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Goal-Setting: Teaching your Student a Basic Life Skill

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The best way to help young adults prepare for college and beyond is to guide them in basic life skills, like communication, decision-making and interpersonal skills. Parents can help their students strengthen these skills by walking them through a goal-setting process that will instill self awareness, confidence and critical thinking skills.

Talking Points

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As you and your student transition, we encourage you to use these talking points to start some necessary conversations about your student’s well-being on campus.

Advice for college students and parents can be really bad. Except for this.

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Most parents of college students share one, uniting characteristic: the desire to help their students gain independence and be successful. But parents’ pursuit can lead to misinformation on the Web, where cookie-cutter advice can be irrelevant at best and harmful at its worst.

FAFSA Processing and Tips

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We would like to take this time to help you begin the financial aid process. Our priority deadline to have a complete financial aid file is February 1st. Funds are awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis. Below you will find a few notes to help you get started:

The New Wave: Understanding and Connecting with Generation iY

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Join us on campus for an exciting seminar featuring Dr. Tim Elmore, Founder and President of Growing Leaders!

October 20, 2009 from 6-8pm at the University of Alabama Child Development Research Center
Students today live in a culture different than the one in which their parents grew up. Adults are wrestling like never before to stay connected to this digital generation with short attention spans and a bias for action and interaction. For ten years now, sociologists have introduced us to Generation Y. We call them Generation iY because of the impact of iPhones, iTunes, iChat, and iPods; for many of them, life is all about "I". These are the students born since 1990. They are an EPIC generation: Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich and Connected. This interactive seminar will have you laughing and keep you entertained. To RSVP, please click here.
For more information visit parents.ua.edu.

Welcome to the University of Alabama Family!

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We are excited to welcome you to campus for Family Weekend 2011.

Office of Parent Programs

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The Office of Parent Programs promotes continuous relationships among our students’ parents, families and the University.

The New Wave: Understanding, Connecting with Generation iY

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Students today are different and live in a culture different than the one in which their parents grew up. Adults are wrestling like never before to stay connected to this digital generation with short attention spans and a bias for action and interaction.

Join us for Family Weekend!

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The Office of Parent Programs invites you and your family to attend Family Weekend September 21-23!

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