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Dear NYU-Poly Parent:
The college years are one of the most exciting periods in your child’s life. Whether your child is just beginning their collegiate career or preparing to graduate, many concerns arise. For new students, the first year can be particularly challenging as students experience constant demands for adjustment and change. For returning students, concerns of internships, job interviews, research projects, extracurricular involvement, family obligations, work, and graduation continue to challenge their schedule.
Students must negotiate the challenges of social adjustment issues while also attempting to cope with academic pressures. It is likely your child will experience or has experienced new freedoms and responsibilities that he or she may not have had to deal with before (e.g., managing time, changing relationships with high school friends, more demanding academic requirements, sorting out personal beliefs and values). Adjustment problems are common for students and are to be expected. One of the best ways to support your student is by understanding Poly's role in his or her life. The staff in the Division of Student Affairs believes that parents play an important and significant role in helping students adjust to college life. We are here to help your child develop into a responsible, healthy adult, and a productive member of the campus community.
Perhaps the most important issue may be a changing relationship with you as a parent. Even though your child is on a new path in life, he or she still needs you to be involved. One way to do this is to be interested in what is happening in their life without being too intrusive. We have created a reference handbook for family members on easing your changing relationship with your child that address these issues. Please visit http://www.poly.edu/newstudent/_doc/poly_family_guide.pdf for a download of the “Piecing Together the Partnership: A Family Guide to the Transition to College”.
We want your child to flourish, learn from mistakes, experience triumphs, and stay healthy. Should you believe your child could benefit from extra support, we hope you will encourage him or her to contact us through one of our many offices on campus. Most of which are listed on this web page.
On behalf of Polytechnic Institute of NYU and the Division of Student Affairs, I extend our best wishes for an exciting and enjoyable experience at NYU-Poly for you and your child.
Sincerely,
Michael A. Hutmaker, Ed. D.
Dean of Student Affairs
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