1. Student Success: Parenting 101 Office of Student Affairs

2. Student Centered – practices, procedures, and processes reflect students’ needs first and foremost. Student Friendly – develop personal relationships with students and support them as mentors, advocates, and friends. Student Focused – provide services in a courteous and professional way and give current, complete, and accurate information. Student Caring – adhere to a “We Care” philosophy where all students feel supported and comfortable. Student Pride – help students develop respect for themselves and others, teach students to recognize their responsibilities, and encourage them to achieve high standards of academic and personal behavior. Student Affairs Values

3. The Collegiate Experience: A Journey from Adolescence to Adulthood Career Intellectual Sexuality Values clarification Belief systems Lifestyles Family Spirituality Cultural awareness

4. TEACHERSEDUCATORSADVISORSMENTORS

5. MENTOR ADVISOR EDUCATOR TEACHER EDUCATOR ADVISOR MENTOR PARENTAL ROLES K-12 12- Beyond

6. Learn to cook Learn car maintenance Learn to do laundry Hang up Hang loose

7. Managing Challenges (THE ADVISOR) Before now you handled conflicts. Now it is time to advise your student on the best way to handle the conflict.

8. Connections (THE MENTOR) Seeing a smiling parent at an event is the small push that your student needs to make it through the rest of the semester. SIUEvents Athletics Arts & Issues Music & Theater Campus Activities Board Family Weekend Springfest St. Louis

9. 4 + 3 + 2 + 1 = SUCCESS A simple formula…

10. FIRST SEMESTER EXPERIENCE Right Sizing - Course Load……MINIMIZE About Work…..MINIMIZE To Be Involved or Not……HOLD OFF Resources/What Resources?……..KNOW IT/USE IT Circle of Friendship…….CAMPUS LIFE DEFINED Time…….MANAGE IT WISELY

11. What to expect through the year… Check our website at www.siue.edu/parents for a helpful article about the adjustment issues faced during the first year – month by month.www.siue.edu/parents Remind your student to take the MAP Works survey in mid-September. This unique tool helps students make a successful transition from high school to college. More information about MAP Works is available at www.siue.edu/parents.www.siue.edu/parents

12. 7 habits of successful students They are highly motivated They have defined success They have a game plan…4 - 3 - 2 – 1 = SUCCESS They know their professors, advisors, mentors They have cultivated a support system They are proactive They remain eternally optimistic

13. Empty Nest… (THE MENTOR) Your growth will result in your student growing.

14. A Freshman Perspective about Parents… They are suffering from “ENS” They can’t read a menu, even with glasses Tattoos scare them They have no taste in cool music They cannot open a PDF file They cannot figure out the digital remote control They think Pilates is a band And they still don’t know the answers to life’s biggest questions

15. Enjoy the journey…