New Raider News Email Series
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We can't tell you enough how excited we are that your student has decided Mount Union is the place they want to be. Your student will find nonstop activity on campus, from national performers and campus-wide traditions to organized events and activities throughout the week. They’ll cheer on the Purple Raiders at Mount Union Stadium, take part in a pick-up game of kickball, explore our fun city, and engage with faculty and staff who are ready to get to know them better. Your student will soon be defining their own Mount Union experience.
Whether you live nearby or hours away, you can sneak a peek at how your student might spend their days on campus!
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Your Student @ Mount Union
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Now that your student has decided to attend Mount Union, offices will be contacting them regularly using their Mount Union email address. Be sure your student checks his/her Mount Union email at least a few times a week; however, we recommend checking daily. In addition to their inbox, they should also check the messages in their "Clutter" folder to be sure that there are no important messages in that folder, instead of their inbox.
By now, your student should have received an email to his/her personal email address that includes information regarding his/her now-active Mount Union email address, initial password, and student I.D. number. Once he/she accesses their Mount Union email address, he/she will find an email with helpful IT tips, as well as a link to register for a prize from our Office of Information Technology.
In addition, your student should be receiving a bi-monthly newsletter titled
New Raider News
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to his/her @mountunion.edu email address.
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Please remind your student to visit
our admitted students page
for a detailed timeline of his/her next steps. Some of these steps don't happen quite yet, but we'll be sure to keep your student updated so they are well prepared.
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Resources on Campus: Center for Student Success
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"Success is not a big step in the future, success is a small step taken right now."
~ Jonatan Martensson
The Center for Student Success strives to empower students in the strategic pursuit of their goals as they relate to personal transition, self-discovery, academic progress, and career planning. We do this through a variety of programs and services, including:
- First Year Initiatives - supports students throughout their transition to the University of Mount Union through the University’s Preview, Fall Orientation, and Exceptional Beginnings programs. Additionally, new students will have a Raider Guide who will mentor new students through the first year of college. For more information, contact Brian Hopkins, firstyear@mountunion.edu.
- Academic Support - to help students develop skills and behaviors for success in university-level coursework. Contact Tammi Kohl Kennedy at kennedta@mountunion.edu for information about tutoring, Raiders Rise, Success Series workshops, and other academic support-related opportunities.
- Search-for-a-Major Support - support is available if your student isn’t sure which major is right for them. Selecting a major is a big decision that doesn’t have to be filled with anxiety. With many options to choose from and many interests to consider, we can help your student to find the major that is a natural fit! Contact Marci Muckleroy at muckleml@mountunion.edu to get started!
For more information about the
Center for Student Success
or any of the services the Center can provide, call us at (330) 823-8685.
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"In the future, I know I can count on most of the people I've met here to still be active in my life as references and support.
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Most of the professors I've had, especially in the engineering department, really care about you and your education. They are here because they want to teach you and watch you succeed.
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Alcohol, Drug, and Wellness Education
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The Office of Alcohol, Drug and Wellness Education
(ADWE) serves to provide a 3-tiered approach to education, programming, and student growth and development: (1) individuals; (2) student body as a whole; and (3) university and the greater community.
Through holistic education, prevention, and counseling, the Office underscores the University’s mission to prepare students for meaningful work, fulfilling lives, and responsible citizenship. By focusing on making healthy choices including responsible drinking, sexual education, and drug prevention, the office works collaboratively with faculty, staff, and students to develop proactive programming, education, and counseling opportunities.
The Office of Alcohol, Drug and Wellness can be reached at (330) 829-6660.
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Counseling Services
provides an
opportunity for students to explore their concerns and problems with a professional counselor in a confidential setting.
University counselors provide counseling for life's problems often faced by college students, including emotional difficulties, stress management, roommate issues, loneliness and lack of confidence due to relationship issues, eating problems and transitional difficulties. Counseling services are free of charge to enrolled students who can meet one-on-one with a counselor to identify areas of resourcefulness.
For more information, call
(330) 823-2886.
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Dual and College Credit Transcript Request
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If your student intends to bring in credit from a dual credit, PSEO, or College-Credit Plus program, he/she will need to order an official transcript from the college or university that awarded the credit.
Please note: Your student should not send the transcript until his/her final grade(s) has been added for any current coursework.
Transcripts must be sent to the Office of Admission
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It's time for the next step in your student’s transition to being a student at Mount Union - Preview! This program is your student’s chance to learn much of what Mount Union has to offer both in and out of the classroom. During Preview, they'll schedule their classes for the fall semester, get a picture taken for their Purple Plu$ card, and stay overnight in one of our first year residence halls.
Meeting faculty, staff, upper-class Preview Guides, and other first-year students are also important and FUN opportunities available as part of the program!
Preview is required for all first-year students, so be sure to visit the
Preview website
TODAY to learn more about the experience, and to make a reservation for your student’s Preview session. After completing the reservation form, your student should check his/her Mount Union email, where they'll receive a confirmation of his/her Preview reservation, typically the next business day.
If your student has trouble with the reservation form or have questions about Preview, please contact the Office of First Year Initiatives at (330) 823-8685 or
firstyear@mountunion.edu
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We look forward to seeing your student!
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What is a First Year Seminar?
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As a first-year student, your student will take a First Year Seminar (FYS) during his/her first semester on campus as part of Mount Union's Integrative Core. The courses they choose from are both interesting and diverse. The FYS course options can be found on the
Preview website
, under the “Preview Registration” heading. When your student completes his/her Preview registration, they will be asked to preference the five sections he/she would be most interested in taking. We recommend that your student reviews the full list and chooses before starting his/her Preview registration. This information will be used while they’re at Preview when registering for fall classes.
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Student Housing Information
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It's time to begin planning
for life on campus
as a Purple Raider! Many first-year students have been asking how Mount Union will match them with a roommate and where they will be living.
- REQUIRED Form Submission: Every new student needs to complete either a New Student Housing application or a New Student Commuter application on MyHousing.
- Housing Application: If your student is planning to live on campus, that application includes a personal and interest preference questionnaire. They’ll also be able to indicate his/her hall preferences and provide emergency contact information.
- Roommate Requests: If your student knows who he/she wants to live with, they can also use this system to make a specific roommate request. To do this, he/she will go to the "Room Selection" across the top and then choose "Roommates/Suitemates" from the drop-down menu. These requests must be made and confirmed by his/her roommate by July 18 in order to be guaranteed.
- Roommate Assignment: If your student doesn’t know who he/she wants to live with, the program will then use this information to find his/her best match among the other students who've already completed the form. All new students must complete one of these applications.
- Housing Assignment Notification: Housing assignments, along with roommate name and contact information, will be emailed to your student’s Mount Union email address during the first week of August.
- Community: The University of Mount Union values all students and their identities and wants to create a safe and inclusive home for everyone on campus. To support all our students, different housing options, including gender inclusive housing, are available for students to select when completing their housing application. For a list of FAQs, visit our website.
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New students living in a residence hall are required to have a meal plan. Students with less than two semesters of college experience are required to have either the unlimited meal/week or the 16 meal per week/$100 dining dollars meal plan.
Upper class transfer students living in a residence hall may choose any of the meal plans below and transfer students living in campus apartments or townhouses may have any of the meal plans, a block meal plan, or no meal plan at all.
Unlimited Plan - $2,600
Students who choose this plan will be able to eat an unlimited number of meals in the Kresge Dining Commons. Additionally, the unlimited plan provides students with 10 meal equivalencies that can be used at the B&B café throughout the semester.
16 Meal Plan/$100 Dining Dollars - $2,600
Students who choose this plan will be able to eat 16 meals per week in the Kresge Dining Commons. Dining Dollars ($100) will be deposited onto your Purple Plu$ card and can be used to purchase food and beverages only at the B&B café, KHIC Start café, or Kresge Dining Commons. Dining dollars will not carry over between semesters or at year end. Students will not be reimbursed for any remaining dining dollars at the end of the year.
11 Meal Plan - $2,500
Students who choose this plan will be able to eat 11 meals per week in Kresge Dining Commons and will receive $300 Dining Dollars. Dining Dollars ($300) will be deposited onto your Purple Plu$ card and can be used to purchase food and beverages at the B&B café, KHIC Start café, or Kresge Dining Commons. Dining dollars will not carry over between semesters or at year end. Students will not be reimbursed for any remaining dining dollars at the end of the semester.
7 Meal Plan - $2,390
Students who choose this plan will be able to eat 7 meals per week in Kresge Dining Commons and will receive $400 Dining Dollars. Dining Dollars ($400) will be deposited onto your Purple Plu$ card and can be used to purchase food and beverages at the B&B café, KHIC Start café, or Kresge Dining Commons. Dining dollars will not carry over between semesters or at year end. Students will not be reimbursed for any remaining dining dollars at the end of the semester.
Block Meal Plans
Block meal plans (only for commuters and those housed in apartments, townhouses, or off campus).
- 50 Meal Block - $410 The 50 meal block plan provides 50 meals at any time Kresge Dining Commons is open during the semester. These meals do not carry over between semesters.
- 25 Meal Block - $410 The 25 meal block plan provides 25 meals at any time in Kresge Dining Commons as well as $100 Dining Dollars. Dining Dollars ($100) will be deposited onto your Purple Plu$ card and can be used to purchase food and beverages at the B&B café, KHIC Start café, or Kresge Dining Commons. Dining dollars will not carry over between semesters or at year end. Students will not be reimbursed for any remaining dining dollars at the end of the semester.
- 50 Block Breakfast and Lunch - $335 The 50 meal block breakfast and lunch plan allows for 50 meals in Kresge Dining during breakfast and lunch hours ONLY. Breakfast and lunch hours are approximately 7am – 2pm.
If a meal plan is not selected for the fall semester for a student who is living in a residence hall or campus house, the student's meal plan will default to the unlimited plan.
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Bring Your Own Device (BYOD)
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All new students are required to arrive to campus each semester with their own personal computing device.
To help you better understand the BYOD initiative, we have developed a
BYOD webpage
and a companion
Q&A page
for you to review. For additional questions, please contact the Information Technology Helpdesk at (330) 829-8726.
It is highly recommended, but not required, that your student bring his/her own laptop computer to Mount Union. Mount Union supports both PCs and Macs, so the type of laptop your student chooses to bring with him/her is a matter of personal preference. Specialized software is made available in computer labs. Some departments may have a preference, but none specifically requires one or the other.
These are the PC and Mac Laptop recommendations:
- Screen Size: 13" - 15"
- Processor: Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7
- Memory: 8GB or better
- Hard Drive: Solid State 128GB or better
- Video Card: Intel Integrated Graphics or Discrete AMD/NVidia Card
- Warranty: 3 Years Onsite or Mail-in
- Wireless: Support for the wireless 'AC' Preferred
- USB Ethernet Adaptor compatible with your device
- Windows Operating System: Windows 10
- Mac Operating System: OS X 10.12 "Sierra"
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Mount Union's
Office of Student Financial Aid
is here to help your family work through the financial details of becoming a parent of a student on campus. The University knows that financial aid is of huge importance to families, so our team is here to help! The
financial aid website
is a great resource during this time of year.
To get started, if you haven't already, be sure to complete the
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA)
. Many of you have already received a financial aid package from Mount Union, which is put together after the University receives your FAFSA information. Members of Mount Union's
Office of Student Financial Aid
are happy to talk with you more about the items in that packet! You can also access your student’s financial aid information through our
Financial Aid Portal
using his/her student ID number.
We encourage you to set up an appointment by completing this
online form
so that you can get all your questions answered about financial aid. These appointments can be held on campus or over the phone - the choice is yours!
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Coming Soon! - Payment Options and the First Bill
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Your student’s fall semester payment is due by July 31.
Please review the
three payment options available
, and decide how your student will pay his/her bill before this deadline.
In addition to the information your student received about his/her bill and payment options, your student received instructions on how to access required Office of Business Affairs forms which all students must complete. Please visit our
website
to access more information about these forms and to complete them.
The
Office of Business Affairs forms should be completed prior to July 1
st
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For any questions you have regarding your student’s bill or these required forms, please contact the Office of Business Affairs at (330) 823-6557.
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If you have any questions, please contact the Office of First Year Initiatives,
firstyear@mountunion.edu
or (330) 823-8685.
Sincerely,
Office of First Year Initiatives
University of Mount Union
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