Empowering Your Student

Supporting Your College Student During the Close of the Semester: A Parent's Guide As the semester draws to a close, we know how crucial this time is for your college student. The final stretch can be challenging, especially for those in their first semester. Your encouragement and support during these moments can make all the difference in helping them finish strong. Here are some ways you can guide and support your student as they navigate this important time.

As your student embarks on their first year of college, it's an exciting time filled with new experiences and opportunities. However, for many freshmen, it can also be a time of homesickness—a natural and common emotional response to being away from the comfort and familiarity of home. Here are some tips to help your student navigate homesickness and adjust to college life.

On behalf of the entire university community, I would like to extend a warm welcome to you and your first-time freshman student as they begin their journey with us.

As the spring semester draws to a close, we want to recognize the incredible achievements of our Mountaineers. College is difficult. There are academic and social obstacles, but there are also life-changing opportunities. At the end of each year, the College of Applied Human Sciences comes together for the CAHS Spring Celebration – an event where we recognize the grit, determination, and success our students have.  We will gather to share cookies, donuts, coffee, and fruit, but also stories from another successful year.  Students who earned a spot on the President’s or Dean’s list will receive a keychain and a token as a physical representation of their achievement.  Each additional semester a student earns a place on the President’s or Dean’s list they will receive a unique token.  Students will also have the opportunity to participate in the creation of a memory chain where they can inscribe a memory from the past academic year on paper and add it to the collective experiences of the rest of the college.