* What was your role when your student was in
high school?
* How will it be different at GW?
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* Show interest & excitement in what your student is
doing – and give positive encouragement
* Understand that sometimes your student is busy
with studying/schoolwork and can’t talk as much
* Be supportive of your student’s ambitions but
encourage him to ease into his schedule
* Encourage your student to research and use
university academic resources
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* Academic environment
* Schedule
* Assignments and timing
* Grading
* Other obligations on time (organizations, jobs,
sports, sleep, mental/physical wellness, etc.)
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* 2 key areas that will help with academic
success:
* 1.
Time management
* 2.
Organization and planning
* To which university resources should you
connect your student?
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* Academic Advisors develop a four-year
relationship with your student
* This relationship is different from a high school
guidance counselor
* Why might you contact an academic advisor?
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* Encourage your student to attend office hours
* What are office hours?
* What can be talked about?
* What are the advantages of developing a
professional relationship with a faculty member?
* How should your student communicate with
his/her professor?
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* Faculty guides and faculty-in-residence
* 10 faculty guides and 7 faculty-in-residence
* Create programming that bridges hall
residences with academics
* Program goals:
* Make faculty more approachable
* Show students how to engage with faculty
* Demonstrate the value of extracurricular
learning
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* Tutors help students with writing projects –
grammar, style, structure, transition, etc., during
pre-arranged appointments
* Will also help with group work
* What won’t The Writing Center do?
* How can you help your student with writing
assignments?
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* Each student receives 10 free hours of tutoring
* Visit http://gwired.gwu.edu/tutor
for a list of
classes supported by this initiative
* Student should contact TA, professor,
department, or school for additional help
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* Free, walk-in language tutoring in all languages
taught at GW
* Language exchange program
* Conversation Club
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* Library systems – Gelman Library and Eckles Library
* Librarians
* Resource desk
* Updates to the library facilities will continue through
2013
* Disability Support Services:
gwired.gwu.edu/dss/
* Office of Academic Integrity: www.gwu.edu/~ntegrity/
* House Staff
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* What happens when your student gets off track?
* The Office of Parent Services can direct you to
university resources/departments which can help!
* Every Colonial Counts!
* CARE Network – students.gwu.edu/care
* CARE forms
* Membership
* Contacting your student
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* College as a time of academic, social,
emotional, and psychological development
* Role of student agency:
self-advocacy is key!
* Everyone at the university wants your student
to have a successful, meaningful, and
enjoyable university experience!
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* For more information, please feel free to
contact students@gwu.edu
* Enjoy these moments and we’ll see you again
at Move-In in August!
WELCOME TO GW,
PARENTS OF THE CLASS OF 2017!
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