{"id":372,"date":"2010-04-19T10:44:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T15:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/?page_id=372"},"modified":"2025-05-30T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T15:53:33","slug":"parent-track","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/bam\/parent-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Parent Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students will have a variety of virtual BAM sessions designed to better prepare them for\u00a0 their college experience at SAU.\u00a0 The college experience is a time of growth and change for students and families.\u00a0 This is why SAU offers support for parents of entering freshmen. The parent support will provide you with tips on how to guide your student towards success.<\/p>\n<h2>The BAM parent track will&#8230;<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>help you with your transition to becoming a college parent.<\/li>\n<li>provide you with the resources necessary to help your student achieve success and graduate.<\/li>\n<li>assist you with strategies for letting go when your leaves for college.<\/li>\n<li>discuss expectations in your new role as a college parent.<\/li>\n<li>give you and your student the opportunity to meet virtually with a financial aid counselor.<\/li>\n<li>provide the option for a virtual tour of the campus\/or residence hall tour(s).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Agenda<\/h2>\n<p>Your day will begin at registration and will continue until approximately 3:30 p.m.\u00a0 You will need to plan to stay for the entire day.\u00a0 Parent Orientation includes concurrent sessions and representatives from the following areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/police\">Campus Safety<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/health\">University Health Services<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/housing\">Housing<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/financial-services\">Billing<\/a> and <a href=\"\/finaid\">Financial Aid<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<section id=\"text-3\" class=\"widget widget_text\">\n<div class=\"widget-wrap\">\n<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/parents\/\">Parent Resources Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/advising\">Academic Advising<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"widget-title widgettitle\">Contact Information for Parent Relations at SAU<\/h3>\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\n<p><a>Kandice Herron<\/a><br \/>\nAssociate Dean for Parent and Student Engagement<br \/>\nOffice: 870-235-4925<br \/>\nLocation: Reynolds 101<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:dltaylor@saumag.edu\">klherron@saumag.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students will have a variety of virtual BAM sessions designed to better prepare them for\u00a0 their college experience at SAU.\u00a0 The college experience is a time of growth and change for students and families.\u00a0 This is why SAU offers support for parents of entering freshmen. The parent support will provide you with tips on how&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/bam\/parent-track\/\"> Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"parent":176,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-372","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2255,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/372\/revisions\/2255"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/orientation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}