TIMELY INFORMATION SPRING FAMILY REUNION — TICKETS ON SALE NOW Did you love the fall Family Weekend? Please join us for a weekend of fun and fellowship, April 17–18, for our first-ever Spring Family Reunion. Come connect with the Clemson University community and bring your student to participate in the range of entertaining and educational activities. This weekend has something for everyone, including magic, Clemson Tiger baseball and a beach bash. We hope to CU there! BUY YOUR TICKETS TODAY! FINANCIAL AID AWARENESS MONTH February is Financial Aid Awareness Month and the best time to complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA.gov). The deadline to submit the FAFSA for incoming freshmen is March 1 and the deadline for continuing students is April 1. We encourage you to e-file your taxes early so you can use the IRS data retrieval option (included in the online FAFSA) to complete the income sections. For scholarship consideration, all official test scores (SAT or ACT) must be received by Clemson by March 1. Please encourage your student to participate in Financial Aid Awareness Week from Feb. 16-20. See clemson.edu/financial-aid/news_announcements.html for a schedule of events. SAFETY TIPS FOR UPCOMING SPRING BREAK As Spring Break approaches, the Clemson University Police Department would like to offer some safe travel tips located on our website. Please be aware of your surroundings to help protect yourself and property. clemson.edu/campus-life/campus-services/cupd/travel-safety-tips.html LEADERSHAPE LeaderShape® is the ultimate leadership experience, providing an intensive week of personal reflection, skill building, networking, communication and challenge. Each May we take approximately 50 to 60 students to the mountains of North Carolina for an amazing experience at no cost to the students. Encourage your student to join us for a week they will never forget! LeaderShape exists to inspire, develop and support people who are committed to lead with integrity. Our program helps students develop a vision for their life and helps them discover the tools needed to achieve that vision. A diverse group of students and faculty are selected to participate in this experience, which creates a space where different ideas can be shared and discussed freely. Clemson LeaderShape: clemson.edu/campus-life/leadership-education/featured-programs/leadershape.html LeaderShape National: http://leadershape.org TAPS YEARBOOK Make sure to purchase your 2014–2015 Taps Yearbook—one of Clemson’s oldest traditions! In this year’s book, you will see almost all major events, individual student perspectives and student portraits. You can purchase one today by visiting www.tapsyearbook.com. If you have any questions, please contact the Taps staff at taps@clemson.edu. Promoting Health and Wellness Campus Recreation is aiming this month’s efforts toward heart health and education. In working with the American Heart Association and The Color Run™, students, faculty and staff are offered opportunities to get heart happy with fun facts, prizes and program opportunities like the first-ever small group training class: Couch to The Color Run. This program encourages all fitness levels to get active through a structured cardio and strength-training program for one month. Two sessions are being offered and space is limited. Wellness certificates can be purchased for massage therapy, personal training and small group fitness training sessions at the Fike Welcome Center (864-656-3453). Gift cards for The Color Run™ can be purchased at www.thecolorrun.com. Clemson Home Corner MOVING OFF-CAMPUS Currently, many students are making plans for the summer and the next academic year. For some students, these plans may include living in off-campus housing. Moving off campus marks a pivotal time in the lives of students as they are signing leases, managing budgets and adjusting to new surroundings. If your student is considering living off campus, please visit the Dean of Students office Web page to read 8 Quick Leasing Tips, as well as other pertinent information for off-campus student services. Furthermore, these resources are also available to your student: clemson.edu/administration/student-affairs/dean. HOUSING & DINING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS University Housing & Dining is currently in the process of constructing two new residential communities: Core Campus and Douthit Hills (images are artistic renderings). Core Campus: The Core Campus Project is a major new addition to Clemson University Campus Life. This 260,000-square-foot mixed-use facility includes student housing, retail and residential dining, and a new home for the Calhoun Honors College. University Housing & Dining is proud to be in full partnership with our Honors College colleagues in expanding our long term, highly successful Living-Learning Community from its current Holmes Hall space and expanding its scope to become Clemson’s first Residential College. Douthit Hills: Located at the entrance to Clemson University along SC Highway 93, the Douthit Hills Development project will provide approximately 1,730 new student beds and a retail and student amenities facility at its center. Douthit Hills will serve as a mixed-use facility that will include student housing, a residential dining center, bookstore, a new campus recreation center and retail spaces. Watch our progress live at http://housing.clemson.edu/initiatives/webcams, and for more information about our latest projects visit http://housing.clemson.edu/initiatives. Encouraging Academic Success Sometimes courses are harder than expected and the Academic Success Center is here to help! We offer support in historically difficult classes with weekly review and group study sessions led by a trained Supplemental Instruction Leader. More information on Supplemental Instruction can be found at clemson.edu/asc/si. We also offer tutoring for over 100 courses. The tutoring schedule can be located at clemson.edu/asc/tutoring/schedule.html. For other services provided by the Academic Success Center please visit clemson.edu/asc. Mark Your Calendar We like to keep our families in the loop of some of the great events happening at Clemson. Please be sure to encourage your students to engage in some of the academic and social opportunities here! To see more information on any of the dates listed below, please visit our Clemson University full calendar. ACADEMIC RELATED DATES Feb. 19 — Methods for Encouraging Academic Honesty Feb. 19 — Home Fruit Production Workshop Feb. 19 — Test Anxiety Workshop Feb. 23, March 2, March 9 — Campus Conversation: Native American Heritage: a Student Forum for Discussion and Exchange Feb. 23 — How Your Brain Learns Workshop Feb. 24 — Leadership Styles Tigers’ L.E.A.D. Workshop March 3 — The Unfolding Forgetfulness of the Essence of Technology Lecture March 3 — Ethics Tigers’ L.E.A.D. Workshop March 4 — Silence vs. Poems: The 1967 Encounter between Heidegger & Celan in the Context of Shoah Rememberance March 5 — Reading and Notetaking Workshop March 5 — Group Dynamics Tigers’ L.E.A.D. Workshop March 6 — Science as Art Festival March 10 — Learning from the Inside & Out Workshop March 10 — MBA Information Session March 10 — Interpersonal Communications Tigers L.E.A.D. Workshop March 10 — A Matter of Perspective: A Student’s View in Blackboard March 11 — Sleep Matters Workshop March 12 — Organization Development Tigers’ L.E.A.D. Workshop March 16-20 — Clemson University Spring Break CLEMSON EVENTS Feb. 19 — Financial Awareness Week-FAFSA Help Feb. 19-22 — Eurydice Production Feb. 21 — Worley’s Cave CORE Trip Feb. 23 — Intramural Softball Registration Opens Feb. 24 — Garden Naturalist: Interpretation Skills Feb. 25-27 — Grad Fair Feb. 25-April 23 — Reflections Art Exhibit Feb. 26 — Danu Performance Feb. 26 — Prince Ea performance Feb. 27 — U Potter Friday March 1 — Comedian; Kathleen Madigan Performance March 2 — Tennis Tournament Registration Opens March 3 — Clemson University Symphonic Band March 5-7 — Spring Dairy Show March 5 — Peter and the Starcatcher Performance March 6 — First Friday Nature Walk with Dr. David Bradshaw March 7 — Woodworking Workshop March 7 — Nature Center Open House: All About Birds March 9 — 3v3 Intramural Soccer Registration Opens March 9-13 — Finite Perceptions Art Exhibit March 9 — 2015 Spring Ring Ceremony March 9 — “Swan Lake”: Moscow City Ballet Performance March 10 — Graphic Communication Intern/Employer Day March 11 — #IAMCLEMSON Project March 12 — Out on the Field—A Speech by Anna Aagenes March 12 — U Make Thursday: Make and Take Opportunities March 14-22 — Big Bend Canoe Camping Trip with CORE March 14-22 — Moab Mountain Biking March 16 — 4v4 Flag Football Intramural Registration Parent Question: CALLING ALL PARENT ALUMNI! We are looking to feature some alumni in our next issue of Believe magazine. Did you live on campus in the Douthit Hills area (married student housing or any of the pre-fabs) during your time at Clemson? If so, we’d love to talk to you about possibly being featured in our next magazine issue. Please contact Tina LeMay at lemayd@clemson.edu for more information. QUESTIONS, COMMENTS or CONCERNS? Have things you would like to see in future issues? Please contact the New Student and Family Programs office at 864-656-0515 or by email at cufamilies@clemson.edu. This email was sent by New Student and Family Programs at Clemson University [~Physical_Mailing_Address~] — [~ListUnsubscribe~]List Unsubscribe[~EndListUnsubscribe~]