Engineering Buff Families

We know you want to support your student and you might not always know what resources are available or where your student can turn to get some additional help. Over the summer Engineering First Year Experience offers the following opportunities for new Engineering Buff Families to connect with faculty and staff within the College of Engineering & Applied Science, to learn about resources and ask questions. If you have questions or have suggestions for other resources to include here, please feel free to reach out to Maura Hollister, Assistant Director, First Year Experience at Maura.Hollister@colorado.edu. 

  Engineering Family Summer Webinars:

This series of webinars are intended to provide general information about what your student can expect this summer and welcome you to the Engineering Buff Family community. If you have additional questions you can reach out directly to the Assistant Director of First Year Experience and Engineering Connections team at  Engconnections@colorado.edu. 

*To protect the privacy of attendees, these webinars are not recorded nor is a recorded version sent out afterwards.

 

  Engineering Buff Family -- First Year Experience Course:

Later in the summer you will be invited to join a modular-based learning platform called ParentLingo. These modules will be filled with content and resources aimed to help you support your student while they transition to the College of Engineering & Applied Science and the Engineering Connections Residential Community. The content is designed to take you through 6 weeks of transition starting the week before your student will start classes through the 5th week of the semester (a similar timeline to your student's own first year seminar!). However, you'll always have the opportunity to engage with the content at your own pace and revisit the information for your student's entire first year. 

 

  College of Engineering Family Weekend Reception:

  • Date: Friday, October 16, Hosted as part of Family Weekend. 
  • Time: TBD.
  • Location: Engineering Connections Office, Williams Village North Suite 145.
  • Description: We are so lucky to have your student in our college and we want to do our best to support you while you support them through their college journey. Join members of our college leadership, academic support & advising team, as well as folks from popular student resources to learn how your student can get involved and connected in their first year at CU Boulder and in the College of Engineering & Applied Science. 

 

  Engineering Family Spring Webinar:

In the spring semester we will reach out to families engaged in the ParentLingo course to attend a follow-up webinar and Q&A session. We will focus this webinar on your student's transition to their 2nd year in Engineering and beyond. With representatives from offices across campus like New Student & Family Programs, Academic Advising, and Off Campus Life, you'll get to ask questions about your student's transition out of Engineering Connections, out of the residence halls, and into 2nd year coursework and off-campus housing. 

  • Spring 2027 Webinar: TBD. This date will be communicated through email for those who participated in the ParentLingo course mentioned above. 

 

More Support Resources for Engineering Families 

We find that new students often experience an adjustment period when they start classes in the College of Engineering. Is your student struggling in a particular class or do they need help developing new learning and study strategies? Do they need help connecting with other students or connection with one of our embedded councilors? You can find those resources and more in the following links!

Check out more opportunities to engage with new families across the CU Boulder community on the New Student & Family Programs New Buff Families website.