First-Year Family Resources
RWU resources to support our first-year students and their families.
Transitions and Growth
- Talk about your orientation experience, beginning on your car ride home!
- Prepare for separation to begin -it’s normal! Allow your student the space to begin doing for themself, if you haven’t already begun to do so.
- Reflect on your transitioning roles
- Students: Evolving, independent adult learners
- Families: Consultants
Family Conversations
- Everyone’s expectations
- Your family’s values & your student’s ability to make good decisions
- Time management
- Your student’s independent learning responsibilities
- Communication & wellness plans for the fall
- How to self-advocate & the need to be resilient (student & family!)
Be Sure To Remember
- Students will need professional/business causal clothing for presentations & networking events.
- Health insurance card(physical copy & picture in cell photo album)
- Documents needed for campus employment: photo ID/copy of SS card/birth certificate
- Medication-Will prescriptions be transferred here? Where will they be stored? Do they need to make arrangements (on-campus or off-campus) for follow up?
To Consider
- Buying or Renting Textbooks -what is your student’s best option?
- Resident Students: How will your student get home for weekends or in case of an emergency?
- Commuter Students: Is their vehicle maintenance up to date? Have they applied for a commuter parking permit?
Emergency Contacts
- Submit Emergency Contacts (found on Slate). Student should have completed this during their registration session at Orientation.
Student To-Dos
- Complete all four required Hawks Online Courses
- Check (frequently!) your RWU email account and Guidebook.
- Engage in all family decisions about college life.
RWU Student & Family Resources
Orientation
We are looking forward to your arrival to Roger Williams University! Whether you are a first-year student or a transfer student, our Orientation Sessions are designed to help you learn about RWU, meet other students and navigate your success for the start of the semester.
Student Success Workshop Series
The Advising & Peer Mentorship is hosting a series of Academic Success Workshops, both live and on demand. Recordings of past sessions are posted on our website.
Student Success Workshop Series
Center for Career and Professional Development
The Center for Career and Professional Development helps students and alumni thrive in work and in life by providing lifelong career education assistance, resources, and connections, powered by a strong network of alumni, employers, faculty, parents, and staff.
Center for Career and Professional Development
Student Programs, Leadership & Orientation
We talk a lot about community here at RWU and there is no better way than getting involved in student clubs, organizations and campus programs in order to connect to the many different types of students we have here on our campus. We know that getting involved helps you discover new friends with similar interests, or you find ways to challenge yourself to step outside your comfort zone. Have fun and add your special and unique personality to our campus culture!
Student Programs, Leadership & Orientation
Center for Student Academic Success
The Center for Student Academic Success (CSAS) is committed to supporting all RWU students as they take on the challenges of their undergraduate or graduate degree. The Center is made up of the Advising & Peer Mentorship Office, International Student & Scholar Services, Student Accessibility Services and The Tutoring Center.
August 15: Health insurance waiver deadline
August 24 -25: Move in
August 30: Classes begin
October 20 - 22: Parents Weekend
October 23: Advisement Period begins (2024 Winter Intercession & Spring Semester)
November 6: Registration begins (2024 Winter Intercession & Spring Semester)
November 22 - 24: Thanksgiving break
December 13: Last day of classes
December 15 - 20: Final Examinations
December 21: Residence Hall close
December 22: Winter Break begins
January 21 - 23: Residence Halls Open
January 24: Classes begin
March 11 - 15: Spring Break
March 18: Classes resume
March 18: Advisement Period begins (2024 Summer Sessions & Fall Semester)
April 1: Registration begins (2024 Summer Sessions & Fall Semester)
May 8: Last day of classes: 2024 Spring Classes
May 10 -15: Final Examinations
May 15: Residence Halls close