Orange and Blue Gator Debut Football
Michelle Balaun2020-10-22T11:06:09-04:00It's Gator Gridiron time! There will not be a Gator spring football game for the University of Florida this offseason, at least according to schedule. D [...]
Sending A Package to Your Student?
Michelle Balaun2020-09-29T13:54:09-04:00Make Sure Your Package Gets There For all the many reasons that a student receives a package, most of them bring a welcome highlight to their day. Wheth [...]
Spring Break
Michelle Balaun2020-04-30T12:42:36-04:00Letting Off Steam before Finals Mention Spring Break to most parents and immediate visions of lawless partying comes to mind. I get it. I grew up in For [...]
Making the Most of Summer B
Michelle Balaun2020-04-30T14:42:54-04:00Summer can be the best season ever! Ask any older Gator what their favorite semester has been so far and many will tell you it was freshman year Summer [...]
Lunch Bunch
Michelle Balaun2020-08-18T03:14:13-04:00Mid-Day Munchies- what’s for lunch? The best part of lunch is the break it gives you in the middle of the day! But it’s even better when you’re enjoying [...]
Football Seats in The Swamp at UF
Michelle Balaun2021-04-23T12:38:26-04:00A Guide to The Swamp! Everyone should get to at least one Gator football game. Or, perhaps you want to get season tickets. One of the keys to making it [...]
Get Involved
Michelle Balaun2020-08-10T15:03:04-04:00Get Involved With an undergraduate enrollment of over 35,000, spanning over 2,000 acres, UF is huge. That massive size means that students should find a [...]
Eating Healthy when you are a student
Michelle Balaun2020-07-09T15:40:13-04:00OK to be Eating...Healthy! As with other college campuses, the amount of burger, pizza, and fast-food restaurants at and surrounding the UF campus is a [...]
Study Abroad UF
Michelle Balaun2020-08-18T14:15:37-04:00Study Abroad? Not all classrooms have four walls. The best often have no walls. Nowhere is this more evident than with the growing number of students th [...]
Are U Ready For Some Football
Michelle Balaun2020-10-22T11:04:57-04:00You can almost hear the crowd roar... Now may not yet seem like the time to talk football. But if you are planning on coming up for a game in the fall, [...]
The Benefits of Joining the UF Alumni Association
Michelle Balaun2020-09-15T15:11:12-04:00Alumni Networking, Perks, and More… Before you know it, your student is walking across the stage at graduation and, with that last step, they are offici [...]
Birthright Israel – Hillel and the trip of a lifetime!
Michelle Balaun2021-01-14T16:20:14-05:00Young Jewish students trip. Birthright Israel is the gift of a free, 10-day trip to Israel designed for young adults of Jewish heritage, aged 18–32. Man [...]
Spring Sports are fun in the sports!
Michelle Balaun2020-05-14T16:11:21-04:00There is always more than football! Spring may not feature the iconic collegiate sport of football, but there are tons of other sports to enjoy! (Don't [...]
Staying Fit and Keeping Freshman 15 At Bay
Michelle Balaun2020-08-19T11:29:03-04:00Freshman 15, Keeping Fit! Keeping fit matters. It helps mentally as well as physically. The phrase “Freshman 15” has its own claim to fame, actually inf [...]
Retail Therapy
HUH Expert Parent2019-12-19T13:35:56-05:00A Little Retail Therapy You will find almost every major box store including Target, Walmart, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Best Buy, Family Dollar Store, TJ [...]
Football Time – Where to Watch the Gators
Michelle Balaun2021-08-31T16:48:48-04:00College football … Gators, It's Time We can’t wait for it! Time to start anticipating that our football team will end up nationally ranked and headed to [...]
Pets in School
Michelle Balaun2020-11-10T13:01:52-05:00Take Your Dog (Or Cat) to College? We have cats who my Gator daughter misses dearly. And dogs are called "man's best friend" for a reason. Let’s face i [...]
Entertainment
HUH Expert Parent2020-01-10T16:42:54-05:00More than Football...Entertainment That's entertainment! Are you looking for more than the typical? The Hippodrome, a downtown landmark, is a must-see [...]
Namast’ay with Yoga at UF Get Your Ommmm on!
Michelle Balaun2020-09-21T17:58:46-04:00Keeping Stress at Bay with Yoga I started doing yoga several years ago after being invited by friends. I never thought of myself as much of a yoga perso [...]
Homecoming at UF
Michelle Balaun2020-09-17T17:12:43-04:00Gator Growl? Being part of a huge Gator Family (16 of us went to UF including my 90-year-old uncle when it was an all-boys school); I have been to my sh [...]
Family Weekend
Michelle Balaun2020-10-01T20:06:41-04:00Gator Time = Family Time As a Gator Alum as well as a Gator Parent, any time an opportunity rolls around to enjoy some Gator football with my daughter, [...]
Wakey Wakey- Eggs and Bakey, Breakfast Bests!
Michelle Balaun2020-06-24T10:07:20-04:00Best Breakfast Restaurants Like any city, there are literally hundreds of dining options here in Gainesville, from fast food to fast-casual, from family [...]
Just Desserts! Get Yours, In a Good Way…
Michelle Balaun2020-07-09T18:44:52-04:00Just Desserts! In a good way… "Getting your just desserts." Well, we think it's a better saying than what may have been originally been intended, becaus [...]
Being Thrifty
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T12:15:25-04:00When You Need to Stay on Budget, Be Thrifty! Being a college student, it can be stressful to be thrifty and stay on budget throughout the semester. Ther [...]
Nature vs Nurture Get out in nature at UF
Michelle Balaun2020-10-12T13:10:44-04:00Nature vs Nurture Do you love nature as I do? During my older daughter's high school graduation party, when she was excitedly celebrating her admission [...]
Sports
HUH Expert Parent2021-04-23T12:43:18-04:00Sports = Football Did U know...UF students get in FREE to all Gator athletic events, other than football, with their Gator1 ID Card. Regular season even [...]
How Will Students Stay Safe, Sane and Happy this Fall
Michelle Balaun2020-08-18T03:06:47-04:00Where is a Safe Spot at College? Safe, sane, and happy...is that possible? Colleges are doing their best to come up with new norms and protocols to keep [...]
Safest Places to Visit Your Student This Semester
Michelle Balaun2020-10-14T11:07:02-04:00We Still Love to Visit Our Gators Let’s face it, these are odd and crazy times! Things look very different at UF this semester but one thing is still fo [...]
Orange Crush or True-Blue …Gator!
Michelle Balaun2020-08-28T09:50:51-04:00Putting Together Great Gator Outfits I love going to Gator football games- there is nothing like game day. HaveUHeard how UF got its colors? In 1910, Or [...]
Weekend with Dad
Michelle Balaun2020-10-27T09:46:01-04:00The Best Things to Do With Your Dad at UF As a new college student at the University of Florida, leaving home was exciting. Free-dommmm!! As the months [...]
The Big Game -Where to Pregame at UF
Michelle Balaun2020-08-24T14:22:49-04:00All Part of the Football Game Day Tradition Football season is upon us! Other than making sure you will be properly attired in orange and blue and have [...]
Mother-Daughter Time
Michelle Balaun2020-03-19T15:45:04-04:00First-Timer I remember my first mother-daughter weekend in Gainesville. Although it was a sorority event, we did not participate in all of the planned a [...]
UF Gator Bucket List, Be Sure You Do These!
Michelle Balaun2020-09-15T12:24:29-04:00Check out these Gator Bucket items to do! If you have committed to becoming a Gator, there are a few things that you might want to check out over your n [...]
Care Packages for UF Students
Michelle Balaun2020-10-08T11:37:50-04:00Who doesn’t enjoy getting a care package delivered? We know you really care, you care a lot about your student and want them to be happy. Whether it is [...]
Rushing Her Way
Michelle Balaun2020-05-12T11:22:08-04:00To Sorority or Not? Rushing In... Are you rushing in? For parents of incoming freshmen, you probably are starting to hear whispers about sorority recrui [...]
Sorority Girl
Michelle Balaun2020-09-24T15:40:30-04:00So They’ve Joined a Sorority Congratulations! Your daughter has found a place to call home in Gainesville besides the University itself. Being in a soro [...]
Rushing His Way
Michelle Balaun2019-12-19T16:52:30-05:00Is It Really an Animal House? Going back to 1978 with the release of “Animal House”, which became one of the most successful comedies of all time, to 20 [...]
21 and Oh So Fun, Here is where to celebrate!
Michelle Balaun2020-09-29T13:51:05-04:00An official adult now! Have fun! As do many students, my daughter turned 21 in the fall of her junior year at UF. There's a fun UF tradition where many [...]
So your student wants to be a Gator?
Michelle Balaun2020-10-28T12:23:30-04:00So your student wants to be a Gator? That's understandable - Time Magazine ranked UF as the best school in Florida. UF is a great university, right down [...]
Radio and TV Stations Are you watching?
HUH Expert Parent2019-12-19T17:01:19-05:00Media Stations Media touches all of our lives, TV, Radio, Internet, there are lots of options that we call our favorites. For students coming from large [...]
Trick or Treat The College Version
Michelle Balaun2020-10-01T21:53:53-04:00Halloween - the most fun time! Trick or Treat Then... As a kid, I would race home from school so my mom could throw together some sort of costume for me [...]
Best Coffee Houses at UF
Michelle Balaun2020-10-21T14:38:45-04:00Coffee, Cup of Joe, a Cuppa, Java Caffeine is king for most college students and, while generally the most economically savvy way of getting it is makin [...]
Dance Marathon
Michelle Balaun2020-10-23T13:44:34-04:00You Can Dance If You Want To Perhaps you have seen the Facebook or Instagram posts from your student or friends’ kids that say #FTK or #ForTheKids. Mayb [...]