The Next Four Years
Michelle Balaun2019-04-10T11:19:28+00:00Do you know what a true Knight does with their keys during a football game? Do you know what a true Knight does with his/her keys during a football game [...]
Study – The Best Places to Study around UCF Campus
Michelle Balaun2019-04-10T11:19:47+00:00Finding a good place to study is very important for students. However, they all need a few other options for good places to study. Fortunately, there a [...]
Proctor U
Michelle Balaun2019-04-10T11:20:06+00:00Online Test Taking for Today’s Students I have taken taking exams throughout my stay at the University of Central Florida in allocated classrooms across [...]
Who You Going To Call?
Michelle Balaun2019-04-15T13:52:46+00:00...When You Need Answers The important contact info you need to have. Over the years there have been only a few times that I, as a parent, have felt the [...]
Is an A Really an A?
Michelle Balaun2019-04-10T16:58:24+00:00A Plus or Minus Does Count! Is that A really and A? Give or take a plus or minus? The University of Central Florida is ranked as a college of excellence [...]
Care Packages … Because Sometimes They Get Sick…
Michelle Balaun2019-03-21T13:11:15+00:00You just want someone to make you a cup of tea. When our kids are sick, regardless of the fact that they are supposedly considered adults, it feels awf [...]
Need Advice?
Michelle Balaun2019-04-10T17:01:54+00:00How to Get an Advisor Appointment Most colleges, like UCF, luckily have walk-in hours to get an advising appointment. This is fantastic, especially if y [...]
FAFSA, all you need to know!
Michelle Balaun2018-10-23T11:47:53+00:00What is – FAFSA? First Applicants Find Substantial Assets, of course! FAFSA is the national Free Application for Federal Student Aid but, based on how a [...]
Fun Classes to Take
Michelle Balaun2019-04-17T18:14:41+00:00When You Need Electives At orientation before freshman year, had started, advisors asked that students declare a major. My daughter left there practical [...]
Making the Most of Summer B
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T10:15:21+00:00This is when summer gets fun! Summer B for freshman is probably one of the most exciting times. It is most likely the first time living with thousands [...]
Midterm Blues Care Package
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T10:18:56+00:00Surprise Them With a Box of Love! Midterm and final exams can be some of the biggest stressors for your student. I typically do not get to speak to my d [...]
Valencia First
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T10:22:25+00:00Then Transfer to UCF Some students may not be ready for a big university, but want the excitement that goes along with it. For this reason, many student [...]
Take the LEAD
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T10:25:52+00:00Apply for LEAD Academy. Looking for a leadership opportunity while at UCF? You may want to consider applying to be part of the LEAD Scholars Academy. UC [...]
Student Accessibility Services
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T10:27:49+00:00Access for all! When my oldest began college, which can feel tremendous by way of size alone compared to high school, she was relieved to know that som [...]
Sick at School
Michelle Balaun2019-02-06T10:52:22+00:00Mom..... It’s bound to happen. At some point, while our kids are at college, the phone will ring and suddenly our mature, independent college student w [...]
The Best Apps For Students
Michelle Balaun2019-04-17T17:11:43+00:00UCF and College Studying Apps Remember when you were in college and everything was easily accessible via an app on your phone? No? Well, me either. Our [...]
Finals Are A Bear – Send A Care Package!
Michelle Balaun2018-11-29T14:30:49+00:00Send Help Now! Finals can be some of the biggest stressors for your student. I typically do not get to speak to my daughter during exam weeks. My calls [...]
Advice to my Freshman Self
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:10:42+00:00What Every Freshman Should Know College life seems like the dream. It’s the first time living away from home and not by parents’ rules. College classes [...]
The First Few Weeks
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:25:50+00:00We completed the drop. We unloaded the car in the treacherous Florida heat and we set up their rooms. The bed was made, everything had been put away and [...]
Volunteering Turns Your Compassion into Action
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:27:40+00:00There are many reasons Volunteering lets you give back to the community, to make a difference in the world, to gain experience and to change a person’s [...]
Dropping A Class
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:28:03+00:00Grade Forgiveness to Drop a Class I’m not sure which class it was; business calculus or accounting, but the horror stories were coming true. When my son [...]
Preparing for Grad School
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:32:53+00:00The fun never stops! I know it feels like you just finished studying for the ACT/SAT’s and left for college, but before you know it, graduation will be [...]
Tutoring
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:34:24+00:00….It’s a Good Thing Students who attend UCF, are no different than many other highly sought after colleges, they will be faced with challenging classes, [...]
Orient Yourself – Orientation Tips
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:37:01+00:00Overwhelm Potential If two nights and two days can make your head spin, these might be the two. Orientation, is not a bad thing, of course; it is just t [...]
What Not To Bring To College, You really don’t need THAT!
Michelle Balaun2019-02-02T16:07:11+00:00Nope, Don't Need It Actually what I wanted to share here was that given that this is my third child to head off to college, I have learned that there ar [...]
Study Abroad UCF
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:45:11+00:00The World is your Classroom The world is your classroom. I am a big believer in this adage. Apparently many students agree as Study Abroad programs have [...]
Honor Roll
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:45:52+00:00Did you get a letter? It is that time of year when students receive notifications that they have made a collegiate scholar society. The cream-colored li [...]
Choosing or Changing Your Major
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:47:26+00:00You Can Always Change Your Mind. Considering the University of Central Florida offers 101 bachelor degrees; how is one to choose? Most students begin co [...]
Get Involved
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:47:52+00:00Get Involved With an undergraduate enrollment of nearly 60,000; the second largest university in the United States, set in Florida’s home to more than a [...]
Books, Books, Books
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:48:07+00:00Reality Begins Now that our sons and daughters are settled at college the reality begins (not ours, which happened for me the second I got into the car [...]
So you want to be a Knight? Here’s How!
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:48:24+00:00Be a Knight! I don’t blame you; the excitement can’t be beaten. To be a Knight, belonging to a superior Universtiy and enjoying all the experiences and [...]
Graduation Tips
Michelle Balaun2019-04-17T11:58:29+00:00Seriously, Graduating Already? Remember how when our kids were little we couldn’t envision them leaving us and going off to college? Now, if you are lik [...]
Rosen College of Hospitality Management
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:49:31+00:00Learn and Work in the Industry Hospitality Capital of the World. HaveUheard that Orlando is officially the most visited city in the nation? I bet that i [...]
Searching for Scholarships
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:49:45+00:00More Ways To Pay! Almost as soon as the first acceptance to college came in, so did the idea of actually having to pay for their tuition and room and bo [...]
The Stress of College
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:49:58+00:00Here are ways to beat stress at school. Stress. It happens to all of us, including our kids. As though a full schedule and trying to maintain a social l [...]
Transferring to UCF
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T12:51:38+00:00You Can become a Knight! Some students leave for college unsure of what to find and realize when they get there that it is not the place for them. Tran [...]
Finding an Internship
Michelle Balaun2019-03-29T12:26:46+00:00Get the experience you need. What better way to learn about a prospective field or career than to do an internship? What better way is there to get som [...]