Family Orientation Webinars
Taking a full set of courses in a new environment is challenging. We spend a good deal of time helping your students adjust to life away from home, understand their new interdependence with others, work with faculty and engage with college-level coursework, and acclimate to life with many different people.
Our goal, however, is not to replace you as parents.
Instead, our goal is to teach them to understand how to juggle interdependence with you, their friends, and their new campus with the independence that comes from living and studying away from home. We teach students to advocate for themselves, whether that is in the classroom, on the athletic field, or in our offices.
You have done a great job with your student so far! Now, we want to partner with you now to helping your student develop that self-advocacy!
To discuss that partnership and to give you a sense of what students are experiencing at the beginning of the term, we invite you to a series of Family Orientation webinars this fall.
Sessions will be held remotely on Zoom on Monday evenings, 7 – 8 p.m. EDT. The schedule is given below.
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
Topic: Introduction & Academics at LaGrange
Time: Aug 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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President Susanna Baxter will discuss the future of the institution, and why everyone is so excited to get started this year. In addition, Vice President for Academic Affairs Brian Peterson will discuss what your students will be doing in the classroom. |
Topic: Athletics & Academics at LaGrange
Time: Sep 8, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada) |
Vice President for Academic Affairs Brian Peterson and Vice President for Athletics Matthew Hayes will discuss the interconnection of academics and athletics at LaGrange, what it means to be a Division III student-athlete at LaGrange, and the availability of academic support for your student-athlete. |
Topic: Student Engagement = Student Success
Time: Sep 22, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada) |
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Engagement John Head will discuss ways in which you can help your student become more involved in campus activities. |
Topic: Dealing with the Issues That (Will Definitely) Arise
Time: Oct 6, 2025, 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time (US and Canada) |
Vice President for Academic Affairs Brian Peterson will facilitate a discussion and consider specific ways in which parents can help us help your student by understanding how and when to let your student vent frustrations, how and when to intervene on their behalf, and how to help your student work with others on campus to address frustrations or problems. |
We’ll be in touch with you with more information as the semester gets closer.
We look forward to seeing you on Move-in Day and at our Family Orientation sessions!
If you have any questions, email us at officeofthevpaa@lagrange.edu.