ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY
WINTER 2015
FAMILY Connections ADVICE TO PARENTS…HOW TO MAINTAIN A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR STUDENT This issue of Family Connections is focused on providing parents and families with some advice and recommendations about how to stay engaged with and support your student during his/her college experience. It is a difficult transition to make. Your child, whom you have nurtured and protected since birth, is now considered an adult. They are studying at a university, where quite possibly you are paying the bill. It is a difficult paradox—you want them to become independent, but you still want to nurture and protect them. How do you find a healthy balance? As a parent of first-year college students as well, I understand and share your perspective and emotions. I thank the Office of Residence Life, the Counseling Center and the Career Center for their thoughtful submissions in this issue.
I hope you have had, or will have the opportunity to visit Moon Township and RMU this Fall. The campus is alive with excitement and energy during this transition from warm weather to the crisp, cool days of fall. We’ve already enjoyed Homecoming and Parents & Families Weekend, fraternity and sorority recruitment, fall sports contests, the annual Career Expo, and numerous academic and student engagement events. We look forward to the Almost Midnight Breakfast, Winterfest, the start of basketball season, and various holiday celebrations all of which will be held later this semester.
I also invite you to read further about the appointment of Dr. Christopher B. Howard as the next president of Robert Morris University. Dr. Howard will serve as the eighth president of the university. He succeeds Dr. Gregory Dell’Omo who departed RMU in June. The Colonial family eagerly awaits Dr. Howard and his wife, Barbara Noble Howard, to arrive early next semester.
Family Connections is a publication designed for the parents and families of Robert Morris University students. It is compiled by the Office of Student Life and printed in cooperation with the Office of Public Relations and Marketing. Editions are printed in the fall, winter, and spring of each academic year. We are interested in your feedback about this publication. E-mail your comments and suggestions to studentlife@rmu.edu.
ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY FAMILY CONNECTIONS
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