MSA supports academic achievement and helps students build strong connections through its student services. It offers a variety of activities and experiences that encourage learning and involvement in campus life. These services are open to all students and include direct support and coordination of both individual and group programs that promote engagement with the college environment and academic success.
The goals of MSA are to:
- Support access to higher education for students pursuing academic advancement.
- Promote development of academic and social skills necessary for college and career success.
- Assist in the process for evaluating educational documents and skills attained in other countries.
- Provide guidance to help students attain a college degree.
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Facilitate successful transfer to a four-year institution.
Student Resource Liaison
You can schedule an in-person meeting or over-the-phone conversation. We want to ensure that students feel welcomed and honored in whatever identity they hold.
Aurora Medina Zwick
Manager, English Language Learner Center/Student Resource Liaison
Multicultural Student Affairs
(708) 974-5718
zwick@morainevalley.edu
In addition to forming collaborative partnerships with other divisions on campus to co-sponsor students and community activities, MSA has specific programmatic initiatives, which include:
- Academic Coaching
- Transfer assistance
- Computerized scholarship information search and career planning assistance
- Educational planning resources (i.e. references, college catalogs, college applications, videos, and transfer guides)
- Hosting representatives from sister colleges and universities
- Faculty/staff mentoring program
- Peer (student) mentoring and study groups
- Personal enrichment workshops
- University field trips
- Educational and social activities.
- High school recruitment
- Sponsoring student organizations
- ESL Bridge
Questions? Contact MSA at (708) 974-5475 or at stewarta@morainevalley.edu. The Multicultural Student Affairs office is located in Building S, Room S216.
