Student-Parent Support program celebrates one-year anniversary

This fall semester marks the one-year anniversary of PTC’s Student-Parent Support program – a program partly sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Health’s Young Student Parent Grant Initiative, designed and established especially for PTC students with children.

“The Student-Parent Support Program exists to support students with children and help them navigate all the demands of life, including coursework, family life, and more,” says Laureen Williams, PTC’s Student-Parent Support Program Director. “College is both a stimulating and stressful time for students, and for two-thirds of our students who are also students with children, college poses a special challenge; students, as parents, must balance multiple demands on their time and energy, and Student-Parent Success programming helps link students with resources to meet individual and family needs,” Williams explains.

The Student-Parent Support Program provides all the following, and much more:

· One-on-One Support

· Lactation Room (Wellness Room)
· Laptop Loan Program
· Resources & Referrals (on- and off-campus)
· Family-Friendly Study Spaces
· Scholarship Links
· Emergency Services
· Parent Support Groups (Parents’ Café)

For more information about how the Student-Parent Support Program may help you, contact Laureen Williams: Tel - 320-629-5198; E-mail - WilliamsL@pinetech.edu; or in person - located in “The Cottage” at the north end of the campus.

 

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Laureen Williams, Student-Parent Support Program Director.