Limited tours and online Preview present challenges for incoming students
Some had to decide on UF without ever visiting campus in person Photo by Ashley Hicks | The Independent Florida Alligator
With campus tours at reduced capacity and new student Preview, which helps students transition to UF with tours and advising, held online, UF class of 2025 students are worried about how well they can get to know their new college.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, campus tours are limited and in high demand, and Preview, UF’s new student orientation, is online this year. As a result, students may have to make their college decisions without visiting UF in person, director of freshman and international admissions Charles Murphy said.
National partnership to reinvent child welfare expands to additional states; Now in 22 locales including the White Earth Nation
Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-Being aims to move from traditional, reactive child protection systems to those designed to support child and family well-being and prevent child maltreatment and unnecessary family separations
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Thriving Families, Safer Children: A National Commitment to Well-Being a first-of-its-kind effort of the U.S. Children’s Bureau, Casey Family Programs, the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Prevent Child Abuse America® has expanded its reach to include child welfare jurisdictions in 22 states that stretch from coast to coast and a sovereign tribal nation. In announcing the addition of sites in 16 states, the District of Columbia and White Earth Nation,
Following suit of many events hosted on campus this spring, Texas A&M is hosting a hybrid option for Family Weekend on April 9-11.
Family Weekend will kick off with 6,400 Aggies receiving their Aggie Rings from the Association of Former Students beginning Wednesday. Other events include several home sporting events, a Yell Practice and a drive-in movie hosted by New Student & Family Programs and MSC Aggie Cinema.
Assistant Coordinator of Family Programs Alex Jantz said the organization is excited to provide both in-person and online events to promote safety and community.
âWe are excited to provide a hybrid Family Weekend this year as it makes the event more accessible to our families,â Jantz said. âBy providing both in-person and virtual events, we are able to curate an experience that celebrates the Spirit of Aggieland while also connecting with more members of the Aggie families.â
With the end of the spring semester fast approaching, LSUâs Student Government is voting on bills, hosting end of year events to get excited about new initiatives and celebrate the end of a school year unlike any other.
LSUâs SG Senate will vote on a bill to increase student workersâ pay to $15 per hour instead of $7.25 per hour. Senate Speaker Marina Cole said the bill is non-binding, so if it passes at the Senate s meeting on Wednesday, April 7, the administration will decide whether or not to implement it.Â
âItâs basically a suggestion to administration, but the bill shows them that students support a pay increase,â Cole said. âThe University decides what should happen with it at the end of the day.â
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