Parent and Family Connection

Visit The S&T Store for discounted graduation regalia.

Posted by on March 13, 2025

Stop by the store March 18 and 19 to receive 10% off regalia and diploma frames. Don’t forget to visit with the Balfour ring vendor and order your graduation announcements.

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Apply for Renaissance Student Award

Posted by on March 6, 2025

Are you a 2025 graduating senior who embodies the qualities of a Renaissance person? If so, apply for the Renaissance Student Award by Friday, March 21. The award, presented by the arts, languages, and philosophy department, is co-sponsored by the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education and the College of Engineering and Computing. For more […]

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Are there secrets to college success?

Posted by on January 16, 2024

If there were absolute, no fail secrets to college success that worked for every student, every student would know them and follow them and be successful. The reality is that there are no sure-fire secrets that work for every student.

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College parents: hold that advice!

Posted by on January 9, 2024

Your student is home from college for winter break.  It is your chance to catch up and touch bases about the semester.  Perhaps it hasn’t gone as well as everyone had hoped.  Perhaps your student is concerned about choosing or changing a major.  Perhaps their social life isn’t what they had hoped — or perhaps […]

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College kids home for winter break? Make it fun – not frustrating!

Posted by on December 19, 2023

Many parents of college students have been eagerly counting the days until winter break and looking forward to some quality family time. It can be easy to forget that their grown kids will be home for a whole month or more with little to do other than raid the refrigerator, and that their presence (and late nights) can disrupt the daily lives of working parents and younger siblings.

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Finishing the semester the right way

Posted by on December 12, 2023

The following 10 tips will help your student organize their ending semester, get ready for the next semester, and evaluate their status to ensure they are headed in the right direction.

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It’s almost FAFSA time – what parents need to know

Posted by on December 5, 2023

If you have a child planning to attend college during the 2024-25 school year, you have a role in completing the FAFSA.
Filing the FAFSA is the first step in financial aid to pay for college. A dependent student is assumed to have the support of parents, so the parents’ information must be assessed along with the student’s to get a full picture of the family’s financial resources. For most students, completing the FAFSA requires information from a parent.

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5 tips for finishing the school year strong

Posted by on November 28, 2023

The end of the school year can be a stressful time for college students, especially when they are trying to juggle exams, final projects, and other commitments. However, by utilizing the strategies listed below, your student can finish the school year strong and confident.

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Your support makes a difference through the stressful end of the semester.

Posted by on November 14, 2023

As the end of the semester nears, many college students feel their stress levels rise. Students realize how much work they still have left to do, and they realize that their time-management skills may not have served them well. They are overwhelmed, tired, possibly sick, and definitely nervous about the outcome.

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Talk to your student about high-risk behaviors

Posted by on November 7, 2023

Key findings from the 2023 Missouri Assessment of College Health Behaviors
Partners in Prevention (PIP) is Missouri’s higher education substance misuse consortium dedicated to creating healthy and safe college campuses. This year, the coalition is comprised of 26 public and private colleges and universities in the state, 24 of whom have data included in the 2023 survey.

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