FreshCo – Summer Classes at UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-05-12T13:27:48-04:00UGA’s Freshman College Summer Experience UGA offers a “Freshman College Summer Experience”, also known as FreshCo, which is a four-week session in the s [...]
Volunteering Turns Your Compassion Into Action
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:38:55-04:00Volunteering with passion is key. Volunteering truly changes a person. There is so much to gain from helping others and it speaks to your character as w [...]
Food for Thought, The UGA Pantry Helps
Michelle Balaun2020-07-01T15:01:09-04:00No Student Hungry Much like the national campaign No Kid Hungry®, there are many students at colleges throughout the United States that are barely getti [...]
Parking Your Car at UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-08-14T10:48:08-04:00Get the Last Parking Spot! When getting ready to send your student off to UGA, the decision of should they bring their car to school, and then what to d [...]
Student Accessibility Services at UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:36:16-04:00Accessibility Accommodations for all Students For students with a disability, the Disability Resource Center can help. Giving all students accessibility [...]
Where Will They Live – Managing the Gap
Michelle Balaun2023-05-08T16:03:30-04:00Managing the Gap Although it seems like you just moved your student into their dorms, now comes the weird in-between gap time from May to August, where [...]
Finding a Roommate at UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-05-05T13:35:13-04:00Adjusting to shared living with a roommate. When I went to school, there was no way to find out who my roommate was until the day I got to school. The [...]
Technology Needs
Michelle Balaun2020-08-07T13:42:42-04:00Check Out The Technology You Get for Free! HaveUHeard that Microsoft Office 365 technology is free for all enrolled UGA students? And it’s free for up t [...]
It’s All About the Delivery at UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-09-21T14:59:32-04:00Delivery is the way To Go! Taking time away from studying can be the difference between dinner or a bag of chips and a soda. Sometimes it pays to turn t [...]
The Stress of College
Michelle Balaun2020-05-05T12:40:52-04:00Helping Students Manage Their Stress One of my biggest worries, when my kids left for college, was would they be able to handle the stress of college li [...]
Spring Sports, Are You Ready?
Michelle Balaun2020-08-14T10:46:58-04:00So Many Spring Sports, So Little Spring! Spring is sports time too. After an always phenomenal football season for the Dawgs, fans tend to shift their f [...]
Searching for Scholarships
Michelle Balaun2020-08-14T13:27:35-04:00Scholarships can help pay for college! Now that they have been accepted into UGA, the idea of actually paying for college looms overhead and scholarship [...]
Graduation at UGA, Here’s How To Do It!
Michelle Balaun2020-10-29T13:33:21-04:00Graduation is here already! Remember when your Dawg was an incoming freshman and now, within a few months, graduation! They will be graduating and looki [...]
Find an Internship
Michelle Balaun2020-08-31T22:33:13-04:00Learn About Your Options, Find an Internship I have three children, but only one is college age, and she just finished up her freshman year at UGA. When [...]
G-Day Spring Game Go Dawgs
Michelle Balaun2020-10-22T12:01:36-04:00Who Let the Dawgs Out? Yes, it’s spring, and yes we mean football. It’s crazy I know, but the G-Day game is one of the most highly anticipated events of [...]
Dress for Success for Your Job
Michelle Balaun2020-09-21T20:24:42-04:00Time to Step Up Your Outfit, Success Is Waiting! Long before graduation, your student should be attending both career and internship fairs to achieve su [...]
Tax Time
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T13:11:49-04:00Tax Time is Always Right Around the Corner! Taxes, we have to admit, are decidedly not fun but ARE necessary. Whether you are preparing your return or h [...]
Transferring to UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-07-28T13:30:51-04:00Better late than never. Transferring requirements. Some students leave for college unsure of what to find and realize when they get there, it is not the [...]
Trouble in Paradise
Michelle Balaun2020-07-28T13:27:44-04:00Your 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 [...]
Roommates and Residential Life
Michelle Balaun2020-07-28T13:25:48-04:00How to manage roommates and shared living space. For many students, moving into a dorm is their first extended stay away from home and their first time [...]
Working While In College
Michelle Balaun2020-11-10T13:45:18-05:00Working or Not Working, That is the Question. Some students are working to supplement the allowance that their parents are giving them each week or mont [...]
My Student Made Honor Roll, and Now?
Michelle Balaun2020-07-28T13:14:25-04:00Dean’s List Pride Honor Roll It is that time of year when students receive notifications that they have made a collegiate scholar society. The cream-col [...]
Are Your Students Valuables Safe?
Michelle Balaun2020-06-12T11:30:17-04:00Is Their Stuff Safe, Protected? Keeping your stuff safe and protected at school should be a priority to both you and your student. Most people do not re [...]
Budget 101 for Your College Student
Michelle Balaun2020-09-03T18:03:25-04:00The Budget-Your-Money Talk Choosing how to budget for college looks different for every single person and a personal family decision to pick the way tha [...]
Sick At School
Michelle Balaun2020-09-29T14:24:55-04:00Mom... I'm sick! Getting the call from your college student that they don’t feel well and are sick isn’t something anyone wants to hear, but it is going [...]
Pets
Michelle Balaun2020-11-10T13:45:36-05:00Pets are just like a baby… UGA does everything it possibly can do to be a pet-friendly campus as well as Athens also being friendly to pets. There are s [...]
Moving Out of the Dorms at UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-11-11T10:36:15-05:00Move it, Move it … It’s Moving Time If you are, or have, a UGA student living in the dorm, the moving out process is fairly easy, you just have to have [...]
Graduation Photography for UGA Seniors
Michelle Balaun2020-10-29T14:43:04-04:00You’ll Want to Memorialize the Day with Photography College graduation is a very special day in one’s life, and the desire to celebrate and remember tha [...]
I’m Not Your Maid
Michelle Balaun2020-09-04T15:13:58-04:00Maid Cleaning Companies - Because Sometimes This Chore Is Just Too Much. Although you probably never thought about hiring a maid cleaning crew for your [...]
What U Should Do Before Heading to UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-09-10T12:22:29-04:00Before you leave for college... Late one night, one of my sorority sisters had fallen out of her dorm bed, hit her head, and couldn’t close her jaw. Her [...]
Drop a Class
Michelle Balaun2020-09-20T14:54:54-04:00Here’s How to Drop a Class the Right Way “I need to drop my class” is not something that any parent wants to hear and honestly not something any student [...]
Sorority Girl – The Inside Scoop
Michelle Balaun2020-09-24T15:41:41-04:00It’s More Than Parties, Sorority Life. Choosing to participate in recruitment and having the opportunity to join a sorority at the University of Georgia [...]
Is a Grade A Really An A – Pluses and Minuses Count!
Michelle Balaun2020-07-23T13:26:42-04:00Your Grade Pluses and Minuses Do Count! You have gotten into the University of Georgia because of how impressive your high school years were, how hard y [...]
More Veggies Please – Vegetarian/Vegan Dining
Michelle Balaun2020-11-05T12:08:17-05:00You Really Do Want To Eat More Veggies! The UGA dining halls love veggies and do a fabulous job of catering to all dietary restrictions by providing a v [...]
Health Insurance for College Students
Michelle Balaun2020-10-15T11:23:20-04:00Know More About Insurance Options Students at many colleges today must have a health insurance plan that meets their university’s minimum requirement. U [...]
What Not to Bring to College
Michelle Balaun2020-07-22T21:05:48-04:00No, you don’t need to bring that! Although you might think to bring every little thing in your room now is essential for your college dorm, chances are, [...]
Staying Fit While in College
Michelle Balaun2020-08-19T11:00:32-04:00Keeping Freshman 15 Off Keeping fit counts. It helps mentally as well as physically. The phrase “Freshman 15” has its own claim to fame — actually infa [...]
Lost and Found
Michelle Balaun2020-07-22T21:02:05-04:00Oh No…It Happened! It’s Lost. We have all had the misfortune of losing something really important. Look on the student UGA Facebook page and you will se [...]
Places of Worship for Students
Michelle Balaun2020-09-10T17:54:37-04:00Continuing Worship Traditions Moving to college for most people means that they are no longer able to go to the church they’ve always gone to with their [...]
Fun Electives to Take to Round Out Your Schedule
Michelle Balaun2020-10-06T16:49:15-04:00When You Need Electives Did you plan for some electives? Sometimes students’ schedules are just so jam-packed that an easy and fun elective is the perfe [...]
Sorting Out College Life, Laundry and Beyond
Michelle Balaun2020-07-22T20:41:15-04:00Your Laundry Guide Here is how to wash, dry and never losing your favorite pair of socks! Campus laundry is a luxury all students have when living in th [...]
The Next Four Years
Michelle Balaun2020-07-07T17:51:44-04:00Are you Bulldog ready? So, you have a student ready to spend the next four years as a Georgia Bulldog? Well, put your seatbelt on because you are gettin [...]
Off-Campus Living and Our Fav’s
Michelle Balaun2023-05-08T16:16:48-04:00Economical to Extravagant Living Athens is a major college town, and with that said, there are tons of living options that are close to campus. Whether [...]
Advice I’d Give To My Freshman Self
Michelle Balaun2020-08-04T12:33:42-04:00Advice Every Freshman Should Know A little advice goes a long way. Being a freshman in college is a new experience unlike any other you have ever known. [...]
Best Places to Study That You Need to Know About
Michelle Balaun2020-09-02T12:22:20-04:00Shhhhh, Here Is a Great Study Spot! You are at UGA and need to study, right? The University of Georgia is such a cool campus because it is in the heart [...]
Get Involved!
Michelle Balaun2020-08-10T15:32:39-04:00Be a Part of the Action, Join the Fun, Get Involved! If you have officially become a Dawg, then you already know the amount of work you will be putting [...]
Tutoring
Michelle Balaun2020-09-01T17:06:10-04:00Tutoring Can Be The Key If you are a new student at the University of Georgia, then you already know the challenges that classes and professors at a com [...]
They’ve Been Accepted to UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-07-22T18:49:38-04:00Congratulations on Becoming a Dawg! You made it! I mean, they made it, but it sure feels like we, as parents did a lot of work to get our kids to colleg [...]