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Dorms have become increasingly less social also. Nothing like no AC or internet back in the day to force you to socialize.

Biggest thing from recent experience is to get to know the people around her in dorm.

Spike squad would be a great social tool.

I am not up on all the social or interest clubs.

Meddling is still your job!

Definitely keep meddling. You need to be supportive and make sure she doesn’t go off the deep end one way or another.

There are a million clubs, groups, events, etc to get involved no matter your interests. Encourage her to meet as many girls in the dorm as possible. Try to attend all the dorm events, freshman events, etc as possible. She will certainly get into a group of girls before her first day of class.

Reach out to her often. She’s still your girl. Ask about things and keep encouraging her. Thousands of girls like her go off to freshman year of college. She will be fine

Athens dorm life is less social than it used to be. One of mine worked for the football team and was involved with other stuff and the other did sorority. Both also were involved with academic clubs and stuff like that. Bottom line, it can be as much or as little as you make it.

She can also look outside of UGA for local interests.

Give her room to fly but also stay in touch.

I’ll be reaching out often. I can break away and will be around for weekend visits if she’s not busy. My sister is already primed to go see her a few times a week if she needs. I guess I’ll always meddle, but I don’t want to be the dad that hovers, also can’t be the one to not.

I never did dorm living. I moved straight into River Mill.

We found common interests /compromise with the girls across the hall (we'd watch Melrose Place over there and they'd watch Law and Order at our apartment).

Trivia nights. Dancing/bar hopping. Sight seeing / day hikes in the area.

Find new people. Try new things. If something is too awkward, don't go back. But now you know.

I worked my way through college, and had work friends over a lot as well. Restaurants are a great way to meet new people (coworkers and regulars).

One of the campus church groups.

On the one hand it’s good to challenge oneself to get out of the comfort zone.

Otoh it’s probably ok to just be herself and be shy. There are probably dozens or hundreds of shy folks in every uga class who do just fine.

From someone who just did this, your worries are unfounded. Soon you will wish she called more

Man, I remember that first quarter I moved into Hill Hall June of 1990. I was so homesick I could hardly move. Luckily the dorms then were great. Everyone kept their door open and we just hung out and played guitar and listened to music. Once fall rolled around a bunch of my friends started joining fraternities and I had decided it wasn't for me. I went to some of the Church groups on campus like Baptist Student Union which was cool. My nephew did the Wesley foundation. I was living in Myers at the time which was not a social dorm. I switched to Russell Hall and a group of us on our hall become really tight and are still friends to this day. One other thing to look at are the academic fraternities; they have varying levels of social activities. I joined the Business frat which was basically like a co-ed frat. My niece did some type of international studies frat which she really liked. The other thing that a friend of mine did that was really fun was GORP(Georgia outdoor recreation program). They did a lot of outdoor activities and trips. Then there is also intramural sports.