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CSN CAMPUS COHORTS

CSN CAMPUS COHORTS. Presenters: Bersabel Woldemariam , Eric Guico and Sungwon Chung. Our Goal and Mission. The goal of the CSN Campus Cohort Program is to create an on-campus peer support group that provides community building and personal development opportunities.

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CSN CAMPUS COHORTS

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  1. CSN CAMPUS COHORTS Presenters: BersabelWoldemariam, Eric Guico and Sungwon Chung

  2. Our Goal and Mission • The goal of the CSN Campus Cohort Program is to create an on-campus peer support group that provides community building and personal development opportunities. • The mission of the CSN Campus Cohort Program is to provide participating students with resources to ensure persistence, ultimately resulting in the successful completion of a post-secondary degree.

  3. Structure • 2 student coordinators at 5 campuses • UC Berkeley • UC San Diego • UC Davis • San Francisco State University • City College of San Francisco • Planning and Oversight “Cohorts Committee” • Program Coordinator

  4. 4Persistence Strategies • Academic Success • Career Readiness • Financial Planning • Social and Personal Development

  5. Academic and Career Readiness • Programs: • Learning Communities • Tutoring • On-Track Enrollment • Faculty-Student Interaction • Internships

  6. Financial Planning • Programs: • FAFSA/Financial Aid • Financial Literacy/Budgeting

  7. Social and Personal Development • “Socialize” issues rather than “Internalize” • Historically underrepresented students at universities face a culture shock. Many students cite alienation and difficulty navigating student services when they need help as reasons for dropping out.

  8. Social and Personal Development • Programs: • Transition Program • Peer-Mentorship • Student Organizations • “Soft Skills” • Self-Advocacy • Resilience/Grit • Community Building

  9. Schedule

  10. Statewide Collaboration • Bay Area CSN • 1part time coordinator • 2 Student Leaders trained before the school year starts • Partner organizations support through an advisory committee • UC Davis • 2 Coordinators collaborate • 2 upperclassmen leaders trained before school year starts, 2 underclassmen leaders support • EBCF provides one staff person to support along with CSN Coordinator • SoCal CAN • 1 part time coordinator • 2 Student Leaders identified as the year progresses • Partner organizations provide one staff person to lead students at a school

  11. Connecting Scholars to Each Other and the Program Having lunch with new and continuing scholars at UC Davis

  12. Collecting and Entering Data

  13. Supporting the Cohort Leaders Sung talking to Katherine Zepeda, UCB Cohort Leader

  14. Connecting with Campus Resources Sam Blanco, Director of UCD ETS, at the East Bay College Fund Retreat 2011

  15. Student Engagement, Buy-in, Relationship Building UCD Cohort Meeting on Health

  16. UCB Cohort Meeting on Choosing Majors

  17. Challenges and Changes from Last Year

  18. Things that Happened (Events and Meetings) UCB Cohort Meeting on Choosing Majors

  19. Utilizing Social Media

  20. Engagement and Messaging • Messaging: Why Cohorts? • Cycle of Socialization (B. Harro) • Pedagogy of the Oppressed (P. Freire) • The Puzzle of Minority Underachievement (Massey, Douglas, et al.) • The Student-Initiated Retention Project: Theoretical Contributions and the Role of Self-Empowerment (Maldonado, David, et al.) • Asset Based Community Development • GROW Strategy Chart • A Primer on Intersectionality (K. Crenshaw) • Critical Liberation Theory (B. Love, K. DeJong)

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