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Networking 101: What Your Student Needs to Know about Connecting with Others

Amy Baldwin | December 19, 2019

At the end of the fall semester, I mentioned to one of my students that she would make a great peer mentor. At my college, we employ sophomores, juniors, and seniors to coach our students on all kinds of topics such as time management, dealing with changes in...

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5 Qualities You Should Encourage in Your Teen

Amy Baldwin | January 27, 2019

It happens at the beginning of every year. The questions. The worry. “What should my teen be doing, achieving, working toward to get into the best college after high school graduation?” they ask me on the sidelines of the soccer field or via weekend texts....

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Is Your College Student Feeling the Sophomore Slump?

Amy Baldwin | August 18, 2018

“College sophomores are in a tough spot,” a mental health counselor recently told me. “The reasons are many, but they often revolve around making decisions about their future and they feel conflicted.” It makes sense: The newness of college has...

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7 Tips for Students with Summer Jobs

Amy Baldwin | April 13, 2018

It’s about that time: Summer job time, that is. In just a few weeks, high school and college students will be looking for and filling short-term jobs that can help them earn some money before classes start again in the fall. From lifeguard to office assistant,...

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What Are You Going to Do with THAT?

Amy Baldwin | October 11, 2016

One of my favorite parts of my job is talking to students about what they want to major in and what they want to do with that degree. In some ways, I envy the multitude of possibilities that my young students have, but I also recall the sweaty-palms anxiety of having...