Parent & Family Orientation registration is filling quickly! While we won't have space for everyone, we look forward to seeing parents and supporters who can attend, and we will send an overview of the information presented to all first-year and transfer families.

Due to space limitations, each family is allowed up to two attendees, and each person must register individually.

🗝️And as you are planning travel and accommodations near campus, please view local hotel information here.

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📍 New Student Orientation begins on August 20

📧 Check their AU email regularly

💉 Submit immunization records

📸 Upload their OneCard photo

✅ For a more detailed checklist, click the link below.

"Encourage your student to find a job on campus, it’s a great way to make new friends and feel at home right away."

Sage L., Eagle Parent

📍 Welcome to AU, transfer families!

We've planned some special transfer-specific events for Orientation, so remind your student to keep an eye out for details in the Orientation schedule.

Also, be sure they are enrolled in the transfer section of AUx (CORE-196), where they will connect with other transfer students who are navigating the same transition. Welcome, Eagles!

Please contact Diane Palmer, Coordinator of Transfer Student Success, with any questions.

📱Is your student looking for paid part-time employment during the semester? The Part-Time Employment Job Fair on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, 1:00-3:30pm in the MGC Tavern is an opportunity for them! Students will engage with on-campus departments hiring for both FWS-eligible positions and non-FWS positions and off-campus organizations hiring for paid part-time roles.  Students register for the fair on Handshake and can contact the event lead Oliver Ruiz-Gomez at oruizgomez@american.edu with any questions.

📋It's an election year! Did you know students can vote by absentee ballot?  The process differs by state (e.g., some states require that students complete a form in person before they leave for school). Library staff works to ensure students know about the processes and can assist them.

📖 Has your student gotten a copy of their "community text" to complete the summer required reading and prepare for their College Writing course? Author Dr. Ashley Shew’s will be at American University during the 27th Annual Writer as Witness Colloquium this fall.

💰If your student has established you as a proxy, on the Student Accounts website in the proxy section, select your student's name to access their account and make payments [do not select Parent Name (You)]. Click on ‘Account Activity’ to view an itemized list of fees and financial aid.

Visit the tuition refund insurance website for information on Grad Guard tuition refund insurance.

🩺 Students should visit here to submit a health insurance waiver request.

✨ Hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations in collaboration with the Office of Enrollment and the Center for Diversity and Inclusion, the 2024 Summer Welcome Series invites incoming students to meet fellow Eagles, hear from alumni about their AU experiences, and learn about resources offered to students by the Alumni Association and our Alumni Affinity Alliances and Networks. All welcomes are virtual and hosted on Zoom. RSVP here.

📦 American University is lucky enough to have a UPS store right in the heart of campus in the Lydecker Tunnel. With all the capabilities of your typical UPS location, this is an easy and convenient way to send (or receive!) packages to and from campus.

💵Sophomore Swifties craft new class on Taylor Swift's economic savvy. Click below to read an article from the Summer 2024 issue of American, the American University magazine.