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August 2008
VOL 3 ISSUE 9

From the Dean of Students' Desk

Information for Parents of Residential Students
Kelly Malone, Coordinator, Housing and Residential Life

Advice for Parents of Commuter Students
Jennifer Violett, Assistant Director, University Center and Student Activities

New Student Orientation information

Adjustments as a Parent of a New University Student
Patrick Stack, Director of Counseling/Life Development

Blog for Parents of Residential Students
Katie McComb, Assistant Director, Webster Village Apartments

Parents Weekend information

WebsterWorks Worldwide

The Campus Link - Jul
Additional Resources for Parents and Family

The Campus Link - Aug
Additional Resources for Parents and Family


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From the Dean of Students' Desk
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Ted Hoef
Welcome to the first issue of the 2008-09 edition of Staying Connected, a newsletter for parents of first-year students. We hope you’ll enjoy the informative articles, some of which have been written by students and staff members.

This e-newsletter is coordinated by the Dean of Students office. Our web designer is Joshua Hirtz, a senior from Cedar Hill, Missouri, majoring in computer science. We obtain a number of our articles from PaperClip Communications, a firm which produces content for parent newsletters.

This first issue features a number of informative articles, including:

  1. Information for Parents of Residential Students
  2. Blog for Parents of Residential Students
  3. Advice for Parents of Commuter Students
  4. Adjustments as a Parent of a New University Student
  5. Information about New Student Orientation Weekend
  6. Parents Weekend
  7. WebsterWorksWorldwide – Community Service Day
  8. Two issues of The Campus Link, which are provided by PaperClip Communications.

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Information for Parents of Residential Students
Kelly Malone, Coordinator, Housing and Residential Life

Thank you for letting us be your students Home Away from Home for the 2008-2009 academic school year. We sent your student an email on July 15, 2008 concerning their room/roommate assignment. Also in this email were some very important links, which are also included here: MORE

Advice for Parents of Commuter Students
Jennifer Violett, Assistant Director, University Center and Student Activities

A majority of students at Webster commute to campus on a daily basis. Whether they still live with their parents or live in an off-campus apartment, commuting doesn’t have to be a challenge. Here are some tips to help ease the transition: MORE

New Student Orientation information

New Student Orientation August 21-24th

Orientation packets were mailed out the week of July 7th with RSVP forms inside. RSVPs are due by August 1st. You can still RSVP leading up to Orientation on August 21st.MORE

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