Staying at UGA for Thanksgiving
Michelle Balaun2020-09-01T17:46:12-04:00Make it a Friendsgiving Managing Thanksgiving plans is always a challenge. Although UGA is officially closed and classes are canceled from November 25th [...]
Choosing or Changing Your Major
Michelle Balaun2020-05-21T11:52:11-04:00Find Your Perfect Major Make sure that your major, minor, certificate, and/or area of emphasis suits you, your career goals, and interests, The Universi [...]
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 [...]
Supervise an Easy Budget for Your College Student
Michelle Balaun2020-10-21T16:15:00-04:00This is a budget lesson that will serve you in the future! Some students really do keep to a budget. Well, sort of. I admit, it was hard telling my daug [...]
The Benefits of Joining the UGA Alumni Association
Michelle Balaun2020-09-17T16:23:28-04:00Alumni Networking, Perks, and More… Before you know it, you are walking across the stage at graduation and, with that last step, you are an official UGA [...]
The Legend, Myths & Traditions
Michelle Balaun2020-08-14T12:58:54-04:00The Dawg Legend Every Dawg should know the legend. The University of Georgia, like others, has its own share of legends, myths, and traditions that are [...]
Celebrate Easter or Passover
Michelle Balaun2020-07-03T14:36:32-04:00Where To Go To Celebrate Celebrate your spring holiday. One of the more difficult moments of having our college kids away at school is missing them on t [...]
Smaller School first, then UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-05-21T12:06:58-04:00UNG First - Then Transfer to UGA Some times it makes more sense to first go to a smaller school, for many different reasons, some students prefer to sta [...]
21 and Oh So Fun
Michelle Balaun2020-09-29T14:28:05-04:0021 and an official adult now! Have fun! As each year ticked off, you waited for the fun of being ‘legal’! And now you made it. 21 is such a fun age, esp [...]
Get to Know The Ramsey Center
Michelle Balaun2020-10-02T11:09:50-04:00Students Favorite Place to Workout - the Ramsey Center The Ramsey Center at UGA is located at 330 River Rd, Athens, GA, 30602 and is a free recreational [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
FAFSA – all the details you need!
Michelle Balaun2020-10-02T10:26:51-04:00First Applicants Find Substantial Assets, FAFSA of course! First Applicants Find Substantial Assets, of course! FAFSA is the national Free Application f [...]
The ABC’s of a 529 Plan
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:34:13-04:00What does 529 Pay For? If this is your first time paying for college, I bet you have 529 questions! When you decided to have kids, I would bet your firs [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Experiential Learning Credit
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:37:55-04:00Students Need to Complete this Credit In 2016, the University of Georgia created a new requirement that makes all students graduate with an “Experientia [...]
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 [...]
Preparing for Grad School Exams
Michelle Balaun2021-05-07T13:06:22-04:00More exams, the fun keeps going! More exams? But wait there's more... Time flies when you’re having fun! It wasn’t until college that I realized how tru [...]
Controversial Speakers UGA
Michelle Balaun2020-06-10T13:29:31-04:00Is Free Expression Controversial? UGA, like most colleges, wants students to seek knowledge, debate ideas, and form opinions some may be controversial. [...]
Cultural Resources for Hispanic-Latino Students
Michelle Balaun2020-08-27T12:20:38-04:00Support, Empowerment, and Connection for Hispanic-Latino Students Campus diversity amongst students has grown considerably over the years and colleges v [...]
Weekend with Dad
Michelle Balaun2020-10-27T09:34:00-04:00The Weekend, officially, unofficial for Father. Dad’s weekend isn’t exactly official at UGA, meaning that there isn’t one specific weekend that it is ca [...]
Care Packages for UGA Students
Michelle Balaun2020-09-29T14:28:25-04:00Who doesn’t enjoy getting a package delivered? We know you really care, you care a lot about your student and want them to be happy. Whether it is for a [...]
Diversity and Inclusion for LGBTQ College Students
Michelle Balaun2020-07-08T12:10:03-04:00LGBTQ Campus Support and Resources College can be challenging for all students which is why finding ways to make connections with others who identify si [...]
Campus Resources for Students of Color
Michelle Balaun2020-07-30T14:41:38-04:00Campus Guide to Resources for Multicultural Students The University of Georgia is committed to the inclusion of BIPOC students (Black and Indigenous Peo [...]