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AUGUST 2019, ISSUE NO. 2
通讯发布 2：2019 年 8 月
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Family Members of the Class of 2023,
We are excited for your student’s arrival at Miami! The excitement of a new school year and new students is energizing and inspiring!
Parents and family members play an important role in a student’s experience. You will receive communication from my office throughout your student's time at Miami, including information regarding requirements, resources, and opportunities. This newsletter, Miami Family Focus, is specifically designed to support you and your student through their first year at Miami. You will also receive the monthly eeweemakiki email newsletter for families of all students, along with other important messages. This issue of Miami Family Focus includes information about the transition to college, services for students with disabilities, and two articles about successful roommate relationships.
Love and Honor,
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The college transition can create mixed feelings for students and family members. Some students find the transition emotionally challenging and overwhelming and choose to keep their distress a secret, concerned about worrying their family or fearing they have failed.
As a family member, how can you help? Encourage your student to acknowledge their doubts and remind them that this is a completely normal part of a transition. Remind them that you understand and accept their anxiety, sadness, and/or homesickness. If these feelings continue beyond a few weeks or seem too intense, encourage them to connect with campus resources. Their Resident Assistant (RA) is a great place to start, as is the Student Counseling Service (SCS).
The Student Counseling Service offers services to help make the Miami experience positive for all students. Services address anxiety, homesickness, relationship issues, substance abuse concerns, and more. Services include consultations to match students with appropriate services, which include workshops, brief individual counseling, and group counseling. The SCS also offers urgent care triage to assess critical concerns on a daily basis during the week. All services are confidential and are only shared with a student's written consent. Counseling records are never a part of a student's educational record.
SCS recognizes that many students are currently in treatment for mental health concerns. We also recognize that SCS may not offer the appropriate level of care for all students. Read the SCS Scope of Practice to determine if SCS is an appropriate level of care for your student. Students who need extended care should connect with a community provider. We also encourage students to maintain a relationship with a current provider, if applicable and possible. For help locating a community provider, consult the list of providers in the Oxford area or speak with a counselor from SCS.
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Disability Accommodations and Support
The Miller Center for Student Disability Services provides equal access to education, student employment, and university life for students with disabilities. The Miller Center provides support services, reasonable accommodations, and adaptive technology resources. The mission of The Miller Center is to advance equity, diversity, and inclusiveness for all members of the Miami Family. Staff fulfill this commitment with compassion, understanding, and fairness to all parties involved.
Students must disclose their disability with appropriate documentation to receive accommodations. Students must also disclose their need for accommodations in their courses each semester. Communicating with the Miller Center and instructors is vital to ensure accommodations are implemented. Services include testing accommodations, sign language interpreting, modified housing options, audio-recording of lectures, orientation and mobility training, and adaptive technology.
Staff respect and value each student's privacy, confidentiality, and personal journey. We will not disclose a student's information unless given written permission. This includes talking with family members. Students may grant or withhold permission to discuss information with others.
Students apply for services using Students Accessing Miami, found at MiamiOH.edu/SAM. Select "New Student Application," complete the questionnaire, and upload documentation. Documentation is reviewed and students are notified of eligibility within 7-10 business days. Visit the Documentation Guidelines page for more information.
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Your Student (and Their Roommate!) Matters to Us!Below is the first of three pieces of information on the topic of roommates that will be sent to students in the next few weeks. Even if students know their prospective roommate, knowing someone and living with them are two different experiences. We encourage you to read and discuss this information with your student. The next piece is in the next article and the final piece will follow in a future issue of Miami Family Focus.
"When you were growing up, you may have never shared a room with another person. You might be nervous about this when you move into your residence hall. We understand, and you are not alone. So, to help you begin thinking about having a positive experience from the very start, we want you to read your list of rights as an on-campus resident. And, remember, your roommate has the same set of rights.
When you move into your residence hall, one of the first things you and your roommate will do is complete the roommate agreement, and your residence hall staff will be available to help you navigate your roommate relationship. But that's in the future...
For now, please know your rights as a residence hall roommate:
- To read and study free from undue interference in one's room.
- To sleep without undue disturbance from noises, guests of roommate(s), etc.
- To expect that a roommate will respect one's personal belongings.
- To a clean environment.
- To free access to one's room and facilities without pressure from the roommate(s).
- To privacy, including the right to exclude non-residents from the room. This right supersedes the right to have guests.
- To address concerns.
- To be free from fear of intimidation and physical or emotional harm.
- To expect reasonable cooperation and use of the 'room-shared' items, such as a refrigerator, rug, or other room amenities."
The key to successful roommate relationships is being reasonable and adaptable. We ask all families to have conversations about these qualities as students transition to Miami. Contact the Office of Residence Life (residencelife@MiamiOH.edu, 513-529-4000) for more information.
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Roommate Relationships: Living with Difference
In addition the article above, about student's rights as a roommate in Miami's residence halls, this article discusses living with someone different.
All students and their roommates entering Miami this fall have many things in common. They are members of the Class of 2023, want to make new friends, be successful, and want to graduate from Miami. The most successful roommates understand there will also be differences. Beyond different hobbies, music, and sleep patterns, there will also be different hometowns or home countries, race & ethnicity backgrounds, first language differences, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, and more. Roommates should embrace these as opportunities to learn more about when living with someone new. We hope your student is willing to do so, and you have the opportunity to set the foundation for this to occur.
Each year, a few families call the Office of Residence Life to ask that their student's roommate be moved because of background differences. They believe their student will be more comfortable living with someone who has a similar background. Instead of viewing these differences as opportunities to learn, they see these differences as barriers to their student's success. If parents view these differences as barriers, so will their students. Instead, we ask you to view these differences as opportunities to learn from one another. This learning will occur over the course of the year, not only in the first few days or weeks. When family members discuss these differences as opportunities before their students even move in, roommate relationships have a greater chance of being successful.
Miami cannot legally - and will not ethically - change a roommate assignment only based on a student's differences. Do ask us in the Office of Residence Life, though, how we can help you help your student. We are glad to offer advice and to meet with your student with or without the roommate(s) to assist in navigating a positive relationship.
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入学新生即将来到迈阿密学习和生活，我们甚是兴奋！精彩纷呈的新学年和充满朝气的新面孔总能令人振奋蓬勃！
在一名学生的人生经历中，家长和家属扮演着举足轻重的角色。入学新生在迈阿密学习生活期间，我们办事处将与您保持沟通联系，为您提供有关需求、资源和机遇等方面的信息。此份迈阿密大家庭时事聚焦通讯旨在为您和入学新生在迈阿密第一年的学习和生活提供支持和帮助。此外，每个月您还将收到我们向所有学生家庭发送的 eeweemakiki 电子邮件简报，此邮件中另附其他重要信息。本期迈阿密大家庭时事聚焦发布的内容包括有关升学过渡、残障学生服务的信息，以及两篇介绍建立和谐宿舍关系的文章。
谨启，
Mark W. Pontious
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升学过渡
升学过渡会让学生和学生家属产生复杂的情感。一些学生发现这种过渡带来了情绪上的挑战和压力，并选择隐藏他们的痛苦，不想让家人担心或害怕失败。
那么，身为学生家属的您能够为他们做些什么？鼓励您的入学新生承认自己的疑惑，并提醒他们这是过渡过程中极其平常的一部分。提醒他们您能够理解并包容他们焦虑、伤感和/或思乡的情绪。如果几周之后这些情绪仍然存在或显得较为严重，鼓励他们联系校园资源。与学生宿舍管理员 (RA) 展开交流就是很好的开端，学生咨询服务 (SCS) 也是。
学生咨询服务提供的服务有助于所有学生获得积极向上的迈阿密体验。这些服务可以解决焦虑、思乡、人际关系、滥用药物等问题。服务包括以适当的服务解决学生实际问题的咨询，其中包括讲习班、个人心理咨询和群体咨询。SCS 也提供急救验伤服务，以每天评估关键问题。将保密处理所有服务，且仅会在得到学生书面同意的情况下共享。学生的教育记录中不会包含咨询相关记录。
SCS 发现许多学生目前正在接受心理健康方面的治疗。我们同样发现 SCS 可能无法为所有学生提供适当的护理。阅读 SCS 工作范围，确定 SCS 是否能够为学生提供适当的护理。需要长期护理的学生应联系社区提供者。我们还鼓励学生与现有提供者保持关系（如果适用且可能）。如果需要帮助查找社区提供者，请查阅牛津地区提供者清单，或与 SCS 的顾问联系。
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残障学生住宿和支持
米勒残障学生服务中心为残障学生提供平等的获得教育、学生就业和大学生活的机会。米勒中心提供支持性服务、合理的住宿安排以及自适应技术资源。米勒中心的使命是为迈阿密大家庭的所有成员营造公平、多元而包容的环境。工作人员通过以关爱、体谅和公正的心态对待所有人来履行此项使命。
学生必须通过相关文件说明自身残疾情况以获得住宿安排。学生必须也要在每学期的课程中说明自己的住宿需求。与米勒中心和导师进行交流沟通是确保落实住宿情况的关键所在。服务包括体验住宿、手语翻译、修改入住选择、讲座录音、定向行走训练及自适应技术。
中心工作人员将尊重并重视每名学生的隐私、机密信息和个人行程。在未获得学生书面同意的情况下，我们不会泄露其相关信息，包括不会与家属提及相关信息。学生可以允许或拒绝与他人讨论相关信息。
学生通过 MiamiOH.edu/SAM 中的学生访问迈阿密来申请服务。选择“New Student Application”（新生申请），填写一份问卷调查并上传文件。我们将对文件进行审查，学生将在 7-10 个工作日内获悉合格情况。请访问文档指南页面了解更多信息。
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入学新生（及其舍友！）对我们而言非常重要！
我们将在未来几周内向学生发送有关舍友主题的三则信息，以下是第一则信息。即使学生可能认识他们未来的舍友，但是认识某人和与之同住是完全不同的两种情况。我们希望您能够向入学新生转述这则信息并展开讨论。下一则信息在下一篇文章中，最后一则信息将在随后的迈阿密大家庭时事聚焦中发布。
“在成长过程中，你可能从未与他人共用过一个房间。对你而言，住进宿舍似乎多少心存紧张不安。对此我们深表理解，但是你并非孤单一人。因此，为了帮助你在最初阶段就能形成积极体验的思维方式，我们希望你能够阅读校园入住人权利清单。并且请谨记，你的舍友也享有相同的权利。
在你入住宿舍后，你和你舍友的首要任务是达成舍友协议，此外，宿舍管理员也会帮助你们协调舍友关系。不过那都是你以后才需要考虑的事情…
现在，请了解你享有的舍友权利。
- 生在个人空间内阅读和学习时不会受到不当干扰。
- 睡觉时不会受到噪音、舍友客人等不当干扰。
- 期望舍友能够尊重自己的私人物品。
- 享受干净卫生的环境。
- 有权自由进出个人空间和设施，而不必承受舍友施加的压力。
- 享有隐私权，包括拒绝非同住人进入宿舍的权利。此项权利取代了会客权利。
- 有权解决问题。
- 不会受到恐吓和生理或心理上的伤害。
- 合理协作和使用“房内共享”物品，如冰箱、地毯或其他房内设施。”
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室友关系：与不同的人一起生活
除了上篇文章（关于作为迈阿密宿舍舍友的学生权利）外，这篇文章讨论了如何与不同的人一起生活。
今年秋季入学的新生及其室友有很多共同点。他们都是 2023 级、希望结交新朋友、渴望成功，并且希望从迈阿密大学顺利毕业。优秀的室友会明白人各有异。除了不同的兴趣、音乐喜好和睡眠习惯外，他们可能来自不同的国家及地区、拥有不同的种族和民族背景、使用不同的母语、具备不同的社会经济背景、性取向、身体状况等。与新朋友一起生活时，室友应将这些视为学习更多知识的机会。我们希望新生能够付之实践，并且您有机会为实现这一结果奠定基础。
每年都会有一些家庭因为室友的背景不同而致电住校生活办事处，要求为他们的新生调换室友。他们相信，与相似背景的室友一起生活会让新生更加自在舒适。他们将这些差异视为新生成功路上的绊脚石，而不是学习的机会。如果家长将这些差异视为绊脚石，孩子亦会如此。相反，我们希望您将这些差异视为相互学习的机会。这种学习将持续整个学年，并不仅仅在刚开始的前几天或几周。当家属在学生入住宿舍前便将这些差异作为机会展开讨论时，将极有可能实现和谐的室友关系。此外，迈阿密大学不会仅基于学生差异便更改室友分配，无论出于法律或是道德层面。
请务必向住校生活办事处咨询我们可以如何帮助您，以便您为新生提供指导帮助。我们非常乐于提供相关建议，新生可以与室友一同或单独与我们会面，以便我们在协调积极良好的室友关系方面伸出援手。
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