Welcome Parents!

The First Year Experience & Orientation Office at SUNY Oneonta publishes a monthly newsletter for parents of new students. All parents of incoming freshmen and transfer students can receive OPEN (Oneonta Parent Electronic Newsletter), a newsletter specifically designed for parents and guardians of our new students.

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Hot Topics for parents of college students is a variety of online resources/articles/news reports of issues pertaining to today's college students and their parents. (click here)

Occasionally, other communications are sent to the College community. They are posted on the College News page: http://www.oneonta.edu/general/whatsnew/news/news.asp

Parents and guardians always seem to ask, "What is my role now?". Which is understandable, as you have been involved with your students for 18+/- years. The roles evolve once your child heads to college. (read more)