| Show 6W The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday December 7 1986 L of U at ingle parents Parent Student at the University of Utah” was recently published by WRC and is available to single parents free if picked up at the center located in the U of U Union Building Otherwise the booklet is $2 with a $1 charge for mailing “I started looking arouhd and found a lot of the services single parents can useare hidden away and not given much exposure Single parents usually don’t have the time traditional students do to develop an informal information network” Dr Purrington said “The university is set up for 18 year olds not for those with the added complications of a family ” Information that she considers particularly important includes admission requirements financial aid availability and how to apply for grants or student loans without disturbing social assistance allocations Sections are included on child-car- e options and recommendations on situation evaluating a child-car- e low-cocommunity services available government social services and finally a chapter on “Strategies and Changes” with recommendations of students “successful” single-pare- nt goal-orient- “Non-tradition- single-pare- stu- nt dents are probably some of the gutsiest and brightest students around the university” said Stayner Landward U of U director of admissions “Facing great obstacles single-parestudents undertake an enormous task and they succeed I have tremendous respect for their perseverance and strength” said Jeanne Mitchell Lee WRC counseling coordinator As part of the PSPS Ms Lee has conducted some workshops for single parents including one on “Surviving the Holidays” The workshop is designed to help single parents break new ones traditions and for their “new” family Recognizing families often are that single-parestruggling financially the workshop participants consider ways to enjoy the holidays with less expense “It’s especially painful for single parents whether they are single as widows or divorced during the first year they are alone It’s hard to plan the holidays m a way that will be joyful for them and their children" nt st A recurrent suggestion of single parents who have made it through the university is to seek and accept help “A lot of single-parestudents are embarrassed to look for help They think they should be able to do everyThe ‘successful’ thing themselves ones are those who have asked for and accepted help” said Dr Purrington adding that she likes to define that with the term "productive ” A final “Surviving the Holidays” workshop is scheduled Dec 11 from noon to 1 p m at the WRC For the upcoming winter quarter Dr Purrington said several new programs for single parents will be initiated A support group for college students a category m which many single parents fall Will be established as will programs' In coordination with student family housing where parents can attend discussions while children are invited to see a movie Finaneial-ai- d workshops where assistance is provided filling out grant and loan applications also will be repeated Child care is provided during the PSPS workshops by members of Pi Beta Phi sorority although parents have to call ahead to make arrangements Part-tim- e WRC employee and single parent Susan Seavers is working as a network coordinator for single parents as part of PSPS Besides establishing a support group for the U of U’s single-parepopulation estimated at 10 percent of 2500 students Ms Seavers also is available Mondays through Thursdays from noon to 3 p m to provide information to exparent callers A baby-sittin- g is the works in change according to Dr Purrington Her ultimate goal as the singleparent project coordinator is to give information and find providers of services that thistsegment of the university population needs Input from those involved is welcome “We would really like to hear from single parents If they have concerns they want addressed we can look at those” the rewards they get from persevering “I finished an M A and a Ph D as a single parent with two children I had student as an unbeen a straight-dergraduate When I went back to school I had to decide that a B was good enough That took a lot of stress out of my life” Single-parestudents as a group are successful m college Most want better lives for their families and as and dedia result are cated to meeting those goals said Dr Purrington Other professors counselors and university officials agree “How to Be a Successful Single By Nancy Hobbs Tribune Lifestyle Writer Dr Beverly Purrington empa-thize- s with the students mostly women who come to her for advice at the University of Utah’s Women’s Resource Center (WRC) J As single parents they face obstacles not the least of which usually is limited financial resources often state support The single parents are in a Catch-2- 2 situation Without an education the best paying jobs available often don't pay enough to meet monthly expenses including day care They’re better off financially to continue receiving state aid and food stamps but it’s not the type of living many want for themselves and their children A college education may be part of the answer Dr Purrington said R’s not easy to suddenly enter a university environment while worrying about pne’s family at home however To succeed the single parent needs support information and services that the traditional university student can do without As coordinator for WRC’s Project on Single Parent Students (PSPS) Dr Purrington speaks from personal experience as well as from working with single parents at the U ofU who have helped identify major problem areas When she came to the Women’s Resource Center last year her initial project was to convene an advisory council of and for single parents From that group’s input Dr Purrington last spring began to compile a booklet of information and services for single parents Field researcher Sam Walker and policy analyst Dr Stacey Oliker did the final writing t et a 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