[FSUZeta]

at my children's college, orientation is held in june for a day and 2/3's and involves students and their parents. there is a joint meeting with parents and children in the a.m. and then parents and children are separated with children taking language placement tests , scheduling classes, etc. and the parents attending different meetings until about 5. that first night the kids sleep in the dorms. the parents return in the morning for more meetings and the kids are doing other things. about mid-afternoon there is an optional greek life meeting and then it is all over.

it will be especially fun this year because our daughter will be attending summer school and we will get to see her(and her friends) and take her(and her friends) to dinners. my husband was not able to accompany our daughter and me when we attended her orientation 2 years ago. if parents are invited to attend, i recommend that you try to fit it into your schedule. seeing other parents who are also getting ready to send their children off to college-especially when it is the first born-and learning that the questions and concerns they have are ones you also have, brings things into perspective.

forgot to add, the college holds "connections" just for freshman which is a full 4 days before the sophs., jrs. and seniors can move on to campus in the fall.