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Believe in Yourself and Other Advice from College Students to College Students

Amy Baldwin | March 30, 2021

What would college students tell future college students to help them with the transition to college? I had my ideas as to what they would say when I set up the interviews of several of my former students over the past few weeks. What I didn’t expect was that...

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How to Be an Academic Superstar

Amy Baldwin | January 19, 2021

Last fall, I taught a course called Academic Strategies. It is a one-credit-hour course at my university that covers topics such as note-taking, studying, and test taking. You would think that college students would run from such an elective course for something,...

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Endings and Beginnings During a Crisis

Amy Baldwin | May 2, 2020

Depending on your student’s circumstances, you have either made it to the end of a semester or you are almost there. Congratulations! Who knew that two months ago we would be living so differently and making drastic changes to our plans for school, summer,...

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Dealing with Disappointment: How to Coach Your College Student to Handle Adversity

Amy Baldwin | September 22, 2019

Earlier this summer I was helping my oldest with internship applications. She had applied to half a dozen programs and was, fingers crossed, poised to work out of state for the summer in a field that she loves and is majoring in. Internships at this stage of her...

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Helping Your Student Gain Financial Independence One Conversation at a Time

Amy Baldwin | April 30, 2019

I don’t know many families that have not had financial issues on their mind lately. It seems that in our household money–and how to manage it–is a constant topic of conversation with our own two kids as they nagivate early young adulthood. Then there...

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A Key to College Success? Go to Class, Every Class

Amy Baldwin | March 28, 2019

A few things happened recently that made it seem necessary to write a blog post on attending class. A student was dropped from class because she skipped too many times before the mid-term. The reason? She didn’t like the class and felt she knew everything well...