Florida Prepaid
Michelle Balaun2018-10-15T12:34:28+00:00What Does It Pay For? Many of us who have lived in Florida, planned for our students’ education by taking advantage of the Florida Prepaid program. The [...]
Get on the Bus
Michelle Balaun2018-09-17T16:54:40+00:00A Guide to Gainesville’s Bus System Getting to and from campus can be stressful-worrying about arriving to class on time with Gainesville morning and ev [...]
Shopping Guide for New Students
Michelle Balaun2018-08-23T15:40:44+00:00The Top 7 Categories of What They Need! Back to school-college is the second biggest consumer spending season right behind winter holiday season. Parent [...]
Being Thrifty
Michelle Balaun2018-12-13T17:41:26+00:00When You Need to Stay on Budget Being a college student, it can be stressful to be thrifty and stay on budget throughout the semester. There can be inte [...]
Credit Cards for College Students
Michelle Balaun2018-11-19T14:03:45+00:00What Every Student Should Know Recently I told my daughter to go pay something with a check. She responded by asking me if she had those somewhere. She [...]
Interning in New York City
Michelle Balaun2018-10-22T13:11:28+00:00Who doesn’t want to live in New York City? Ok, I am a little partial. I am a born and bred New Yorker, living in S. Florida for 25 plus years, and I sti [...]
Teaching Them to Budget
Michelle Balaun2018-08-07T14:13:02+00:00My Best Advice as a Parent Three times the charm. Well, I suppose that isn’t fair; all three of my kids are charming and adorable. The difference is tha [...]
Budget 101
Michelle Balaun2018-08-05T12:10:26+00:00Asking for Money? I can vividly remember being in college and having to make the dreaded call home to my father to ask for money. My parents had three d [...]
Types of Student Loans
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:35:07+00:00What are your options? When I attended school back in 1979, my Dad had four of us in college at the same time. It was through student loans that my pare [...]
Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
Michelle Balaun2019-01-15T09:50:24+00:00Sent With Love As far back as I can remember we always celebrated Valentine’s Day; it was a tradition I grew up with and continued when I became a mom. [...]
The Best Apps For Students
Michelle Balaun2019-01-20T15:06:00+00:00UF and College Studying Apps Remember when you were in college and everything was easily accessible via apps on your phone? No? Well, me either. Our kid [...]
Eating Healthy
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:35:15+00:00OK To Be Eating...Healthy! As with other college campuses, the amount of burger, pizza, and fast food restaurants at UF and the surrounding campus is a [...]
Mother – Daughter Time
Michelle Balaun2018-08-05T12:10:26+00:00First-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 [...]
Eating on a Budget
Michelle Balaun2018-08-31T17:48:31+00:00Budget Eating, Is Possible I have experimented with various approaches to teaching my daughters to live on a budget. When they lived at home, they had t [...]
Car Giving Them Problems?
Michelle Balaun2018-12-04T14:35:23+00:00Fix It here Many students, my daughters included, bring cars to UF. They like the freedom of being able to go to the store, drive home, run errands and [...]
How to Transition as a Transfer Student
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:38:57+00:00Transferring to a new college can be both daunting and exciting. I transferred to the University of Florida as a junior after completing my AA degree fr [...]
Staying Fit and Keeping Freshman 15 At Bay
Michelle Balaun2018-08-05T12:10:26+00:00Freshman 15, Keeping Fit! Keeping fit counts, it helps mentally as well as physically. The phrase “Freshman 15” happens- it may not be 15, it may [...]
Trouble in Paradise
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:39:30+00:00Your Student got in trouble, now what? Is your student having trouble or in trouble? Are they having problems with a roommate, an apartment lease, under [...]