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2023-2024
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No
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Umoja Peer Mentorship Program
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The Umoja Pilot Program will establish a quarterly program focused on campus belonging and engagement in collaboration with SSI, the CBCRR, BSU and the Umoja club. The quarterly program will equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to their integration on campus through a culturally affirming space so they can flourish socially at UCI. Students will also be equipped with resources and additional campus support that they can utilize to overcome any obstacles they may face throughout their time at UCI. A post-assessment survey will be shared at the end of the quarterly collaboration to find the students confidence in community engagement would have increased by 10-15% from their pre-survey.
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Civic & Community Engagement
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2023-2024
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No
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SOARing for Education Affiliation Program
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Through the Student-Initiated Outreach and Retention programs, UCI volunteers will foster critical dialogue, mentorship, and reimagine the educational system to improve college access, retention, and graduation rates for historically underrepresented and under-resourced communities within the surrounding Orange County and Los Angeles county area.
UNIT OUTCOME: SIO/SIR program volunteers will attend a 3-part workshops series through a train-the-trainer (T4T) model to support high school college mentorship programs.
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Civic & Community Engagement
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2022-2023
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Yes
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SOARing for Education Affiliation Program
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Through the Student-Initiated Outreach and Retention programs, UCI volunteers will foster critical dialogue, mentorship, and reimagine the educational system to improve college access, retention, and graduation rates for historically underrepresented and under-resourced communities within the surrounding Orange County and Los Angeles county area.
UNIT OUTCOME: SIO/SIR program volunteers will attend a 3-part workshops series through a train-the-trainer (T4T) model to support high school college mentorship programs.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: SIO/SIR program volunteers will gain knowledge and understanding to articulate the importance of educational equity, become agents of change as advocates for improving diversity rates and gain public speaking and presentation skills.
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Civic & Community Engagement
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2023-2024
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No
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Cup of SOAR
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A legacy program that originated from the food pantry previously housed in SOAR that helps to address food insecurity and provides students with snacks/breakfast on their way to class. Our Unit Outcome, this coming year is to increase by 10% the number of first-year students that participate in the program as an entry program to learn more about the services of the SOAR Center.
Cup of SOAR participants will be surveyed quarterly for programmatic feedback and to better understand current and developing needs to support student retention.
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Leadership Development
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2022-2023
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Yes
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SOARing for Education Affiliation Program
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The "SOARing for Education" Affiliation program is designed to promote community building amongst different campus registered student organizations and the SOAR Center to work together and uplift the mission and vision of the center.
The SOARing for Education Affiliation program will develop authentic student leaders touching upon the second domain of leadership development where students will be equipped with the tools, skills, and knowledge to execute innovative, student-initiated outreach and retention programs through mentorship and student-led training. SOARing for Education Affiliates will gain problem-solving skills; decision-making skills; project management skills and the ability to incorporate risk management in their program planning for their outreach/retention programs.
Students will be asked to present their project at the end of the academic year which will be rated without a rubric as well as complete a post-survey to assess their self-reported skill development after participating in the program.
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Leadership Development
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2021-2022
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Yes
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SOARing for Education Affiliation Program
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Through the SOARing for Education Affiliation program, participants will learn leadership skills that will allow them to effectively implement their Student-Initiated Outreach and/or Retention programs during the 2021-22 academic year. By June 2022, program participants will showcase/demonstrate their knowledge of skills learned from industry experts and/or SOAR training(s) by implementing 2-3 of these best practices in their outreach/retention programs. Students will be required to present a final presentation using the SOAR Affiliate rubric to demonstrate how they integrated these skills in their programs.
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Leadership Development
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2020-2021
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Yes
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SOARing for Education Affiliation
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The SOARing for Education program will recruit and work closely with approximately 20 registered campus organization student leaders who will collectively learn about best practices in coordinating outreach and retention programs and engage in a critical education dialogue series to understand the importance of the recruitment, retention, and graduation rates for historically underrepresented students in post-secondary education institutions by research attainment rates for their program participants.
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Leadership Development
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2019-2020
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Yes
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SOAR Transformative Leadership Seminar
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Goal 1: Undergraduate students will research various student agency models and be able to articulate through presentations how the SOAR center is part of a system of student empowerment movement in the UC System.
Goal 2: Through guided readings and activities undergraduate students will engage fellow peers on how to build leadership within their organizations/spaces that empower student voice to advocate for educational equity and access and create transformational change in our communities.
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Leadership Development
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2019-2020
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Yes
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SOARing for Education Affiliation Program
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Goal 1: Recruit approximately 15 RCO’s (audience) into the SOARing for Education Affiliation Program who will establish a relationship (behavior) with the SOAR center to receive mentorship and guidance (condition) to gain knowledge on best practices in implementing outreach and retention programs both on and off campus (demonstration).
Goal 2: SOAR student staff will be trained to implement & assess the needs of student leaders and organizations, facilitate monthly meetings addressing those needs, and to gather data to measure student learning outcomes.
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Leadership Development
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2023-2024
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No
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SOAR Student Staff & intern professional development
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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Student staff and interns will be invited to participate in workshops that may include career panels, networking opportunities with alumni, time management, non-violent communication, restorative justice, program budget management, supervisory skills, communication/presentation skills and diversity, equity and inclusion training. Student staff and interns, will learn how to manage program budgets, develop communication and presentation skills, and gain opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2022-2023
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Yes
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SOAR Student Staff & intern professional development
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STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Student staff and interns will be invited to participate in workshops that may include career panels, networking opportunities with alumni, time management, non-violent communication, restorative justice, program budget management, supervisory skills, communication/presentation skills and diversity, equity and inclusion training. Student staff and interns, will learn how to manage program budgets, develop communication and presentation skills, and gain opportunities to develop their leadership skills.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2021-2022
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Yes
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SOAR's Graduate Access Preparation program (GAPP)
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The GAPP program will enroll a cohort of 20 undergraduate students that identify as low-income, first generation, or students from historically underrepresented communities into a 1.3 unit course seminar to learn about the graduate application process, how to financially support their graduate education, and key aspects of the statement of purpose. By June 2022 70% of the program cohort will develop a final portfolio presentation outlining the graduate program they choose to pursue, the application steps, their financial options, and upload a draft copy of their personal statement as proof of course completion.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2020-2021
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Yes
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Graduate Access Prep Program (GAPP)
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The GAPP program will engage 20-30 undergraduate students that identify as low-income, first generation, or students from historically underrepresented communities to participate in and complete a 3-part workshop series to learn:
1. The Graduate application process for graduate school,
2. How to financially support their graduate education, and
3. The role that mentorship plays in being successful in graduate school.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2020-2021
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Yes
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Pathfinder Peer Educator Program
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The Pathfinder Peer Educator Program will serve 40 students for the 2020-21 academic year that are either Low Income/First Generation through a peer-to-peer consultation model. The students will learn about resources at UCI that support the five areas of retention:
1. Social/Emotional & mental health supports
2. Campus Belonging
3. Professional/leadership development
4. Financial wellness
5. Academic supports
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2019-2020
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Yes
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Pathfinder Peer Educator Program
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Goal 1: Serve 75 students for the 2019-20 academic year that are either Low Income/First Generation through the Pathfinder Peer-to-Peer Consultation model.
Goal 2: Develop 7 Pathfinder Peer Educators with the skills, knowledge, and training to effectively coach/mentor Pathfinder Program Participants on how to identify student needs and connect them to the appropriate resources on campus.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2019-2020
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Yes
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Graduate School Preparation Program
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Goal 1: 20-30 undergraduate students from historically underrepresented communities (audience) will have completed the 3-part workshop series (condition) and be able to articulate (behavior) through a post evaluation (demonstration) the steps required to apply for graduate school.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2018-2019
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Yes
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Pathfinders Training
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Over a course of a ten week training in the Fall quarter, the SOAR Center Pathfinders will be introduced to the 10-step consultation model, and at the conclusion of training, Pathfinders will be able to demonstrate following and tracking the use of this model in their peer consultations with students in the Winter and Spring quarters.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2018-2019
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Yes
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Student Staff Training
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During the summer student staff training, SOAR Center student staff will increase their knowledge of retention barriers and challenges faced by first-generation, low-income, underrepresented and underserved students in higher education, and be able to articulate 5 specific retention barriers and campus resources available to help students overcome these barriers.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2017-2018
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Yes
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SOAR Pathways Program
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SOAR Peer Educators (Pathfinders) in the SOAR Pathways program will demonstrate their ability to follow the 10 step consultation model in their consultations with student constituents.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2017-2018
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Yes
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SOAR Staff Training
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SOAR student staff in the staff training, will demonstrate an increased knowledge of the challenges faced by first-generation, low-income, underrepresented and underserved students in higher education by stating five challenges and the campus resources available to help them overcome these challenges in their end of training presentations.
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Professional & Administrative Skills
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2023-2024
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No
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SOAR Pathfinder Peer Educator Program
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The SOAR Center’s Pathfinder Program will develop one quarterly program that supports about 80-90 Gateway Scholars socio-emotional wellness so that they can academically and socially thrive at UCI. Students will learn about resources and other UCI support services that they can utilize to address any issues that they may encounter throughout their academic careers at UCI.
Through pre/post surveys conducted at the beginning of the academic year and again at the end of the year we will assess students' perception of their own socio-emotional / mental wellness to improve by 5% from last year.
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Personal Responsibility
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2023-2024
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No
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Immigrant Resiliency Fellowship program (IRF)
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IRF: The Immigrant Resilience Fellowship (IRF) is a retention scholarship focused program that helps program participants develop skills necessary to be academically successful.
UNIT OUTCOMES: Participants must meet quarterly with SOAR mentor fellows and develop an individual plan of action for academic success, attend a minimum of 7 LARC sessions or 4 writing tutoring sessions, attend professor office hours once per quarter, and meet once with an academic counselor.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Students will develop self-efficacy and system of support to advocate for resources and develop self confidence in their ability to improve academic goals
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Personal Responsibility
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2023-2024
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No
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SOAR's Graduate Access Preparation program (GAPP)
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The GAPP program seeks to improve the diversity rates of the graduate school pipeline by supporting students that identify as low-income, first generation, or students from historically underrepresented communities through the application process.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: The GAPP program will explore the impact that the GAP program has as an intervention to improve participants' knowledge growth, confidence building, self-efficacy, and sense of support as a result of participating in the program.
1) Are students gaining knowledge acquisition as a result of the intervention?
2) Are students developing self-awareness as a result of the intervention?
3) Are students demonstrating practical competence as a result of the intervention?
4) Are students able to gain interpersonal competence skills as a result of the intervention
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Personal Responsibility
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2022-2023
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Yes
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Immigrant Resiliency Fellowship program (IRF)
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The Immigrant Resilience Fellowship (IRF) is a retention scholarship focused program that helps program participants develop skills necessary to be academically successful.
UNIT OUTCOMES: Participants must meet quarterly with SOAR mentor fellows and develop an individual plan of action for academic success, attend a minimum of 7 LARC sessions or 4 writing tutoring sessions, attend professor office hours once per quarter, and meet once with an academic counselor.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOME: Student will develop self-efficacy and system of support to advocate for resources and develop self confidence in their ability to improve academic goals.
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Personal Responsibility
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2022-2023
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Yes
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SOAR's Graduate Access Preparation program (GAPP)
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The GAPP program seeks to improve the diversity rates of the graduate school pipeline by supporting students that identify as low-income, first generation, or students from historically underrepresented communities through the application process.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES: The GAPP program will explore the impact that the GAP program has as an intervention to improve participants' knowledge growth, confidence building, self-efficacy, and sense of support as a result of participating in the program.
1) Are students gaining knowledge acquisition as a result of the intervention?
2) Are students developing self-awareness as a result of the intervention?
3) Are students demonstrating practical competence as a result of the intervention?
4) Are students able to gain interpersonal competence skills as a result of the intervention
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Personal Responsibility
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2021-2022
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Yes
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Pathfinder-Peer-Educator Program
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Through a collaborative effort between Student Success Initiatives (SSI) and the Student Outreach & Retention (SOAR) Center, our Pathfinder Peer Educators will support 60 students identifying as low income, first generation, or historically underrepresented through a peer-to-peer consultation model. 65% of students will learn about UCI campus resources that support the five areas of retention (academic success, financial wellness, mental health, professional development/leadership & campus belonging and engagement) through attending at least one program or peer-to-peer consultation with their mentor.
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Personal Responsibility
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