Parent Resources
- Parents Handbook
- Helping your student apply
- The "big picture" on how to get into classes
- Academics
- Link to catalog
- general description for parents
- Tutoring
- Scholarships & Financial Aid
- explain a bit about Ferpa (what parents should and should not expect)
- The financial needs of your student
- what their personal budget will likely be
- UVDays and Tours for Parents
- Tips for parents: Transitioning your student to college
- What should I not do?
- encouraging independence in your student
(may want some differences based on if student is concurrent or another category)
- Legal considerations for you and your student
- disabilities (rights of the parents and the rights of the students)
- how your role as a parent differs now that they are in college
- Advising for Parents
- Campus Life
- Dates and Deadlines (Timetable)
- Helping your student get a job
- Career Services
- What is available and where to go for assistance:
- Jobs (student, regular)
- Careers
- Internships
- UVJob board
- Student Services
- Other Resources
- articles of interest
- sites of interest
- Concurrent Enrollment & A.P. Classes
- VIP
- Multicultural Center
- have special parent content
- Veterans Office
- Center for Advancement of Leadership
- leadership opportunities
- learning community (60 students that are in a special complex)
- "Spirituality"- body, mind and spriit[find out what we can say]
- Wellness center
- Institute
- Clubs (list them)
- Link on parents page to Athletics
- If you have concerns or questions
- general questions (OneStop)
- Office of the president (MyUVSC)
- Student life
IMPORTANT: One major difference from links on current site - we should write text just for parents, not just link to the other sites. Not just a link but text just for parents ("your student will.... you as a parent will....") Some of these "link out" pages should link back to "parents" like on concurrent enrollement parent-specific page