Our First Year - Columbia College Chicago
The Mission of the Peer Support Program is to increase the success and retention rates of first-year Columbia College Chicago students. The program connects first-year students with upper-class peer mentors. Peer mentors coordinate opportunities for students to become acclimated to the campus and Chicago area, as well as to develop their personal, academic, social and cultural experiences through programming and guidance. This podcast is filled with advice and experiences of students on how they navigated their transition to Columbia.
Podcasting since 2021 • 28 episodes
Our First Year - Columbia College Chicago
Latest Episodes
27. What if we say the wrong thing?
In our work of community peer support in diversity and inclusion, we believe it is so important to understand how we respond to saying the “wrong thing”. In this new episode of “Our First Year”, Mar and special guest I’Ja discuss how they respo...
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26. Growing Pains
Learning to set boundaries, realizing what you can and cannot control, processing emotions, and navigating a brand new city: all of these are part of the this episode discussing the “growing pains” of being someone new at Columbia College Chica...
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25. Title IX Awareness
As part of our "what is it...?" series, we wanted to answer the question , “What is Title IX ?” Learn about office that supports advocacy work on campus and resources available to students.
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