Is YOUR Nontraditional Student Group listed on the Nontraditional Student website?

If you have a nontraditional student group, check out your State Page at the Nontraditional Student website here: http://www.nontradstudents.com/

(And here is just the top section of it):

Just click on the state on the U.S. graphic, (scroll down to see it). There are also pages for other areas.

There should be groups listed there at your state or area. For updating, just make a comment to this posting (I will see it!) or send in the form on the page.

AND, if you don't have a group at your school, why or why not? You can talk to people there and start your own, which might be a really fun project. You could make friends, talk about things that interest you, do events, and lots more.

Just saying! There could be a group near you, and you don't even know it.

Betsyanne

PS Hope things are going well in your nontrad journey. If you are just THINKING about going back, check out the Search box and find out more about it!

Some more Nontrad links: The Nontrad site

 Join Nontrads on Facebook

Nontrads on Yahoo

Nontrads on Twitter

Good luck on Finals. And start thinking about joining a student group. Really!

Rah Rah, Sis Boom Bah, etc. etc.

Friends at a Garden Party. Via Canadian Film Centre on Flickr.

Do you have time to join a student group?

Okay, I know. It's finals week. But those nontraditional students who intend to take a summer class or two, OR return in the Fall may want to think about joining or starting a student group next year.

There are usually many kinds of student groups to join if you are on campus. There are also groups you can join OFF campus or online.

I have some of my groups listed below. Groups at colleges, universities, trade schools, and other campuses include service groups, Sororities and Fraternities, Green groups, and lots more.

Many are now admitting nontraditional students like never before. Another added benefit to joining groups while you are in school is the Networking Factor, especially if you are in a club in our major, a business group, or a networking group.

If in doubt, look up the contact information and ask one of the leaders of each group you want to join. You can also contact the Student Services at your school. You can join one group to see what it is like. You can also join more than one group, depending on how much time you can spare.

Being in a group can add a dimension of richness and even friendship to your educational experience.

Oh - and good luck on finals!!

Betsyanne
Former Nontraditional Student in Education
Bowling Green, Kentucky
at the Garden Spot

More Nontrad links and groups: The Nontrad site and blog Join Nontrads on Facebook Nontrads on Yahoo Nontrads on Twitter

Nontrads, are you in a Nontrad Student Group?

First off, I know some nontraditional students are going back to school online.

Others are combining on and offline classes.

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But if you have a chance to join a Nontraditional Student Group at your school, I would say to do it. You can make some friends there, learn about your school, and get support too.

Some groups have babysitting services or address lists, others have Nontraditional Student events on or off campus. Some schools support their Nontrad groups by offering memberships to Pinnacle and Spire or to ANTSHE.

I like the schools that offer group support with mentors and advisors. These groups can be so helpful.

You can check to see if your group has a Nontraditional Student group at two sites: the Nontrad Website and also at ANTSHE.

If your school does not have a group, you can form one.

Here is a posting about how to do that.

Forming a Nontraditional Student Group

You can also join an online Nontraditional Student discussion group here: Nontrads on Yahoo.

And here are some more nontraditional student postings you may enjoy:

Five Ways for Nontraditional Students to Get Connected

Child Care and the Nontraditional Student

Joining Groups in School - is it for you?

Nontraditionally yours,

-Betsyanne

Former Nontrad and "homeschooling" online student

Some Nontrad links: The Nontrad site and blog Join Nontrads on Facebook Nontrads on Yahoo Nontrads on Twitter

The BIG list of Nontrad sites - Version C October 2012

My sites are marked with an asterix (*).

Here are some sites and blogs I like.

Blogs, Sites, and more - for nontraditional students. (Version C)

My Life as a Mature Age Student – this nontraditional student lives in Australia.

http://mylifeasamatureagestudent.blogspot.com/

Rantings of a Middle-Aged College Student

Brandywine works full-time AND goes to school full-time. Wow. She was a history major and a Spanish minor. Now she is going to graduate school.

http://traveling-thru-time.blogspot.com/
 

The Mature? Student

This student is writing about going back to school after 31 years. She tells about her writing, her classes, and lots more. She has some other nontraditional students in her classes, it sounds like. She lives in Ireland!

http://middleagedundergrad.blogspot.com/

Academic, Hopeful

The thoughts and blog postings of a PhD Candidate. Here is a description of this blog from the site itself: "Observations, obsessions and obscenities from a PhD student at an elite University."

http://academichopeful.blogspot.com/

 

*The Nontraditional Student  website

Find help, support, and links for studying, groups, your FAFSA, and more.

http://www.nontradstudents.com/

*Nontrads on Facebook

Be our next member! Share about school, meet other nontrads, get support and information.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Nontraditional-Students/104788406743

*Nontrads on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nontrads

*Nontrads on Yahoo: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Non-trads/

This is a group of nontraditional students and people who help them. Find answers to questions, talk about what matters to you, share your nontrad journey.

New to Me medical blogs:
Medicine from the Trenches

Mothers in Medicine

The UMass EM Residency Blog

The Nontrad blogroll at the studentdoctor.net site. (This one has LOTS of blogs listed.) 

Blogs and Sites of Nontrad Interest

Deb’s Continuing Education blog

http://adulted.about.com/

There are many stories on this site, advice, links, and just lots of very useful stuff. Deb Peterson is in charge of this site.

Career Alley – this site has lots of job advice, sites, and articles.

http://careeralley.com/

Scholarships and Grants

*My Scholarships and Grants site

http://www.findscholarshipsandgrants.blogspot.com/

Another big list: my ScholarsGrants big list of scholarship links and sites

http://findscholarshipsandgrants.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-and-site-list-to-have-fun-with.html

GED Stories

Although many of my readers are in college, some are also getting their GED. Here is a site I really like, and comment here a lot. It is called GED stories. Real people write what it is like to go back to school.

http://www.passged.com/stories/

Nontraditional Student Groups

ANTSHE – this is a site for nontraditional students around the world. You can join as a student group or individually. They have a conference every year.

http://www.antshe.org

The Pinnacle and Spire Honor Society - this group is helpful for people who want to reward nontrads in college. Clubs and groups can join too.

Adult Student links

http://www.adultstudent.com/student/slinks.html

Old Pre-Meds for Nontraditional Students (OPM)

http://www.oldpremeds.org/

Mike Grasso's Nontraditional Medical Student site – this site is all about getting into medical school for older nontraditional students.

http://www.nontraditionalmedicalstudent.com/

Study Helps and Finding that Perfect Professor

Son of Citation Machine

http://citationmachine.net/index.php

ProfEval

http://www.profeval.com/home/chooseschool.asp

SparkNotes study guides

http://www.sparknotes.com/

Have a favorite site or blog? Send it to me or leave a comment about it.

Nontraditionally Yours,

-Betsyanne

Nontraditional Student Groups

Nontraditional students - are you in a Nontrad group at school?

Education Meetup - this photo is by Faris Knight on Wikimedia.org.

If yes, there are some links for you to bring up at your next meeting below.

If no, perhaps you would like to start one. Try finding a school mentor for your group, or go and talk to the student groups representative. You can also put an ad in the school paper about your proposed group, find others to join, or put a notice up on bulletin boards. Find out more about starting a nontraditional student group at this posting: Forming a Nontraditional Student Group.

Students who are lucky enough to already be in a group can have meetings with speakers, discussions, potlucks, or even babysitting available. There is a lot groups can do.

They can join a national group called ANTSHE, and can give awards through a nontraditional awards group called Pinnacle and Spire.

They can also add their group at the Add Link Page for a free listing on the Nontraditional Student website.

Leave a comment! I would love to hear from you.

Betsyanne
Current (pottery) and past (Education) Nontraditional Student.

And here are some other links:

The Nontrad site and blog

Join Nontrads on Facebook

Nontrads on Yahoo, and

Nontrads on Twitter

Are you in a nontraditional student group?

Nontraditional Student Groups - are you in one?

Not all schools have nontraditional student groups. But they are fun to join and participate in.

You can check the Map Page at the Nontrad site to go to your state or country and see if there are Nontraditional Student groups at your school or in your state.

Ask your school too, they may be able to give you a contact number or the location of the Nontraditional Student lounge, if they have one.

Also, if you are a member of ANTSHE, you can check their groups list and locations there too on the Discussion Boards.

Also, some groups are listed on Facebook. I have found a few and listed them as favorites on the left side of the Nontrad Facebook page. 

And you MAY want to consider starting a nontraditional student group of your own at your school. Just saying!

If you are in a group, or want to find out more, talk about it in a comment. Thanks!

Some more Nontraditional Student links:  
The Nontrad site and blog
Join Nontrads on Facebook
Nontrads on Yahoo and
Nontrads on Twitter

Nontraditional Student Groups - are you a member?

Are you in a nontraditional student group?
This could be a group on a college campus, a trade school, or a community education school. It could be a face-to-face group where you actually physically meet once a week, once a month, or once a semester.

Studying together.
 from the Microsoft Clipart pages 

Your group might even be a group online.

Groups at schools and those online can be very helpful for nontraditional students. I can even see joining both for support. There is just something about a shared community that helps so much.

I have heard of nontraditional student groups at schools who actually have their own computer(s), study room, refrigerator, storage lockers, and school club mentors, who are usually staff members or teachers.

Many groups who are official join a national site like ANTSHE and award scholarships or recognition to high-performing nontraditional students too. More and more schools are becoming more aware of their older, nontraditional students and want them to feel at home and succeed.

A happy nontraditional student.
 from the Microsoft Clipart pages 

I commend all schools who are offering their nontraditional students help and support through the establishing of nontraditional student groups. It's such a good thing!

Are YOU in a nontraditional student group? Brag about your group, your state, and your school in a comment below this posting.
 

And here is something else: Find out about groups in your state by visiting the Nontraditional Student pages Map Page and clicking on your school or area. Is your group not listed? Just click here for instructions on how to list your nontraditional student group on the site.

Later!

Some Nontrad links: 
The Nontrad site and blog Join Nontrads on Facebook Nontrads on Yahoo Nontrads on Twitter 

The ideal Nontrad Study Center :-)
 from the Microsoft Clipart pages

Some more interesting links:
Northern Michigan University honors a nontraditional student with the NMU Outstanding Nontraditional Student Award
The Commuter and Nontraditional Student Achievement Award at the University of Maine
The Nontraditional Student lounge at the University of California at Santa Barbara
The Owl's Nest study lounge at the Unversity of Georgia
The Nontraditional Student Success Center at Jones County Junior College, Mississippi

Time for this year's ANTSHE conference

The 2009 ANTSHE CONFERENCE is coming up.

Are you a member of ANTSHE? Many on-campus groups are. ANTSHE stands for the Association of Nontraditional Students in Higher Education.

If your campus nontrads group is not a member of ANTSHE, you may want to consider joining in order to meet other nontrads from across the country.

You can also join as a single member.

This year’s conference is going to be held at St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington, March 20-22, 2009.

To find out more, go to the ANTSHE site, http://www.antshe.org/, or to their Conference page at http://www.antshe.org/2009Conference/index.html.