PREPARING FOR FALL JUNE

Setting Expectations

Talk with your Greyhound about their fi nancial needs for the upcoming academic year. Evaluate changes that may be needed for money management and work together to establish a tentative budget.

Helpful Reminders

Discuss how possible new living arrangements will affect the next school year. Encourage your Greyhound to have conversations with their roommates about who is responsible for bringing certain items.

Having a conversation about communication expectations with your Greyhound is important as you both head into a new year. How often will you talk? What methods of communication will you use? Who will initiate the conversations?

Setting these expectations now will help prevent communication breakdowns during the school year.

Important Dates 2024–25 Year

Aug. 20 Fall semester starts

Oct. 7–11 ....................................... Midterms week

Nov. 27–29 .......................... Thanksgiving Break

Dec. 9–13 ............................................ Fi nals week

Dec. 13 Fall semester concludes

Dec. 14 Fall graduation

Jan. 14 ............................ Spring semester starts

March 3–7 ................................... Midterms week

March 9–13 ....................................... Spring Break

May 4–8 Fi nals week

May 8 Spring semester concludes

May 9 Spring graduation

Greyhounds living at home may start missing college friends and feel anxious to return to campus. They may also want to spend much of their remaining free time with old friends. Discuss the value of your Greyhound’s positive sense of campus life and plans for involvement in the coming year.

Summer is a good time for Greyhounds to reflect on their successes and challenges of the past year; talk with them about their experiences. What did they think was successful? What will your Greyhound change for the fall?

Encourage them to take advantage of campus resources, such as advising offi ces and career services, which can help with upcoming decisions. Many of these offi ces remain open during the summer months.