Parents/Families

Dear Parents and Family Members,

I trust this finds you adjusting to your student's return to classes.  For parents of returning freshmen, I suspect that the start of the spring semester was much less stressful for your student than the fall and, therefore, less stressful for you.  For parents of 2012 graduates, the Commencement Web page has been updated with 2012 ceremony information.

It's hard to believe that we are already approaching two important deadlines for 2012-2013.  If your student is required to or selects to live on campus next year, the $150 deposit is due February 22 at 4 p.m. The second part of the room selection process (RSP) is for your student to fill out his/her housing preference forms (online) by midnight February 24.  For more information, please visit the Room Selection Process Web page.

Also coming up is the FAFSA filing deadline -- March 1.  See "How to Apply for Financial Aid" for guidance.

We have provided some information on our Student Accounts Web page that you may find helpful concerning college expenses and filing income taxes.  If your student has not already, he or she should be receiving his or her 1098-T form for tax filing purposes covering the 2011 calendar year.

Greek Life on campus has been active as the Campus Activities Office recently announced the recognition of a “new” sorority to our campus, bringing our total up to 13 recognized fraternal organizations. Sigma Lambda Upsilon/Señoritas Latinas Unidas Sorority, Incorporated (SLU) was officially recognized on January 1, 2012 and will take its first group of new sisters this coming semester when the Sorority officially re-establishes its Epsilon chapter which has lain dormant since the mid-1990s.   For those interested in learning more about Sigma Lambda Upsilon, please click on the following link: http://www.sigmalambdaupsilon.org/

Many students do not know that Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, Dr. Jerome O'Callaghan, also serves as an advisor to students who plan to apply for national fellowships after graduating from Cortland. A variety of fellowship opportunities are available and are particularly suited to students in the top 10% of the class, with an interest in graduate school, study abroad or language study.  Students should begin their research at http://www2.cortland.edu/schools/arts-and-sciences/student-scholarship-opportunities.dot and contact Dr. O'Callaghan(607) 753-4314 for more details.

And as a reminder, next year at this time SUNY Cortland will be TOBACCO FREE. View a pdf of the President's campus announcement.

C. Gregory Sharer
Vice President for Student Affairs

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