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Cold and Flu Season: What to do When Your College Student Gets Sick

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Parents of college students often feel helpless when their students are sick and away at college. Besides reminding your student to rest enough and perhaps get a flu shot, consider the following items you can send in a package to care for your sick student.

TSU Campus Safety

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To provide a safe and secure educational environment through collaborative interaction with students, faculty and staff recognizing the multicultural and diverse university community.

Common Ailments and Illnesses for College Students

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Most people are aware of the infamous "Freshman Ten" truism that most college freshmen gain ten pounds in their first year of college. A steady diet of junk food, late nights of studying or extracurricular activities, and lack of exercise can take their toll on students; as a result, many students experience health problems during their first years in a university setting.

Student Health Services

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Student Health Services is maintained to safeguard the health of students.

Immunization Requirements

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The state of Tennessee requires students entering colleges, universities, and technical institutes with enrollment of greater than 200 students to provide proof of two (2) doses of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) vaccine on or after the first birthday or proof of immunity to measles.

Tennessee State University Police Department

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The mission of the TSU Police Department is to protect Students, Faculty, Staff and the Property owned, leased, or operated by the university.

College Parenting: Learn to stay involved without hovering

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As you student leaves for college, parents must learn a new balance in their parenting. Parents need to remain involved in their student’s life while they are in college. With mobile phones, text messaging, email, instant messaging, FedEx, and all the rest of technology that is available today, it's extremely easy for parents to stay in touch with their college student. But, when is it too much? Parents need to realize is that a major part of college is the student learning to deal with life issues on their own.
As a parent, now is the time to step back and let your student step forward and practice what you have been teaching them all along. Read this article to explore ways to manage the new parenting boundaries with college-aged students.

Homesickness: what it is and how to deal with it

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Move-in day and first-week activities are abuzz with excitement, but as students move in and parents head out, homesickness can take root.

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