DEEP Impact GA
Office/Department:  Center for Multicultural Student Services
Supervisor:  Rebeca Barge
Number of positions:  1 

Mission Statement:  The Center for Multicultural Student Services (CMSS) is an integral part of the student experience at James Madison University. CMSS strives to support campus through dialogue, leadership experiences and celebrations beyond the classroom that honor and value multiple identities. 

Functional Areas:  Cultural Programming and Awareness, Student Support, Leadership Development, Recruitment and Retention, Support with hiring, training and development of DEEP Impact Peer Educators. Assist in supervising the team of Peer Educators.Support with execution of DEEP Dialogues, Outreaches, and Tabling 

Students who participate in this experience will gain an understanding of student affairs as a profession and the influence student affairs has on contemporary higher education through the following tasks and activities:

• Challenge and support of students and student groups
• Multiculturalism and inclusion
• Training and development of student groups/organizations
• Supervision of student staff teams
• Team building: planning and implementation
• Event planning: marketing, management, and logistics
• Participation in departmental committees and projects
• Collaboration across university departments
• Attendance at departmental and divisional meetings
• Managing change in an organization
• Navigating organizational structure and hierarchy
• Communication within an organization/department

Students who participate in this experience will be exposed to the purposeful application of the following student development, career development, counseling, and/or organizational theories:

• Psychosocial Developmental Theories: (Chickering)
• Cognitive Developmental Theories: (Perry, Kolhberg, Belenky, Gilligan)
• Typology: (Jung, Myers Briggs)
• Identity Development Theories: (Racial, White, Minority, Sexual, Gender, Ability,
• Religious, Social Class, Multiple)
• Counseling Theories

Students assigned to this site will be able to participate in the following assessment and/or evaluation projects:

• Weekly one on one consultation meetings with direct supervisor to cover assessment efforts in CMSS

Students who participate in this experience will be evaluated and provided on-going feedback in the following ways

• Weekly one on one consultation meetings with direct supervisor
• Periodic theory to practice meetings with additional staff members as needed

Specific expectations of students assigned to this site include:

• Supervise the team of undergraduate Peer Educators
• Support the mission of CMSS, Student Affairs and JMU
• Assist CMSS staff with events and programs relating to four functional areas
• (Multicultural Programming, Student Leadership, Student Support and Advocacy, and
• DEEP Impact)
• Support assigned pro staff lead on major calendar programs such as CMSS Annual Open
• House, Multicultural Student Leadership Summit, Homecoming Step Show and events,
• MLK Celebration Week, Multicultural Student Leadership Awards Ceremony, etc.
• Support with hiring, training and development of DEEP Impact Diversity Educators
• Support with execution of DEEP Dialogues, Outreaches, and tabling
• Represent department occasionally at university functions, such as CHOICES
• Perform designated tasks and maintain records and files in a timely, organized and
• professional manner
• Adhere to budget guidelines for any/all projects
• Attend CMSS weekly staff meetings, supervision meetings, and other assigned student
• organization and CMSS functions
• Fulfill other duties as assigned by the Director, Associate or Assistant Directors of the
• Center

Additional information:

Highly engaging and collaborative office, welcoming authentic expressions of each GA and staff that work with us! We have fun, we debrief, we work together to care for students in a tumultuous climate of the university and our country.