WELCOME TO YOUR
ROLLINSLIFE 2020 PARENT & FAMILY GUIDE
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Getting to Know Rollins 3
Welcome to Rollins from Peg Cornwell
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Readying Campus for Your Student’s Return
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Welcome Week 2020: Fall Orientation
College Resources 7
Academic Calendar and College Resources
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Living Your Rollins Life
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College Transitions
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Rollins Gateway & Kathleen W. Rollins Hall
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Getting to Know Athletics
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Rollins At A Glance
Staying Connected 12
On Diversity & Inclusion
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From the Parents Council Co-Chairs
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Parent & Family Checklist | Family Weekend 2020
WELCOME TO
ROLLINS!
This resource guide, in addition to our Anchor Guide, ensures you are an integral part of your student’s college experience. Our goal is to share helpful and relevant information to Rollins Parents and Families, to connect you with important campus and community resources, and to provide frequent updates regarding what is happening on campus. In the upcoming year, you will receive periodic newsletters from me, video updates from our campus community, and invitations to events so you can stay involved with the Rollins community. On behalf of Grant and the Rollins community, welcome to the Rollins family. We’re thrilled you’re joining us. Peg Cornwell Associate to the President, Rollins College pcornwell@rollins.edu | parents@rollins.edu
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Readying Campus for Your Student’s Return We are hard at work readying campus for the first day of classes on September 14, 2020 with community health and safety top of mind, as well as remaining flexible and ready to change plans should the need arise. Current details for the opening of campus can be found at our Fall 2020 Plan website. We have launched a Wellness campaign that emphasizes individual and social responsibility of all campus community members. The new campus requirements include the use of mask and facial coverings, physical separation through CDC-recommended physical distancing, and enhanced cleaning and sanitation measures throughout campus. The Wellness Center is coordinating a health screening checkin for all students prior to move in and is providing all students with a Wellness Kit. Students will be encouraged to self-monitor for temperature and symptoms of COVID-19. We are closely monitoring further recommendations and guidance from the state of Florida and CDC regarding testing and are developing plans
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to be able to address potential student quarantine and isolation needs, contact tracing, and care of positive cases. We are creating spaces to allow appropriate physical distancing on campus. With Rollins’ extensive outdoor spacing, we are reimagining the use of outdoor classrooms and maximizing opportunities to use Mills Lawn and other outdoor spaces together as a community, as well as reducing classroom capacities in certain areas. We are installing hand sanitizer stations throughout campus in high access areas. We are allowing students the option to attend the fall semester fully virtually through virtual, synchronous learning. In addition, we are waiving the requirement of living in the residence halls for those who wish to live off campus. If you plan to attend classes in person this fall, no action is required. As plans continue to evolve, our Keeping Tars Safe website is updated and here to help inform you and your student as fall approaches. Thank you for your continued patience and partnership.
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Your Journey Starts Here Over the summer we have been offering on line programs and classes to help your students get started on their Rollins experience. We invite you to view the recorded Your Journey Starts Here programs that are of interest to you.
Welcome Week 2020 Move-In
This year, students & families will begin at the Alfond Sports Center (during the assigned check-in time) to undergo a Wellness Check, receive their room key and wellness kit, their Rollins R-Card (student ID) and other check-in materials. International students move-in: September 8-9 New domestic students move-in: September 8-11 Returning students move-in: September 11-12
Student Orientation
Your student’s journey starts here with fall orientation activities and programs. Orientation is key to becoming familiar with campus; meeting classmates and student leaders; and connecting with the academic, social, and co-curricular life at Rollins. We are committed to providing your student with the tools they need to thrive during their Rollins Life.
Parent & Family Orientation
Rollins parents and families are important partners in their student’s collegiate experience and we are here to help you stay connected with the College and support your student’s success. We hope you enjoyed our first virtual Parent & Family Orientation! If you missed a session, you can visit the Orientation website to watch recorded sessions. To learn more about the resources that Rollins has to offer you and your student, continue to visit the Rollins website.
Resources Accessibility Services 407.975.6463
Athletics
407.646.2654
Campus Safety 407.646.2999
Center for Career & Life Planning (work-study programs) 407.646.2195
Center for Inclusion & Campus Involvolvement, student orgs. 407.646.2624
Center for Leadership & Community Engagement 407.691.1250
Community Standards & Responsibility 407.691.1337
Dean of the Faculty, Academics 407.646.2280
Dean of Students/Student & Family Care
Academic Calendar
407.646.2345
Fall Term
Spring Term
Fraternity & Sorority Life (greek life)
New international students report (move-in)
Winter Intersession
September 8-9
September 8-11
New domestic students report (move-in)
September 11-12
Returning students report
September 14
First day of class
September 14-18 Drop/add period
October 23-25 Family Weekend
November 9
Spring registration begins
November 25-29 Thanksgiving Break
December 14-18
January 4-8
January 12-19
Drop/add period
January 8
New students report
January 12
First day of class
March 13-21 Spring Break
March 29-April 2
Maymester registration
March 29-April 11 Fall registration
April 29-May 4 Final exams
May 9
Commencement
Financial Aid 407.646.2395 407.646.1538
International Programs 407.646.2466
International Student & Scholar Services 407.691.1158
Parent Giving 407.646.2414
Post Office
407.646.2535
R-Card (student IDs) 407.628.6300
Registrar (transcripts, course registration) 407.646.2144
Religious & Spiritual Life 407.646.2440
Residential Life & Explorations 407.646.2649
Student Account Services (student payments, FoxPay) 407.646.2252
Title IX
Final Exams exams
407.691.1337
Maymester
Tutoring & Writing Center 407.646.2521
Maymester
407.628.6340
May 10-June 4
Wellness Center
Living Your Rollins Life We are so excited to be on this journey of learning and discovery with you and your student. Encourage your student to make the most of their experiences by reflecting on what they want to accomplish during their college career. Here are great ways your student can make the most of their Rollins experience:
Academic Life
• Take advantage of first year courses (RCC). Part of your student’s first semester experience at Rollins is taking a Rollins College Conference, or RCC class. In their RCC, students are connected to peer mentors who will guide them through their transition to Rollins. Learn more about the RCC program and offerings here. • Explore Rollins’ innovative Foundations general education curriculumwhere students gain transferrable skills and engage in the kind of practical, real-world experiences that employers and graduate schools demand. Click here to learn more about major, minors, and academic programs. • Meet with their faculty advisor. The faculty-student advising relationship is essential to a students’ ability to reach their goals and to make the most their liberal arts education. Learn more about advising. • Utilize the Olin Library and Tutoring and Writing Center for assistance with research, bolstering information literacy skills, or with content tutoring and writing consultation needs. • Get acquainted with the Registrar’s website for a range of services such as: the academic calendar, class scheduling, registration, degree/ enrollment verifications, academic records, and monitoring degree requirements.
Student Life
• Become involved in leadership and community engagement opportunities, student media, student organizations, fraternity and sorority life, athletics/rec. sports, international programs, residential life, or our off-campus student association. • Engage in spaces to explore and celebrate diversity (including ethnic, cultural, religious, gender and sexual identities). • Meet early and often with our Center for Career and Life Planning for internships, campus jobs, career development and more. • Maintain healthy physical and mental health through the Wellness Center. • Get connected to helpful resources from Accessibility Services, Student & Family Care or International Student & Scholar Services.
College Transitions What to Expect with the Transition to College
When your student begins college they are immediately surrounded by new academic expectations, new independence, new living environment and new social circles. Learning to balance all that comes with the college experience takes time. Visit the Office of Student and Family Care website to explore tips about your student’s Transition to College, Ideas for Keeping In-Touch and Understanding FERPA.
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Center of It All: Rollins Gateway & Kathleen W. Rollins Hall Rollins Gateway is our signature approach to 21st century education, working in tandem with our core academic curriculum to empower students to chart their own path of global citizenship and responsible leadership by engaging in opportunities that allow your student to put their learning to work in the world. Rollins Gateway consists of programs including the Center for Career and Life Planning, Business Advising, External & Competitive Scholarship Advisement, Student Media, Center for Leadership & Community Engagement, International Programs, International Student & Scholar Services, Department of Social Entrepreneurship, Social Impact Hub and Student Sustainability Program. Faculty, staff and student leaders provide mentorship and support as students explore hands-on learning experiences that align with their interests and passion. Located at the center of campus and at the heart of the student experience, Kathleen W. Rollins Hall is the epicenter of Rollins Gateway and brings together these 10 curricular and co-curricular programs in an environment that encourages interdisciplinary collaboration and synergy. Inside Kathleen W. Rollins Hall your student will also be able to experience academic courses in innovative classrooms that encourage teamwork and hands-on problem solving and a human-centered design laboratory!
Getting to Know Athletics We know that this isn’t the way that many of our student athletes planned to start their academic year, but with the health, safety, and well-being of our student-athletes and all those in our campus community, the Sunshine State Conference announced the postponement of all scheduled competitions in the fall sports season. During the postponement of competition, studentathletes will have the opportunity for conditioning, strength training, and other practice opportunities in all sports during the fall 2020 semester, provided health and safety conditions allow these activities.
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Visit RollinsSports.com to stay up-to-date with all student athlete information.
Rollins at a Glance
17 Average class size
70+ Percent of
287 International
students study abroad
students from 63 countries (fall 2019)
60+
Areas of study
100+ Student clubs
and organizations
Finish in Four
Learn more about Rollins’ new four-year graduation guarantee at rollins.college/finish-in-four.
90%
Classes taught by full-time faculty (fall 2019)
Select Awards & Rankings No. 1 Regional University in the South U.S. News & World Report, 2020
Top Ranked for 25 Years
U.S. News & World Report, 1996–2020
No. 1 for Best Undergraduate Teaching Program U.S. News & World Report, 2020
No. 1 College in the South
College Consensus, 2019
Top Producer of Fulbright Scholars
U.S. Department of State, 2013–2017, 2019
No. 2 Undergraduate Business Program in Florida
College Choice, 2019
No. 1 for Percentage of Students Who Participate in Alternative Breaks Break Away, 2018–2019
No. 1 MBA in Florida
Forbes, 2017–2019
No. 1 Most Beautiful College Campus
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The Princeton Review, 2015–16
Top 10 for Percentage of Students Who Study Abroad
Institute for International Education, 2013–19
On Diversity & Inclusion The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, visible and invisible abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies. Inclusion is the presence and the acknowledgement of these identities and voices, both present and not, that cultivates an enriching experience to explore these differences in a safe, positive, and nurturing environment. It is about understanding each other and moving beyond tolerance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of diversity contained within each one of us. Student Organizations Working closely with the heads of the student cultural organizations we help to support cultural organizations gain visibility on campus through programming and increased membership. Learn more about Student Organizations. Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives We work closely with varying offices and organizations (internal and external) to develop relevant training programs. In addition we also offer collaborative partnerships in the planning of programs that advance issues of diversity in campus and community; consultation on diversity strategic plans and initiatives for community members who wish to engage in embracing diversity best practices; diversity education workshops for student organizations, courses, campus offices, and community partners that increase diversity awareness, incorporate practice and create dialogue. Learn more about diversity and inclusion initiatives.
From the Parents Council Welcome to the Rollins Family! As Co-Chairs of The Parents Council for the upcoming academic year, we look forward to getting to know you and your student, and to sharing our Rollins experience. Ours is a love story with Rollins. We met on Move-In Day and graduated from Rollins in 1992, so when our son, Nate ’23 decided to follow in our footsteps, we were thrilled. Now, as Rollins parents, our perspective has broadened, and our resolve has deepened. Parents appreciate a bird’s-eye view of the effects major policy decisions have on a student’s education. The Parents Council is a leadership group that supports the College in building a strong, involved and informed parent community, while sharing a collective parent ‘voice’ to senior administration. Council members keep others informed about campus events and current topics in their respective communities and, when able, provide crucially important internship and job opportunities with students. Our involvement with The Parents Council has provided us with fun-filled opportunities to connect with Rollins students and families from all over the country. We invite you to become a member of The Parents Council by contributing an annual gift of $5,000 or more and participating with us in Council activities for Rollins families. For information and questions about volunteer engagement, please contact Elise Schramm, Sr. Director of Regional Development and Parent Giving at: 407-646-2414 or email her at: eschramm@rollins.edu. Go Tars! Christine ’92 and Peter Barrett ’92 Parents Council Co-Chairs South Bend, Indiana
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Parent & Family Checklist As you prepare to send-off your student to Rollins, we’ve put together a Parent & Family Checklist that helps to keep you connected to your student’s Rollins journey. With your student Complete the Student & Family Data Verification Form in FoxLink. Sign up to receive R-Alerts in FoxLink Register for the Parent Portal For Parents/Families Register for the 2020 Virtual Family Weekend Visit the Student & Family Care website and view the “Student & Family Resources”
Mark your calendar now for this year's VIRTUAL Family Weekend being held October 23-25, 2020. We are planning a fun and educational virtual Family Weekend experience that you can enjoy in the comfort of your own home! We are hopeful this virtual opportunity will allow more members of your family to take part in our community programming and offerings. Please watch your email in September for more information about Rollins' virtual Family Weekend.