your student’s return home from college, with mixed emotions. You’ve missed your student while she was away, and you are anxious to spend time with her again. However, you recognize that...

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Will Your College Student Graduate On Time?

April 3, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central

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Encouraging Your Student to Exercise in College

March 5, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Parents are the encouragers. We encourage our college students to study, to make friends, to get involved in activities at school, to get to know their professors. Consider adding to your list encouraging your college student to get enough exercise. ...

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How Does Your College Student Feel About His First Job?

February 19, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Of course, the best answer to the question of how your college student feels about his first job is to ask him. Every student is different. Every student has different goals and ambitions, different strategies, different needs. Hopefully, as your student...

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How the College Career Office Can Help Your College Student

February 9, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Almost every college or university has an office dedicated to helping students find a career in which they are interested and to getting a job after college. Whether the office is called the Career Center, Career Services Office, Career Placement Office, or some other...

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Helping Your College Student with Goal Setting – and Action Plans

January 27, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
There’s a quote that’s attributed to Yogi Berra that says, “You’ve got to be careful because if you don’t know where you’re going, you’ll wind up somewhere else.” In true Yogi Berra fashion, his seemingly simplistic quote may contain some important wisdom. For college...

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Helping Your College Student Jump Start the Second Semester

January 23, 2011 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
One of the advantages of the college yearly cycle at most schools is that there are two opportunities each year for a new beginning. September (or late August) and January mark the beginnings of new terms or semesters. Each new semester is an opportunity to...

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What Can My College Student Do During Winter Break?

December 15, 2010 - Vicki Nelson College Parent Central
Most college students eagerly look forward to Winter Break as a welcome respite from their college life. Whether your student has adjusted well to college life or is still struggling to find his place, the break from school and the chance to rest and regroup is...

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