Program orientation with faculty mentors and student mentees.

Program introduction: Study tools, time management, and making changes to your schedule.

Monthly workshops with topics such as financial literacy, navigating the academic landscape, career planning, restorative justice, etc.

Monthly 1:1 and/or small group meetings with student mentees and faculty/staff mentors.

Celebration of Africana Studies and UNM Black Faculty.

Monthly themes for thought and discussion.

Examples: 

Theme: Overcoming challenges
Falling down, and getting back up! What to do when you feel you have faltered and how to get back on track. 

Prompt: Discuss a time that you overcame a challenge as an undergrad student. What are your favorite UNM resources that can support our students aiming to get back on track or to advance their academic success?

Theme: Financial Capability
As undergraduate students and beyond.

Prompt: Did your socioeconomic status impact your undergrad experiences and your decision to go to graduate school? How? How did you face financial constraints as undergrads and how did you pay for grad school. What are lessons you would like to pass along?

Africana Studies and HHMI Reception.

Break out groups by area of study.

Presentation on mental health resources and library resources.

Presentation by AASS and SHAC on coping, social media activism, and being proactive during election season.