Safest Places to Visit Your Student This Semester
Michelle Balaun2020-10-06T15:08:21-04:00We Still Love to Visit Our Ospreys So with the ever-changing world and new guidelines coming out, it can be very difficult to know where is safe to go a [...]
Care Packages for UNF students
Michelle Balaun2020-09-30T11:35:59-04:00Who 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 [...]
Best Coffee Shops at UNF
Michelle Balaun2020-09-30T10:26:29-04:00Coffee, 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 [...]
Volunteering Turns Your Compassion Into Action
Michelle Balaun2020-09-02T16:01:03-04:00Volunteering with passion is key. From personal experience, I have found that volunteering can feed the soul. It can provide something that is missing [...]
How Will Students Stay Safe, Sane and Happy this Fall
Michelle Balaun2020-06-29T10:19:34-04:00Where is a Safe Spot at College? As colleges are doing their best to come up with ideas as to how to keep our students safe and healthy as they reopen c [...]
Sorority Recruitment: What to Expect & What to Wear
Michelle Balaun2020-07-22T12:55:29-04:00Here Are Tips & Tricks On What to Wear If you are planning on going through recruitment at UNF, we have all the tips and tricks on what to wear to e [...]
Dance Marathon
Michelle Balaun2020-10-23T13:48:12-04:00You Can Dance If You Want To One of the most popular fundraising events in colleges across the country is Dance Marathon. Dance Marathon is part of a na [...]
Sending A Package to UNF? Make sure it get’s there.
Michelle Balaun2020-09-29T17:07:13-04:00Make Sure Your Package Gets There For all the many reasons that a student receives a package, most of them are a welcome highlight to their day. Whether [...]
Lunch Bunch
Michelle Balaun2020-09-25T15:27:17-04:00Mid-Day Munchies- what’s for lunch? Jacksonville is host to a massive amount of lunch options, with restaurants dotting the streets of Town Center and S [...]
Fun Electives to Take as a Freshman
Michelle Balaun2020-10-06T16:53:18-04:00When You Need Electives and Some Fun! As incoming freshmen, students are guided by their advisors to take their core academic classes. Advisors will mi [...]
Bucket List for Osprey’s
Michelle Balaun2020-09-15T12:06:34-04:00Check out these Bucket List Osprey things to do! If you have committed to becoming an Osprey, there are a few bucket list things that you might want to [...]
Trick or Treat The College Version
Michelle Balaun2020-10-02T12:44:48-04:00That Was Then … I would race home from school so my mom could put together some sort of costume for me then rush to meet my friends to go trick-or-treat [...]
Weekend with Dad
Michelle Balaun2020-10-27T09:42:13-04:00Officially, unofficial for Father. There is nothing like a father and son or father and daughter weekend to get the bonding time flowing! I truly believ [...]
Brunch is Breakfast plus Lunch plus Fun
Michelle Balaun2020-05-16T18:07:05-04:00"Brunch is breakfast without an alarm." -- Unknown Most college kids sleep late. It’s a well-known fact. So, going out for breakfast on weekends, in par [...]
Pets in School
Michelle Balaun2020-11-10T13:37:24-05:00Take Your Dog (or Cat) to College Most every time I Face Time with my daughter, she always asks to see our dog. We all love our pets. We can be talking [...]
Having a Car at College
Michelle Balaun2020-06-04T10:56:10-04:00Can You Get By Without a Car? Whether to let your student bring a car to campus will probably lead to many conversations. In order to try to have a stud [...]
21 And Oh So Fun!
Michelle Balaun2020-10-26T16:52:41-04:00You’ve waited 21 years for this fun! As each year ticked off, you waited for the fun of being 'legal'! Anyone over 21 in Jacksonville will know about th [...]
Spring Sports at UNF
Michelle Balaun2020-05-07T15:52:46-04:00So Many Sports, So Little Time As most students and parents know, UNF does not have a football team. So the usual hubbub and spirit surrounding footbal [...]
Spring Break, Fun Times
Michelle Balaun2020-05-27T17:10:02-04:00Letting Off Steam Before Finals Spring Break...just the words conjure up so many different feelings, memories, and emotions. Some of the memories are f [...]
Nature vs. Nurture
Michelle Balaun2020-09-10T12:34:41-04:00So Much More Than You Think Thinking back to when my daughter went to orientation at UNF, we never imagined that Jacksonville had much nature to explore [...]
Sorority Girl – The Inside Scoop
Michelle Balaun2020-09-24T15:39:46-04:00It’s More Than Parties, Sorority Life. Congratulations if your daughter has joined a sorority! Joining a sorority was one of the best decisions I made [...]
Mother Daughter Time
Michelle Balaun2020-06-04T10:49:38-04:00There is Nothing Like It! One of my favorite things to do with my kids is spending one on one time with them. Typically speaking, my daughter always wa [...]
Homecoming for all Osprey’s
Michelle Balaun2020-09-17T17:22:32-04:00Calling All Ospreys...it's Nest Fest! Homecoming has a lot of meaning for college sports teams and it is always a special event and the homecoming at UN [...]
Making the Most of Summer B
Michelle Balaun2020-05-18T20:08:07-04:00It Can Be The Best Season Ever! (Unfortunately Summer B at UNF will be remote for 2020. Please see our blog on Distance Learning to help with any trans [...]
Namast’ay at UNF, Your Yoga Connection
Michelle Balaun2020-09-21T18:16:43-04:00Keeping Stress at Bay with Yoga Ahhhhh, one of my favorite things to do, and by far the best way to get my head cleared is to practice yoga. Very few th [...]
Staying Fit
Michelle Balaun2020-08-19T11:06:09-04:00Keeping Fit Counts! Freshman 15? No way! Keep fit! We have all heard about the dreaded freshman 15 pounds that is so easy to gain the first year away at [...]
High School Graduation Gift Ideas
Michelle Balaun2022-02-15T11:57:19-05:00Get Them Something Practical Yet Fun When my older son graduated from high school, not only did he go to a lot of graduation parties, but he also had a [...]
Graduation Restaurant Reservations
Michelle Balaun2020-10-16T14:56:16-04:00Reservations! The Earlier, The Better! I can’t believe that graduation is right around the corner! UNF's Fall Graduation is in December and is held in t [...]
Beauty and The Beast
Michelle Balaun2021-06-10T14:52:00-04:00Is That How Your Favorite Fairy Tale Begins? When planning for school, we often think of all the essentials, dorm room decorations, meal plans, registra [...]
Just Desserts!
Michelle Balaun2020-04-30T14:44:53-04:00Who Wants Dessert, Is My Favorite Sentence! Seriously?! My favorite meal of the day is dessert. When my kids were little, many times I would give them [...]
Wakey Wakey- Eggs and Bakey Breakfast
Michelle Balaun2020-07-10T10:26:09-04:00Here are Our Favorites for Breakfast Another Broken Egg Café - Start your day the delicious way with southern-style biscuit beignets, gourmet omelets, a [...]
The Next Four Years at UNF, here’s what to expect.
Michelle Balaun2020-05-11T10:24:41-04:00Welcome to the Nest Do you have a student ready to spend the next four years as a UNF Osprey? SWOOP and Welcome to the Nest! The next four years will b [...]
Study Abroad
Michelle Balaun2020-08-18T14:24:09-04:00All Aboard the Study Abroad Train! Wow! Just the thought of my daughter being able to study abroad is so exciting to me! Nowadays it seems like it is [...]
Sports
Michelle Balaun2020-05-07T16:00:46-04:00Are U an Osprey? Unlike almost any other Florida university, UNF does not have a football team. To some this may seem like a major disappointment; howe [...]
Rushing His Way – Frats
Michelle Balaun2020-05-16T18:15:57-04:00What Is the Rushing Real Story? So many times, we think about a fraternity and think of the movie Animal House. The brothers are living in a house that [...]
Rushing Her Way
Michelle Balaun2020-08-25T11:02:02-04:00Sorority Low-Down When my daughter was accepted to UNF she was thrilled! She starting talking about where she would live, who her roommate would be and [...]
Restaurants
Michelle Balaun2020-06-24T12:32:48-04:00Great Places to Eat! Like any college town, there are literally hundreds of dining options from fast food to fast-casual, from family-style to fine dini [...]
Hotels
Michelle Balaun2020-06-23T15:52:47-04:00A Nice Place to Stay Keeping in my that UNF is a small part of the thriving city of Jacksonville, there are plenty of hotel options. The airport is with [...]
Home Sweet Dorm Make it Fab!
Michelle Balaun2020-07-06T16:10:26-04:00Turn Their Dorm Room From Drab to Fab Don’t be alarmed on move-in day when you walk into your student’s bare and cold dorm room. It’s amazing how quickl [...]
Family Weekend, Fun and more!
Michelle Balaun2020-09-11T17:04:50-04:00Fun Family Time Family or Parent’s Weekend is a fabulous weekend when you get to visit your son or daughter at UNF. They will want to show you all thei [...]
Entertainment is Entertaining!
Michelle Balaun2020-01-09T12:12:55-05:00Try These Fun Things To Do! While visiting UNF and the Jacksonville area, there are plenty of things to do for entertainment. The campus is within 20 m [...]
Dinner, It’s Time Check out these Restaurants
Michelle Balaun2020-09-10T16:08:47-04:00It's dinner-time! Everyone has their favorite place, here are the places we love to frequent, which one is your favorite restaurant? Restaurants Within [...]