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Second Year Experience:
Second Year students are an important component to the residential learning experience here at JMU. Second year students can be positive role models for our first year students but we also recognize that returning students have their own special needs.
Our goals include:
- Providing academic support to sophomore students
- Creating connections to James Madison University
- Supporting the Office of Residence Life mission by “designing and maintaining a caring environment that encourages academic success, personal growth and responsibility to one’s community.” (ORL Mission Statement)
We want upper-class students to see the resident advisers first and foremost as a resource. We ask the staff to have structured conversations with each upper-class resident to get to know them and to better meet individual needs. We also strive to help students become appropriately and positively connected to JMU resources.
We offer programs in the halls for upper-class students created by the Career and Academic Planning (CAP) office that meet student needs based on national research. Some of these topics include:
- CAP and what it has for you
- Study and intern abroad
- Goal setting
- Building your resume
- Summer internships
- Networking and interviewing
- Employer presentation & etiquette dinner
We want our sophomore students to be able to enjoy their second year of living on campus as much as their first. All though the newness of JMU maybe gone; the opportunities are still endless.
Our Mission Statement
Photos
Trelawny Learning Community members take a road trip to Washington D.C. National Zoo
Roop Learning Community members take a trip to Kings Dominion in VA for a day filled with fun and physics study.
