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Undergraduate Student Success Resources at UMass Amherst

December 9, 2019UMass Amherst Family to Family

Have you ever wondered how students like my daughter successfully graduate when there is so much to overcome in adjusting to college life. How do they manage their time? How do they study effectively? How do they make life-long friends? … Continue Reading →

Freshman Year, Majors & Advising, Transitions Clubs

Let Your Student Narrate Their Own Story

September 5, 2019UMass Amherst Family to Family

Everyone has a story. This story has a past, present, and future. In the early years, you and other adults are the authors of your child’s story. You hold the pen and choose the story’s setting, the characters that they… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year, Relationships, Transitions Parents Association

The Fall Move-In Day: What to Expect

August 15, 2018UMass Amherst Family to Family

The long-awaited day is finally here. You have been planning for (or at least picturing/worrying about) this day for years and are about to have one less (or no) high school student in the house. Depending upon your student, you… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year Housing

My 2017 Parent/Family Orientation Experience

May 23, 2018UMass Amherst Family to Family

Flashback to 1986: the family car rolls up to the front of the campus auditorium and dad said, “Good luck. I’ll be out front tonight at 8 to pick you up!”  2017: When I first heard that parents and family… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year, Prospective Families, Transitions transfers

A Place to Explore With Your UMass Amherst Student Locally

April 12, 2018UMass Amherst Family to Family

  While spending time with your UMass Amherst student, a trip to Atkins Farms should be on the list for your next place to visit. Located 7.6 miles from campus on the corner of Bay Road and Rte. 116 in… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year, Prospective Families Parents Association, transfers

Parenting an Out of State College Student

January 31, 2018UMass Amherst Family to Family

I was apprehensive, yet excited, when my daughter decided that she wanted to attend school in another state.   Happily, she would only be a 2 ½ hour drive away from home.  Along with the excitement was the reality that… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year, Prospective Families, Transitions

My UMass Amherst Family Weekend Through the Years

October 2, 2017UMass Amherst Family to Family

I have been constantly thinking about my student.  I know she is an adult, but she is still my baby.  I cannot believe it has been six weeks since I dropped her off.  This has easily been one of the… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year, Transitions transfers

Be a Part of UMass Amherst’s First-Year Foster Care Initiative

February 14, 2017UMass Amherst Family to Family

Do you remember all that you and your student had to do in preparation for their landmark move to campus– buying towels, toiletries, coffee makers, bedding, computers, etc.?  While your student tried to meet their new roommate and make new… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year, Transitions Parents Association

The Upside of Joining UMass Second Semester

September 28, 2016UMass Amherst Family to Family

To our surprise our son was not accepted to UMass in the fall of his would be freshman year. He was waitlisted for the spring semester. This came as a shock to us all at first but ended up being… Continue Reading →

Freshman Year admissions

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