Valentine’s Day Gift Guide
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T17:02:17+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. [...]
They’ve Been Accepted
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:45:07+00:00They've Been Accepted Congratulations Class of 2023… It is great to be a Florida Gator for so many reasons. You can now take that sigh of relief that a [...]
Orange and Blue Debut
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:53:25+00:00It's Gator time! Now that the Gators have a new football coach, the spring game will return to its Saturday tradition. The Orange & Blue Game is a f [...]
Budget 101
Michelle Balaun2019-04-07T14:20:49+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 [...]
The Next Four Years
HUH Expert Parent2019-04-09T16:44:32+00:00The Next Four Years So you have a student ready to spend the next four years at UF? That means you will undoubtedly be visiting once or twice. If you ha [...]
Making the Most of Summer B
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:51:57+00:00It can be the best season ever! Ask any older Gator what their favorite semester has been so far and, without a doubt, most (if not all), will tell you [...]
Get Involved
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:35:49+00:00Get 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 [...]
Fun Classes When You Need Electives
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:10:34+00:00What Students Wish They Took Today, universities have students declare a major almost immediately. That is not to say they cannot change their major but [...]
Study Abroad UF
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:09:17+00:00Study Abroad? Not all classrooms have four walls. No place is this more evident than in the growing number of students that study abroad. This is one o [...]
PACE Yourself
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:55:02+00:00Pathway to Campus Enrollment In 2015, UF launched a new enrollment program called PaCE, Pathway to Campus Enrollment to meet the growing demand of quali [...]
Happy Birthday Care Packages
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:42:00+00:00Time to blow out the candles! When their birthday rolls around, it can be just one more reminder that you won’t be celebrating together so putting toge [...]
Spring Sports
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:57:22+00:00There is always more than football! Spring may not have football games but there are tons of other sports to enjoy! When people think of UF sports, the [...]
Mother’s Day Gift Guide, You’ve Got This!
Michelle Balaun2019-04-11T11:27:14+00:00Ready for Mom's Important Day? Mother’s Day only comes once a year, so you better believe the pressure is on to show your mother just how much she means [...]
Reitz Union Football Lottery – Bet You Already Knew That!
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:59:16+00:00Reitz Union Football Lottery Reitz Union Football Lottery...HaveUHeard? Due to the tremendous demand for rooms at the Reitz Union Hotel during Universit [...]
Shopping Guide for New Students
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:55:12+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 [...]
Gameday Outfits for UF Parents
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:34:14+00:00Show Your Team Spirit! I love going to college football games- there is nothing like game days but, TBH, I am not going to wear some of the outfits that [...]
Food for Thought
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:49:00+00:00No Student Hungry Much like the national campaign No Kid Hungry®, there are many students at colleges throughout the United States that are barely getti [...]
Volunteering Turns Your Compassion into Action
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T17:02:52+00:00Volunteering with passion is key. From personal experience, I have found that those who volunteer with a passion and find purpose in their work, have a [...]
Game Day Attire
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:33:58+00:00Try these great gameday outfits! Picture this- It is a beautiful Saturday, your roommates and you are getting ready for pregaming, there is not a cloud [...]
Pets in School
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:57:39+00:00Take Your Dog (Or Cat) to College We have a cat who my daughter misses dearly. Her roommate has a dog that lives with them in a house but for those who [...]
Entertainment
HUH Expert Parent2019-04-07T14:32:57+00:00More than Football...Entertainment That's entertainment! Are you looking for more than the typical? If a movie night is what you are looking for, head t [...]
Taking the Campus Tour
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:58:55+00:00A Tour Can Help You Make Your College Decision It is the season for campus tours. Many of you have already visited a multitude of schools, but now that [...]
Namast’ ay with Yoga at UF
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:44:07+00:00Keeping 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 [...]
Nature vs Nurture
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:52:41+00:00Nature vs Nurture When my oldest daughter was accepted to the University of Florida, during her high school graduation party, a relative who attended U [...]
What to Get Dad on a Limited Budget
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:38:26+00:00Don't Forget About Deal Old Dad! My sister and I are daddy’s girls but not in the way you would think. We grew up playing sports and having him as our [...]
Exam Care Packages
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:12:56+00:00This will help the stress go away! Midterm and finals can be some of the biggest stressors for your student. I typically do not get to speak to my daugh [...]
Father Daughter – Father Son Weekend
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T14:28:08+00:00The Best Things to Do With Your Dad at UF As a college student at the University of Florida, leaving home was exciting; however, as the months passed by [...]
Midterm Blues Care Package
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:47:48+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 [...]
Where to Pregame at UF
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T17:03:50+00:00All Part of the Gameday Football Tradition Football season is upon us and other than making sure you will be properly attired in orange and blue and hav [...]
Celebrate Easter or Passover
Michelle Balaun2019-04-17T12:01:57+00:00Where To Go To Celebrate One of the more difficult moments of having our college kids away at school is missing them on the holidays. With Easter and P [...]
Mother – Daughter Time
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:50:15+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 [...]
UF Gator Bucket List
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T17:07:19+00:00Check out these Gator things to do! If you have committed to becoming a Gator, there are a few things that you might want to check out over your next fo [...]
Sorority Girl
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:56:02+00:00So They’ve Joined a Sorority Congratulations if your daughter has found a place to call home. Being in a sorority opens the door to so many wonderful ex [...]
Rushing His Way
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:01:53+00:00Is 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
Michelle Balaun2019-04-07T13:53:36+00:00An official adult now! My daughter turned 21 in October of her junior year at UF as do many students. At UF, many girls who turn 21 have what is called [...]
Transferring to UF
Michelle Balaun2018-08-02T16:38:58+00:00Better late than never. Some students leave for college unsure of what to find and realize when they get there it is not the place for them. Perhaps to [...]
Trick or Treat
Michelle Balaun2018-10-22T09:54:07+00:00Halloween, the most fun time! Trick or Treat That Was Then… I would race home from school so my mom could put together some sort of costume for me then [...]
Send a Little Halloween Love…
Michelle Balaun2018-10-01T17:27:43+00:00Have Some Halloween Fun! When my daughter left for college, I sent her a Halloween care package. It was nothing fancy; just some dollar store decoratio [...]
Staying at UF for Thanksgiving
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T16:57:32+00:00Make it a Friendsgiving Although UF is officially closed from November 22nd-25th, 2018, not all students will be going home for the holiday. Flights can [...]
Dance Marathon
Michelle Balaun2019-04-09T15:12:35+00:00You Can Dance If You Want To Perhaps you have seen the Facebook posts from your student or friends’ kids that say #FTK or #ForTheKids. Maybe even fundra [...]