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To support and promote the academic achievement, multicultural competence, social development, civic engagement, and retention of students from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups at Syracuse University.

fullCIRCLE Peer Mentor Applications DEADLINE EXTENSION

DUE February 24 at 12 NOON. 

Applications for 2014-2015!

fullCIRCLE is looking forward to the 2014-2015 academic year, and the time has come to recruit Peer Mentors.  Mentees and mentors are encouraged to apply!  Have a friend that would make a great addition to fullCIRCLE?  Feel free to forward this email to any other students or student groups!
 

What is fullCIRCLE?

fullCIRCLE is a sustainable, multilayered program designed to assist its participants in effectively adjusting to the different challenges of college life, including those that are academic, social, professional and personal in nature, with the goal of retention. The program serves first-year and upper-class students with an emphasis on African American, Asian Pacific Americans, Latino, and Native students. fullCIRCLE promotes academic success, personal development, campus leadership and civic engagement.

Peer mentors are upper-class students who work with one to three first-year students as a mentor, offering guidance, consistent support and serving as a positive role model—critical factors in the mentee’s retention and overall success at SU. Mentors encourage deep connections with students and skill development in the areas of networking and organizational collaboration. Mentors also provide support for academic success and intercultural exchange.

 
Application
To apply to be a Peer Mentor for the 2014-2015 school year, please complete an application at the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/fullCIRCLEPM1415
 

Applications are due February 24 at 12 NOON. 

Please be sure to complete the application now or bookmark the page to complete the application before February 17.

Email fullCIRCLE@syr.edu for any additional questions.

2014 Black History Month Calendar

Click here to download the Black History Month Calendar

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For more information contact Cedric T. Bolton at ctbolton@syr.edy

Brittney Cooper

Brittney Cooper

The Office of Multicultural Affairs, Department of Women and Gender Studies, National Association of Black Journalist, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and Department of African American Studies would like to invite you to the commemorative lecture with Brittney Cooper; assistant professor of women’s and gender studies and Africana studies at Rutgers University and co-founder of the Crunk Feminist Collective. Cooper will speak Feb. 20 at 7 p.m. in the Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium in Newhouse 3. The lecture is free and open to the public. A scholar of Black women's intellectual history, Black feminist thought, and race and gender in popular culture, Cooper writes extensively about both historic and contemporary iterations of black feminist theorizing. Cooper’s first book "Race Women: Gender and the Making of a Black Public Intellectual Tradition" is under review with a major university press. A self-avowed hip hop generation feminist, Cooper also has a forthcoming article on Sapphire's "Push" as a hip hop novel.  Dr. Cooper was recently named to The Root 100—2013, an annual list of top Black influencers, Cooper is committed to doing accessible public scholarship that respects people inside and outside of the academy as knowledge producers. She is a regular contributor to Salon.com, and her cultural commentary has appeared in several publications and online sites, including Ebony.com, TheRoot.com, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, TV Guide, Huffington Post Live, Colorlines.com, NPR and Al Jazeera America.

For more information contact Cedric T. Bolton at ctbolton@syr.edu or 315-443-9676.

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