Parent University

Preparing Students for College & Beyond with Micki Meyer

Friday, April 11 – 8:45 to 10:30 am – Whitaker Auditorium

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This informative session will provide valuable insights on equipping children of all ages with the real-world skills they need to thrive in college and life.

More about Micki: Micki Meyer serves as the Lord Family Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs for Engagement & Dean of Rollins Gateway at Rollins College. For more than 20 years, she has been dedicated to fostering student success through service learning, leadership initiatives, and student engagement. Her work has been instrumental in preparing students to become responsible global citizens, and she recently played a key role in the renovation and re-opening of Kathleen W. Rollins Hall, creating an innovative space for student development.

Character Before Career: Give Your Child the Gift of Resilience with Dr. Kathy Koch

This event is being postponed. A new date is forthcoming.

More about Kathy: Dr. Kathy Koch (“cook”) is the Founder of Celebrate Kids, a Christian ministry based in Fort Worth, TX. She has influenced thousands of parents, teachers, and children in over 25 countries through keynote messages, seminars, chapels, and other events. She speaks in Christian schools, churches, pregnancy resource centers, and for various organizations, including regular presentations for Care Net, Summit Ministries, the Colson Center, and Teach Them Diligently. Dr. Kathy offers practical, relevant, and spiritual-centered insights and strategies for parents and educators so they have more hope in God, celebrate kids as Jesus did, and guide children to develop biblical character and healthy relationships so they flourish in life.

The Parents’ Playbook: Help Your Team Avoid Online Mistakes with Lori W. Smith, Esq.

More About Lori: Lori Smith is a partner in the Orlando law firm of Zimmerman, Kiser, and Sutcliffe, where she has practiced law since graduating from the University of Florida Levin College of Law in 1995. Over the past 29 years, Lori has built a boutique practice as a private education lawyer, providing legal expertise to independent schools throughout Florida. For the past 12 years, she has been a frequent lecturer on social media usage by teens and tweens, drawing on her experience guiding independent schools through disciplinary actions involving social media. Speaking around the country with her popular presentations on the most common mistakes Teens and Tweens make online, it’s Lori’s goal to give teens straightforward, timely, real-world examples of how social media mistakes can impact their future. Lori also speaks to parents, educating them on the social media habits of teens and teaching them how to be social media savvy parents of today’s “digital natives.”