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The Nontraditional Student News - Archives
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KNOW HOW TO GO: This great site tells people from Washington State, Kentucky, California, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Tennessee, Connecticut, and Florida the 4 steps to going to college, including local links. I am featuring this site here this month. Other states can find information on the main page of the site. I have the feeling other states will follow suit and add their local pages to this site soon. A hint: turn down your volume if you want - - some of the pages feature a talking person explaining the website. For an example of the state pages, you can check out the the Kentucky Know How 2 Go page. |
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2008 Archives |
| Fall 2008 |
Click here for Featured Nontraditional Resources for -Colorado |
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A TIME MANAGEMENT VIDEO
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...for nontrad first year students.
By pregomama-7 at YouTube. |
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I was recently on the Know How to Go Indiana web page for adult learners and found a terrific link for Nebraska that contains excellent links like Nebraska colleges, scholarships, and more. They also have a FAFSA tutorial, calculators, and a lot of other information about going back to school, too. Check it out! This page is called the Education Quest foundation and can be found here: http://www.educationquest.org/ See more NEW links on the LINKS PAGE. Eastern Illinois University gives its first Nontrad Orientation! 8-14-08: ESU is giving a Nontraditional student orientation for the very first time this year. You can read more about it here. Thanks, Deb! I want to thank Deb Peterson of About.com for featuring the Nontrad Page (this one!), the Nontrad Newsgroup, and the Nontrad blog on her page. You can read a great article by her there called 5 Tips for Fitting In at School. She has some good links there, too. |
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A NONTRAD INTERVIEW
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A nontraditional student and a college representative from the University of Toledo. |
See other videos on the June 08 Archive page. I have archived some other highlights this year below: |
August 08 U.S. State of the Month - Alaska The University of Alaska at Fairbanks really takes care of its nontraditional students with special nontraditional student housing. They encourage them to stay on campus, and have a website explaining the benefits of single and family housing. They know that many nontraditional students attend the college and write about that on this page too. The University of Alaska campuses at Juneau, Ketchikan, and Sitka also welcome nontraditional students. If you go to school in Alaska, and are a nontraditional student, please send your information via this page so I can add it here. I would like to list some Nontraditional student groups from all campuses in Alaska. Thanks! |
July 08 U.S. State of the Month - Kentucky I am featuring my home state of Kentucky here for one main reason: to find out if anything has changed here since last I researched my state. I also may want to take a regular or online course later on. I am going to each website this month to see if it is the same or has been changed or improved. Also, I will be adding any other resources or information I can find that is new since 2007.
Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky has a group called Older Wiser Learners (OWLS). They also have a Nontraditional Student Council, which is a branch of the SGA there. Eastern has a new website for OWLS here. The page is maintained by students. The page features helpful links, photos, and more. My thanks go out to Amanda King, current President of the OWLS group, who helped to update this information. Thank you so much! Click here for more online information and the Adult Education Page. NEW ARTICLE AND SITE: I also found a nice article about a father and daughter both attending college in Corbin, and a website explaining about Eastern's many different campuses. Check out EKU's link to a grant program for nontraditional students here.
Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky offers a group on its website called FRIENDS to help non-traditional students navigate the school. The website is here. This other website tells more about Friends. They also have a link for single parents here (at the bottom of the page) plus a place to take a new nontraditional student survey. The Friends program offers support, plus a quiet study room and more. It is run by the school.
The University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky offers housing for families. They also have a Non-Traditional Student Organization called the NTSO. From the website: "Our purpose is to connect non-traditional students for fun, sharing, and encouragement." Here is more information from the website: The Non-Traditional Student Organization has an office in the Student Organizations Center (SOC). SOC is located downstairs in the Student Center near the Limestone St./Euclid Ave. entrance. University of Kentucky SOC Non-Traditional Student Org Student Center Room 106 Lexington KY 40506-0030 Or contact us at: ntsoky12@hotmail.com
Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green,
Kentucky has
had a non-traditional student organization in the past.
The Non-Traditional Student Organization (NTSO) at Western Kentucky University This WKU group is currently inactive (2007-2008). They once had a chapter at the Main Campus, and one at the South Campus as well. Below is the link to the WKU Non-Traditional Student Information Page:
This Yahoo group online is a forum for WKU students , former students, or people who are considering attending WKU. There are links and files on this Yahoo group site to help students navigate the campus and find out more about Western. The group welcomes new people from every WKU campus area.
MORE ABOUT THE NTSO: I was in the NTSO, or Non-Traditional Student Organization, while I was at Western a few years ago. Now the NTSO group is not meeting at the campus, but hopefully soon they will start up again. If you are a WKU student, and are interested, you can start a new group anytime. Nontraditional students can contact the Student Activities office for more info. at 270-745-2459. I did read in the student newspaper that a NEW group did form in 2007 - a group for parents. I can't wait to hear more about that, and when their meetings are. ANOTHER KENTUCKY VIDEO: Also: Click here to see another interview with Kentucky people attending a private school, St. Catherines, in Kentucky, and how they did it. |
May, 2008: Tennessee State University (Nashville) has a special Nontraditional Student Scholarship available here: http://www.tnstate.edu/nontraditionalapp/The campus at Avon Williams has a special page just for nontraditional students online that tells all about non-traditional student activities. They also have special nontraditional student registration. |
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The University of Tennessee at Knoxville celebrated Nontraditional Student Week in 2007. Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro has an OWLS group. Plus, they have a special Adult Learning Conference in February each year. NEW - Austin Peay State University at Clarksville, Tennessee offers a special Student Counseling Service. This includes a support group and a special workshop just for non-traditional students. Subjects for the workshop include Management Tips, Study Skills, Technology, and building a support network. Nontraditional students can contact the counseling and testing center at (931) 221-6162 for more information (or just click the link, above.) MORE GOOD NEWS: You can also download workshops on PowerPoint from this site. This is a good resource for non-traditional students everywhere, because the free downloads include: 1. Stress Management 2. Test Anxiety 3. Money and Time Management You can download these FREE resources here. And, if you do not have a PowerPoint reader, you can download one here at the Microsoft free download area. PREVIOUS MONTHS: Announcement! I am truly honored that this site and the Non-trad Student Blog site have both been listed in the Tulane University Student Newsletter this month. They feature a story about a non-traditional student named Samson Dantin. You can read his story here. |
| New Ohio information: the Know How to Go website has linked to us this month. This non-profit website has a special page for non-traditional students that explains their special needs. You can sign up for more information, and also learn about what kinds of schools to apply for, along with much more on their website at http://www.knowhow2goohio.org/. I have saved these two links on the Ohio Page today. |
Announcement! I am truly honored that this site and the Non-trad Student Blog site have both been listed in the Tulane University Student Newsletter this month. They feature a story about a non-traditional student named Samson Dantin. You can read his story here. Michigan Info: I have listed some Michigan groups here on the Michigan Page, and also on the Nontrads blog for this month. I see many pages in Michigan made to help non-traditional students. I especially liked one Nontraditional Student group called O.W.L.S. (older and wiser law students). I like that name , OWLS. It would be easy to make a mascot for that group! There need to be more non-trad group pages online. If you live in Michigan, and have a Non-traditional group web page, add your page here to get it listed. NEW! 12-14-07: Go to the Articles page to read theYahoo story about |
May, 2008: Tennessee State University (Nashville) has a special Nontraditional Student Scholarship available here: http://www.tnstate.edu/nontraditionalapp/ |
The campus at Avon Williams has a special page just for nontraditional students online that tells all about non-traditional student activities. They also have special nontraditional student registration. The University of Tennessee at Knoxville celebrated Nontraditional Student Week in 2007. Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro has an OWLS group. Plus, they have a special Adult Learning Conference in February each year. NEW - Austin Peay State University at Clarksville, Tennessee offers a special Student Counseling Service. This includes a support group and a special workshop just for non-traditional students. Subjects for the workshop include Management Tips, Study Skills, Technology, and building a support network. Nontraditional students can contact the counseling and testing center at (931) 221-6162 for more information (or just click the link, above.) MORE GOOD NEWS: You can also download workshops on PowerPoint from this site. This is a good resource for non-traditional students everywhere, because the free downloads include: 1. Stress Management 2. Test Anxiety 3. Money and Time Management You can download these FREE resources here. And, if you do not have a PowerPoint reader, you can download one here at the Microsoft free download area. |
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Are you a non-traditional student who has always wanted to go back to school? You may already be in school, or are thinking about it. You have come to the right place. Just pull up a chair, and navigate our free pages and links. |
This site was designed by Betsy's CGC, Kentucky. And join our sister sites, too: The Yahoo Nontrads Group, Nontrads on Facebook, Nontrads on Twitter
This site is now hosted on the Green Geeks site. Copyright 2009, CGC |
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