Carolina Millennial Scholars

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About the Carolina Millennial Scholars Program (CMSP)

CMSP is a comprehensive program that invites enrolled minority male students to join a cohort of scholars in a specially designed program to promote academic and professional success. Scholars will be assigned a faculty/staff mentor according to their academic majors or interests (i.e., social sciences, natural sciences and mathematics, arts and humanities, business, communication, public health, journalism, etc.). CMSP will focus on:

Success - Scholars will take part in a series of seminars and workshops aimed at providing resources and personal development during their first year at Carolina.
Networking - Scholars will meet and engage Carolina faculty, administrators, and alumni and other community leaders
Community - Scholars will meet other minority college males on campus and participate in outreach activities
The scholar - The Carolina Millennial Scholars Program is designed to recruit, connect, and support minority college males in ways that lead to retention and graduation.

CMSP is supported by a grant from the UNC General Administration and Diversity and Multicultural Affairs.

CMSP Objectives

The Carolina Millennial Scholars Program, or CMSP, aims to enhance student life and learning among first-year undergraduate and transfer minority males and, more specifically:

Increasing the overall learning experience of minority male students through the second year;
Increasing persistence and graduation rates among minority male freshmen and first-year transfers beyond the first year
Facilitating the participation of minority males in high-impact activities (e.g., study abroad and undergraduate research), which have a positive impact on retention and graduation;
Assisting program participants in forming connections through workshops, faculty and staff mentors, Carolina alumni, and community members;
Providing professional, academic, social, and cultural development;
Engaging minority male youth (K-12) and community colleges in an effort to promote service while attracting students to UNC-Chapel Hill; and
Creating a diverse and inclusive campus climate, which advances learning and critical thinking across all students.

Campus Partners

Office of Undergraduate Retention | studentsuccess.unc.edu
Center for Student Success and Academic Counseling | cssac.unc.edu/
Institutional Research and Assessment | oira.unc.edu
New Student and Carolina Parent Programs | nscpp.unc.edu
Undergraduate Admissions | admissions.unc.edu
Carolina Covenant | www.unc.edu/carolinacovenant
Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid | studentaid.unc.edu
Student Life and Activities | uncstudentorgs.collegiatelink.net/organizations
Housing and Residential Education | housing.unc.edu/residence-life
Carolina Leadership Development | leadership.unc.edu
Academic Advising Program | advising.unc.edu

CMSP Staff

Marco Barker, PhD, CMSP Director
Sr. Director for Education, Operations, and Initiatives

Ada Wilson, JD, CMSP Co-Director
Director for Inclusive Student Excellence

Josmell Perez, MA, Co-Director
Coordinator for Multicultural Programs and Carolina Latina/o Collaborative

Contact CMSP

Email: cmsp@unc.edu

More Information | Contact Recruitment and Multicultural Programs at (919) 843-6086 or by email.

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