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Sahara Apartments management knew before they opened that if you have a few hundred college

students packed into a student housing building, there is bound to be too much noise, too much partying, and not enough studying. That is why they have promoted their “No Party” Policy since they opened in 2005.

Owner and manager, Ted Mehr understands what parents and students are going through when they go to college. “The concept of Sahara was born out of my concern for my own daughter’s safety as she was preparing for college. I wanted her to be safe and comfortable no matter where she lived. I simply asked myself, ‘What kind of place would I want my daughter to live in for the times I could not be there to watch over her?’ Sahara Apartments was my answer.”

As a parent, it’s normal to be concerned about your child’s transition from your home to college living. It’s also normal to be wary of the many new costs associated with this transition. Yes, price matters but you still want your child to be safe, comfortable, and have the most modern amenities. Sahara Apartments offers this combination to the advantage of both students and parents. The property was designed to serve as a stepping stone to college living for the student and their parents, as well as upper classman and international students who are looking for those same qualities in a building.

The “No Party” Policy is intended to keep the property from becoming the proverbial “Animal House” as many student housing projects can. As an owner managed property, Sahara Apartments believes college kids should have fun but within the law and without taking away from other student’s ability to live in a safe, quiet, environment. To that end, Sahara has the distinction of being one of the very few, if not the only student housing property that has never received a “Red Tag” from the police department. Even the dorms can’t make that claim.

“We find that safety is the number one factor parents are concerned about when their child moves away from home,” says Ted Mehr, “and the ‘No Party’ Policy goes a long way to making that happen. Students realize pretty quickly that if they want to go to a party there are plenty to attend at the University, other student properties, the dorms, and friend’s houses. But no matter when they come home to Sahara, it is quiet, safe, convenient, easy place to study, sleep, and get your homework done.

Sahara Apartments raises the bar with state-of-the art fire safety and security measures unmatched by any building in Tucson. The gated property includes an electronic key system with retrievable history of every entry into apartments and through each gate. The property is equipped with 80 security cameras that monitor all public areas on a 24/7 basis and a network of infrared beams over the perimeter walls. If you break the

beam an outdoor alarm sounds and the system calls the owner regardless of the time of day or night. “Some might consider this overly protective, but I would prefer to know of any breach immediately so we can best protect our residents rather than finding out what happened the next day.” explains Ted Mehr.

Lastly, Sahara Apartments has a long list of modern amenities that the students want, such as ALL utilities included in the rent, VERY high-speed Internet, kitchens and private bathrooms in each apartment, FREE shuttle service to and from campus, FREE bicycles for use to all residents, pool, spa, game room, workout room, and even a 23-seat mini movie theater.

If you agree with Sahara Apartment’s operating philosophy and are looking for the lowest rental rates without sacrificing quality and service for you student, check out Sahara’s Website for all the information at www.SaharaApartments.com or stop in and take a tour. The friendly staff at Sahara Apartments would be happy to show you around.

Sahara Apartments Ted Mehr, Owner 919 N. Stone Ave. [email protected] Tucson, AZ 85701 520-622-4102

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Table of Contents

Parents & Family Association

▷ Advising Resource Center Academic advising & advisor contact information (520) 626-8667 ■ advising.arizona.edu/

▷ BookStores Books, supplies, computer hardware & software purchases (520) 621-2426 ■ uabookstore.arizona.edu

▷ Bursar’s Office Billing questions, paying tuition and fees (520) 621-3232 ■ bursar.arizona.edu/

▷ Campus Health Service Health care, psychological care, student health insurance (520) 621-6490 ■ www.health.arizona.edu/

▷ Career Services Part-time jobs on and off campus, internships & co-ops, full-time post-graduation employment and career exploration (520) 621-2588 ■ www.career.arizona.edu/

Important Contacts

▷ Commuter Student Affairs Off- campus housing, commuter student support (520) 621-5859 ■ offcampus.arizona.edu

▷ Dean of Students Office Advocacy, academic integrity, code of conduct, complete withdrawals (520) 621-7057 ■ deanofstudents.arizona.edu

▷ Graduate College (520) 621-3471 ■ grad.arizona.edu

▷ Meal Plan Office Purchasing and updating student meal plans (800) 374-7379 ■ union.arizona.edu/mealplans

▷ Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid 520-621-1858 ■ financialaid.arizona.edu

▷ Office of Student Computing Resources: Student computer support (520) 626-TECH ■ uits.arizona.edu/departments/oscr ■ oscr.arizona.edu

▷ Police (University of Arizona) Emergency response, crime prevention 911 or (520) 621-UAPD ■ uapd.arizona.edu/

▷ Registrar’s Office Verification of enrollment, change of schedule, grade replacement opportunity (520) 621-3113 ■ registrar.arizona.edu/

▷ Residence Life On-campus housing (520) 621-6501 ■ www.life.arizona.edu/

▷ Residency Classification Determination of in-state or out-of-state residency for tuition purposes (520) 621-3636 registrar.arizona.edu/residency/residenc.htm

▷ Tutoring at the Think Tank Drop-in, by appointment, course reviews and more ■ (520) 626-0530 thinktank.arizona.edu

▷ UA Parents & Family Association (520) 621-0884 ■ uafamily.arizona.edu/

Linden Counseling Assistance Fund The Linden family’s efforts are helping to make a difference for students in need page 9

Meet UA Baseball Coach Andy LopezAn up close and personal interview with Lopez, fresh off a College World Series win page 21

New Student OrientationLearn how New Student Orientation is a key part of your student’s transition to UApage 12

Math Placement for Incoming StudentsRead tips on how to ensure a successful math placement process for incoming students page 13

Family Weekend 2013Mark your calendars for October 18-20 and get ready for a fun-filled weekendpage 17

Parent Activities for August 2013The start of college is just as impor-tant for parents as it is for students. Here’s a look ahead at events offered to UA Parents while students get ready for the Fall 2013 term page 13

UA Campus Emergency Response TeamSigning up for UAlert: the most timely and efficient way to know about emergencies on campuspage 29

ScholarshipUniverseUA is here to help students with finding and applying for scholarships page 30

Thank You PFA Donors!Recognition of our 2012-2013 supporters who donated $100 or more to support student success page 19

Student IT fee at Work, 24/7Technology fees are paying for services students really want page 25

Director Welcome Letter page 3

A Message from the Chairs page 5


Parents & Family Magazine

Issue 13

The University of Arizona Parents & Family Magazine is published twice a year by the Dean of Students Office and Arizona Student Media.

The University of ArizonaPO Box 210040Tucson, AZ 85721

EditorKathy Adams Riester, M.S. EdAssociate Dean of Students andDirector, UA Parents & Family [email protected] 520-621-0884

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Welcome to the UA Wildcat Family!

Kathy Adams Riester, Karina Salazar and Lee O’Rourke

Hello Wildcat Parents & Family Members,

On behalf of the UA Parent & Family Programs Staff and the Parents & Family Association I am excited to share the Spring 2013 Edition of the Parent & Family Magazine! You’re receiving this magazine because you are one of our valued Parents Plus Members or you have made a generous donation to support the goals of the UA Parents & Family Association. I thank you for your support! The Freshman Fee Fund has given us a Grant this year to ensure that parents of all current freshmen also receive this magazine. In addition, parents of new students are also receiving this issue as a complimentary welcome to the Wildcat Family.

I am always amazed at how quickly the Spring Semester goes by. Current students have the opportunity to enjoy some of our rich spring traditions and events including March Madness (Congratulations to Men’s Basketball who advanced to the Sweet 16), Spring Fling, Softball and Baseball. UA Campus members are also very excited about the 2013 Spring Commencement Ceremony which will be the first event held in our newly renovated Arizona Stadium. UA Graduates along with their parents and family members will be treated to a very special Wildcat experience on May 10!

I love this time of year as it gives me an opportunity to get out of the office to meet parents during our New Student/Parent Orientation Programs. If you are looking for a way to be involved in your student’s college experience, we would love to connect with you. You can reach us in multiple ways including our website: uafamily.arizona.edu or via email at [email protected] and you can Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/uafamily.

I would like to introduce our newest staff member — Lee O’Rourke. She joined our staff in March 2013 after Barbara Camp retired in January 2013. While we miss Barb, we are very happy to have Lee on board! Together with our Graduate Assistant, Karina Salazar, we are very excited to meet new parents this during Orientation and to reconnect with our returning families during Wildcat Welcome Events geared toward parents (see a listing on page 13-15) and Family Weekend. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have a question, concern or feedback for us.

With Wildcat Pride,

Kathy Adams RiesterAssociate Dean of Students

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Greetings from the Parent & Family Advisory Board! We like to keep you, as active members, advised of what we’re doing and what we have planned on your behalf. Let’s start with a review of our mission and our value statement. Why PFA? You joined with the expectation that you would be able to communicate with the leadership and staff of the University and have a healthy two way dialogue. Part of this mission is to enable the University to keep you informed, and allow you access and input to the University; the ability to provide comment, advise when appropriate, and get answers to your questions. We call our mission communication, involvement and philanthropic support. Your membership and donations allow the Parent & Family Association to award grants to student organizations and by so doing, provide resources to safety programs, career

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▷ Grants: As I mentioned earlier, our ability to provide grants depends on funding. Principally, the resources come from membership and from donations from the University of Arizona Foundation’s telephone outreach program. Our board is expanding our sources of funding through our annual Golf Tournament during Family Weekend, and our own outreach for increased parent giving. Your contributions will directly affect our students’ welfare and expand their career horizons.

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To find a way to turn their tragedy into a way to help other students, Jonathan’s mother Gloria and his sister Stephanie partnered with the U of A Campus Health Service, establishing the Edward and Jonathan Linden Endowment, named for Jonathan and his late father.

The Edward and Jonathan Linden Counseling Assistance Fund

One Family Helping to Make a Difference This effort created the Friend 2 Friend program, with its focus of “Notice. Care. Help,” aimed initially at providing informa-tion and resources, so that students would recognize signs of trouble in a friend and feel empowered to intervene and assist, hopefully averting tragedies like this one.

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While students can be referred for help, or agree to seek help on their own, even at the extremely modest fees charged for counseling at the Counseling and Psych Services (CAPS) unit of Campus Health, cost is still the main deterrent to seeking help for some students. To address this, in 2010, the Lindens dedicated an initial $5,000 in funds to create the CAPS Linden

Counseling Assistance Fund. As funds are still limited, criteria for

receiving this support are very strict. Only the most desperate students can now be served…students with no insurance, no family support and often lacking money to pay for more than rent and food. Prior-ity is given to students who are at risk for suicide or other harm, or whose mental health issues are making it difficult or im-possible to remain in school successfully. Support is currently limited to a maximum of $150-250 per student, which can cover 6-10 counseling sessions at CAPS. Many students who receive the help need even fewer sessions to get back on track.

Our goal — and that of the Lindens — is to ensure that ANY student in need of and motivated to get such help can do so. To date, the fund has provided counseling

to 66 students. To continue these efforts, we need the support of other parents who can remember or recognize that timely counseling intervention, even brief, can really make a difference.

Contributions can be made through the Edward and Jonathan Linden Endow-ment and earmarked for the Counseling Assistance Fund: http://f2f.health.arizona.edu/donations.htm


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12 NEW WILDCATSNew Student Orientation

By, Stefanie Basij, Assistant Director, Enrollment Services

Welcome to the Wildcat family! The next few months will be busy planning with your student their upcoming transi-tion to the University of Arizona, and key to that process is New Student Orienta-tion.

New Student Orientation is the time in which your son or daughter will get their first chance to connect with the UA com-munity as a student. They will meet with their academic advisor, talk with current students, check in with campus resources, and walk away ready for the first day of class. In short, orientation is the time at which your student outlines their path to becoming a Wildcat for Life.

There are a lot of things to do in order to be ready for your student’s New Student Orientation program, and you may be thinking, ‘We need to put a list together to make sure we don’t miss anything’, know that UA has you covered with the Next Steps Center (nextsteps.arizona.edu). The Next Steps Center is where your student will go to pay their enrollment fee and register for an orientation program. Additionally, the Next Steps Center allows students to change their major up to seven business days before their scheduled

orientation program and is the means by which they can complete the neces-sary academic procedures to be ready for orientation. It is imperative that students complete their Math, Second Language, and Writing placement before attending their orientation program, and the only way to do so is via Next Steps. Please make sure your student checks in on their Next Steps Center on a regular basis so they are prepared to attend orientation.

While New Student Orientation is for your student, it’s also for you. The UA of-fers a parent orientation program that pro-vides tips on how you can assist your son or daughter throughout their UA experi-ence, giving you the tools you need to con-tinue to support your student, no matter how close, or far from home they may be. During the parent orientation experience you will receive a calendar with important dates and campus resources, hear from your student’s academic college, learn about support resources, like the Parent & Family Association, and are able to work with your student to complete important university business. Registration for the New Student Orientation parent program is completed as a part of your student’s orientation reservation via the Next Steps Center. If your student has already regis-tered for their orientation program, and

you would now like to attend, please have your student log back into the Next Steps Center and select ‘Make a Change to My Orientation Reservation’ in the completed items section under their Orientation program date reminder.

At the University of Arizona we see Ori-entation as being more than just the pro-gram you and your student will attend this summer. Wildcat Welcome, the ten days around the start of the fall semester, is also a key part of your student’s transition to the university. During Wildcat Welcome we mix social and academic activities, helping your student to make connections to their peers, to their college and to the UA, their new home away from home. Check out the Wildcat Welcome website, welcome.arizona.edu, for information on student programs like UA Clicks and New Student Convocation and parent programs like the Wildcat Family Conference.

Again, welcome to the Wildcat family. The UA has many resources for you, and we hope that you will utilize the parent program of New Student Orientation to start getting connected. If you have any questions with regard to New Student Orientation or The University of Arizona, please contact the Next Steps Center at (520) 621-5293 or at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you this summer at orientation!

Parents can enjoy guided tours of campus during New Student Orientation

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Parent Activities for August 2013A Look Ahead:

By Karina SalazarThe Parent & Family Association

Having a child start college is an impor-tant transition for the entire family, so the University of Arizona plans special parent and family events during the start of every academic year. While your student settles into their Residence Hall, purchases their textbooks, and prepares for the first day of classes next fall, we hope that parents will experience and enjoy all of the great campus events and amenities offered in August 2013.

Here’s a look ahead at the events scheduled for the start of the 2013-2014 academic year.

Wildcat Family ConferenceThe University of Arizona is putting

together a conference just for you. While your student is at UA Clicks, stop by the Student Union Memorial Center to sit in on a variety of sessions designed to intro-duce you to campus resources. Campus participants include: leadership programs, academic advising, Parent & Family Asso-ciation, Campus Health, UAPD, and many more. We are also providing a break room and lounge with snacks and computer ter-minals. The Wildcat Family conference is a great opportunity to network with other parents who are proud to be a part of the Wildcat Family! The Wildcat Family Con-ference will take place on Friday, Aug. 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Please visit the Wildcat

Welcome website to RSVP for events and for updates on session times and locations. http://welcome.arizona.edu/parents

Proud Parent SocialParents are invited to this Parents Only

event hosted by the UA Parents & Family Association. This is your chance to mix and mingle with other parents along with Parents & Family Board Members and staff members. The event will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23. Registration is required. Registration will open in April at http://welcome.arizona.edu/parents

Parents and Students can enjoy quality time together at many University events and activities before the start of the academic year. Photo Courtesy of Student Affairs Marketing

Bon Voyage BrunchNow that your student is getting

settled, it’s time to say goodbye. Join the Dean of Students Office and the Parents & Family Association for a special brunch event on Saturday, Aug. 24, 10 a.m. Regis-tration is required and will open in April at http://welcome.arizona.edu/parents

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Math Placement for Incoming StudentsBy Tina S. MooreMath Placement Coordinator

Math placement is an important part of student success at UA. The overall purpose of our placement process is to determine, based on a student’s background and current demonstrated ability, which Math course may be appropriate. Although placement into a course does not guarantee a passing grade, our experience has shown us that the Math Placement Test (ALEKS) may be the clearest indicator of success in our courses.

Important information about the UA ALEKS Online Math Placement Test is available through the Next Steps Center at nextsteps.arizona.edu, and on the Math Placement Website at math.arizona.edu/placement/mpt. Incoming students access the test through the Next Steps Center. Cur-rent students test through the UA Testing Office.

All incoming freshman students who plan on taking a UA math course are asked to take the UA Math Placement Test, even students with college math credits.

How can you help? Here are some

important reminders and information for incoming students: ▷ Read about the test and math place-

ment. There is important information that students wish they would have known about, like what the “I don’t know” button means, how to retest, which test to take, etc.

▷ There is no practice test, but students can practice. We have test topics and course review material available through the Math Placement Website.



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It was never a childhood dream for Andy Lopez to become a baseball coach. In fact, as he admits, his coaching career be-gan simply because he needed a job after receiving his degree from UCLA in 1975.

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Arizona Baseball Coach’s Hall of Fame Career The Wildcats win the 2012 College World Series Championship under the coaching leadership of Andy Lopez. Photos Courtesy of Athletics Communication Services

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$200,000 The amount of money The

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$260,000 The amount of money UA

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