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How to Help your Student Look for Off-campus Housing

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While finding off-campus housing is another step of independence that your student needs to make, it can be an intimidating process. You can help guide your student without getting too involved.

Living on UW-P Campus

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Living on campus is a great way for students to experience college.

UW-P University Activities

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University Activities assists students in finding a variety of ways to get involved on campus.

Volunteer Opportunities

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University of Wisconsin-Parkside students are given the opportunity to apply skills, interests, and academic learning to real-life experience through the UW-Parkside Volunteer Program.

Transfer Students: Helping your Student Adjust at the New School

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Of the challenges students face in transferring to a new school, student life can be the most difficult. For the most part, students can actually get a decent handle on their new academic life before they’ve actually enrolled at the university. Student life is a bit different; often times it is not until the student actually gets to school that they understand the social elements of their new school.

Checklist for the Spring Semester

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For college students - especially freshmen - who come home for winter break, the last thing on their mind is preparing for the spring semester. But parents can help ease the transition back to school when the time comes by reminding them of a few things while they're home.

Getting Involved on Campus

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University Activities assists students in finding a variety of ways to get involved on campus.  But what does it truly mean to “get involved?”

Obama National Service Plan Promises Exciting Opportunities for Students

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Article by: Julia Kantor

During a 2008 campaign speech in Colorado Springs, candidate Barack Obama spoke of his desire to increase the number of K-12 and college students who give back to their local communities on a regular basis. Drawing upon his experience as a community organizer in Chicago’s South Side, Obama called for “shared sacrifice” to bring our communities closer together and outlined the details of the Obama-Biden National Service Plan. His plan promises exciting new opportunities for both K-12 and college students to serve on both the local and national level.

Do parents have access to college records about their child?

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Article courtesy of Suzanne Mims from the examiner.com
You are moving your child into the dorm, freshman year is about to begin. You've paid that tuition bill, paid for room and board, paid for several pairs of jeans, paid for the micro fridge and a host of other dorm room and study aid items. You may be paying all those bills, but without two critical forms, you may find yourself blocked from accessing critical information about your college student.

A Week In The Life Of…

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Are you concerned about how your son/daughter will manage time in college? Take a look at how the hours break down in the week of a typical college student:

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