California State
Polytechnic University, Pomona
Renaissance Scholars
Position Renaissance Scholars (RS) Graduate
Intern I
Program Summary
Student Support and Equity Programs (SSEP) aims to make a positive difference in the lives of students through
high quality programs and services that promote educational opportunity and
support student learning and success. Major programs and service areas include
the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), Summer Bridge, the Undeclared
Student Program, and Renaissance Scholars.
Renaissance Scholars is a comprehensive academic support program that empowers former foster
youth through higher education. The program provides a broad range of services
and experiences that support transition and success, enabling youth to become
educated and engaged citizens.
Duties and
Responsibilities:
Under direct supervision, the RS Graduate
Intern I will assist the Renaissance Scholars staff as follows:
- Meet regularly with an assigned group of students; track their academic, financial aid and personal budgets; establish, in consultation with the RS Team, intervention plans to assist students experiencing academic and or personal difficulties; make appropriate referrals to on and off campus resources.
- Assist with maintenance of student files; keep record of individual advising contacts, referrals, and follow-up activities for reporting and evaluation.
- Assist with the creation of an off-campus resources binder that will include ILP Services, transitional housing service, etc.
- Support the planning and facilitation of the First Year and Senior Seminar workshops; follow up with students who miss a session; assist in data collection for program assessment.
- Participate in the coordination of the group community service projects for Winter/ Spring 2014
- Provide support with existing RS projects as needed (ex: Celebration of Excellence, Fall Welcome, Annual Retreat, Summer Bridge, etc).
- Assist with outreach and recruitment for program application/admission process for 2015.
- Assist with ongoing assessment and development projects for Renaissance Scholars as needed.
- Aid in the development and facilitation a new RS projects (Ex: Peer Mentoring, Financial Literacy, etc)
- Meet regularly with the RS Team; follow up on action items as appropriate.
- Participate in staff meetings, advisor meetings, in-service training sessions, retreats and planning sessions as appropriate.
- And other tasks and needed
Requirements &
Qualifications
Must
be currently enrolled in their 1st year in a Master’s program with
an emphasis in Social Work, Student Development/Higher Education, Counseling,
or related degree. Must be skilled with using MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Must have
experience in collaborating with diverse groups of students, staff and faculty.
Commitment: 15-20 hours a
week. Occasional evenings and weekends required. For: FIELD WORK COMPLETION
If
interested in this position please e-mail a resume and letter of
interest titled “Intern Position” to :
Makeda
Bostic @ 909-869-3169 or mdbostic@csupomona.edu
