Feature Channels: Back to School

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Ryerson faculty expert offers advice and tips for students facing anxiety and perfectionism.

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It’s orientation for time for incoming freshmen, and both students and their parents are coming to terms with the reality of their impending separation.

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How to use consumer tech to achieve academic success this school year.

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A college student's idea of investing may lean more toward purchasing season basketball tickets than an individual retirement account, but financial experts say taking a more focused look at their financial situation early can help students budget for today and the future.

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Most children and teenagers carry their schoolbooks and other supplies in backpacks during the school year. “When used correctly, backpacks are the most efficient way to carry a load and distribute the weight among some of the body’s strongest muscles,” says Eric Wall, MD, Director, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery.

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While parents prepare to send their children back to school, they need to remember that nutrition plays a huge role in academic success. Mary Pat Alfaro, M.S., R.D., clinical manager in the Division of Nutrition Therapy at Cincinnati Children’s, says multiple studies have shown that poor nutrition adversely effects school performance and overall achievement.

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“Taking time to talk with and listen to your child about the upcoming school year is one of the best ways parents can help their child transition to school life,” says Robin Gurwitch, Ph.D., Division of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.

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College students are preparing to head to campus to live in on-campus residential halls. Living away from home for the first time can be exciting but also challenging. Here are steps students can take to make it a positive experience.

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Nursing a bad cold but still wanting to go to that great orientation party? First-year students might want to give it a miss until they're feeling better, says Ryerson epidemiologist Tim Sly. To avoid catching a cold and staying healthy, Professor Sly offers these handy tips for first-year students:.

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Entrepreneurial student group, StartMeUp Ryerson offers tips to help you find your inner entrepreneur this new school year.

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School looms on the horizon just like the sun. It is a warm, familiar sunset to ride into for some children. For others, especially children starting a new school or transitioning to a higher grade, it’s a desert sun bringing sweat and a dry mouth.

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How to use social and digital media to get ahead in school.

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Worried about how to stay on a budget during your first year at college or university? Ryerson business expert Alan Kaplan, Ted Rogers School of Management, offers these handy financial tips for students.

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It may seem like only yesterday when your children were taking their first steps. Now they’re entering another milestone in their lives: university or college. To ease the anxiety parents may feel as their children leave the comforts of home, Cashlyn Teggart, a seasoned fourth-year journalism student at Ryerson University offers these words of advice.

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The stores are peppered with back-to-school signs advertising the latest deals for kids returning to the classroom, but one University of Alabama at Birmingham associate professor says this may not be enough to move you and your children out of the summertime groove.

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Learning how to manage your own finances is an important part of being a newly independent student. Managing your money using digital tools can make the task quick, easy and even fun. Ryerson Digital Media Zone startup Spenz, has created a free budget tracking app to help you figure out where your money is going, which is half the battle. These are some of Spenz’s tips on how to use digital tools to save and manage your money.

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Leaving the comforts of home and moving into residence can be exciting, but a little overwhelming. Cashlyn Teggart, a seasoned fourth-year journalism student at Ryerson University offers this tips for students.

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Three routines are key to keeping children fit and alert over the school year.

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Christine Schelhas-Miller, Cornell University senior lecturer in the College of Human Ecology and author, provides tips for parents with children heading to college.

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Two-wheeled tricks will draw millions of viewers to ESPN’s X-Games. But they may also land thousands of children—eager to replicate the stunts seen on TV—in EDs with preventable injuries such as fractures, sprains and concussions.

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As students stock up on pens, pencils and the latest fashion trends, their teachers are brushing up lesson plans and re-training themselves in patience. New teachers are learning everything for the first time and their nerves are in the same tense state as many of their students.

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Cell phones, roommates, banks, Facebook are just some of the things you need to think about before you head off for college.

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Make the grade by avoiding asthma, allergy triggers lurking in the classroom.

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“The Healthy Student: A Parent’s Guide for Preparing Teens for the College Years” provides important medical and mental health information that students and parents should review before college life begins, including current vaccination requirements for adolescents. It is available for purchase in bulk from the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM). Parents can download a single copy at no charge on the SAHM website.

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Leaps from middle to high school or high school to college are periods of tremendous growth and challenge for teenagers. These transitions can be accompanied by anxiety and tension for students and parents. Salisbury University Student Health Services Director Jennifer Berkman discusses how to help.

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As the heat index rises, one thing remains at zero—the cost of the engaging and informative educational materials produced by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition to its award-winning booklets on biological science topics, NIH’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences now offers a range of online products.

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Ryerson experts offer tips on learning success, student finance, leaving home and more.

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Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone (DMZ) is home to many startups that offer cool tools to help you head back to school.

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Education experts from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of education and human development are available for back-to-school interviews. Peabody was named the No. 1 graduate school of education in the nation by U.S. News & World Report for the third consecutive year in 2011.

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Salisbury University offers excellent teacher preparation thanks to its commitment to mentorship opportunities, professional development partnerships in local schools, and collaboration across campus. Alumni, who are earning state and national honors in their own classrooms, are proof of the program’s strength.

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Public health researcher Alison M. Buttenheim of Penn Nursing answers parents' questions about childhood vaccinations.

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Parents can give their children’s learning a healthy, happy start this fall with these ABCs (and a bonus D) from Butler University Assistant Professor of Physical Education Lisa Farley.

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Participating in sports can contribute significantly to children’s physical, emotional, and social development, boosting their potential to do well in school. Butler University Professor of Physical Education Mindy Welch offers tips of finding the right sports program for your child.

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Students don’t always get the most nutritional bang for their school lunch bucks. Butler University educational researchers suggest how you can teach youngsters to be savvy consumers in the school lunchroom.

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As back-to-school season approaches, the rising cost of college tuition and high unemployment for new grads raise questions about the payoff of a liberal arts degree. Wake Forest University takes these concerns very seriously and is addressing them to achieve concrete results – bringing in nationally renowned talent to develop students’ leadership skills from the first time they step on campus through its Office of Personal and Career Development.

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It seems the classroom doors have just closed, but all too soon we’ll start seeing sale flyers for Dora the Explorer backpacks and 25-cent crayons. Though summer fun has just begun it’s not too early to start thinking about your child’s back-to-school physicals and making sure they are up to date on their vaccines.

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For kids, summer vacation signals freedom but for parents, too much of a good thing can create problems once school starts. Mary Muscari, associate professor at Binghamton University and the author of Let Kids be Kids: Rescuing Childhood, offers tips for helping kids stay sharp while still keeping things fun – and affordable.

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The research is presented this week at the annual meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism in Atlanta.

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A University of Cincinnati researcher runs down a 'Top 10' list of common legal mistakes in relation to students in special education.

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What do colleges and universities look for on an application for admission? Everything from correct grammar, spelling and punctuation to the truth about you, Butler University Vice President of Enrollment Management Tom Weede says.

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As the University of California, San Diego turns 50, the campus will welcome an estimated 3,950 incoming freshmen and record 2,600 transfer students for the first day of classes, Thursday, Sept. 23. UC San Diego’s 29,000 students, including this year’s new class, can look forward to several new campus programs, resources and facilities that will help them save money, reduce their carbon footprint and live a healthier lifestyle.

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Bedwetting perennially drives parents to the pediatric urology clinic at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center, but September — and the start of the school year — always brings a predictable uptick in visits, according to pediatric urologist Ming-Hsien Wang, M.D.

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For many first-year college students, it may be the first time they have had to share a room with another person. It can be an exciting, but at times trying experience, says Marci Berney, an associate director in the office of Residence Life at Saint Joseph’s University.

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Experts are recommending that families make the career office one of the first stops on any college tour. “In this competitive job market, the tools and resources that a career office provide have become nearly as important as academics when choosing a college or university,” said Patrick Sullivan, Associate Director of Experiential Education at Wake Forest University.

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For kids, the summer months are packed with vacations, camps, week-to-week schedule changes and lots of late nights. It’s no wonder that getting back to the school year routine can be difficult. Returning to regular sleep schedules can be even harder. According to sleep expert and Saint Joseph’s University Professor of Psychology Jodi Mindell, Ph.D., the end of the summer is the time to reset kids’ biological clocks.

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A Rhode Island expert on increasingly popular high-school-to-college transition programs looks at ways parents and students can avoid sabotaging a successful launch as a college student. Parents: Let go. Students: Be mindful of the kind of friends you make on campus.

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Millions of children returning to school means that parents will soon face the often-dreaded parent-teacher conference. But what seems to be an evaluation of student performance is more often than not an evaluation of the parent and the teacher, by each other.

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A new program from Temple's office of Student Health Services is helping students figure out the best ways to shop and eat healthy, on a slim budget.

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With summer fading, anxiety is on the rise for some students anticipating the return of school. But it isn't just the first days of classes that can provoke angst -- anxiety in school is seasonal and age dependent, say pediatric psychiatrists.

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Karin Richards, director of the Exercise Science and Wellness Management program and director of Health Sciences at University of the Sciences, provides tips for creating healthy breakfasts, lunches, and snacks for children.