OMA Mentorship Program

Purpose

The purpose of the Office of Multicultural Affairs Mentorship Program at West Chester University (WCU) is to assist first-year students of African, Asian, Latino, and Native American (multicultural) descent in making a successful transition to WCU.

The program, which is open to all first-year and transfer multicultural students, aims to empower individual student participants by providing them with a member of WCU's faculty/staff and multicultural student body who will guide, offer information, and support the student throughout his/her initial year of enrollment.

Our office strongly believes that the contributions of a faculty/staff member and a multicultural student who has earned 24 or more credits will result in a significant increase in the number of multicultural students achieving success at WCU, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Design

The OMA Mentorship Program consists of three basic components. The first component is the faculty/staff mentor. The second component is comprised of the student peer mentors. Mentors on each level strive to assist one first-year multicultural student in his/her academic, career, personal, and social endeavors during their initial year of enrollment at WCU. The third, and most important component is the first-year multicultural student, the focus of the program.

OMA Mentorship Program Activities

Some of the activities involved in the program are: