Well-Being Programming
Office/Department: CMSS
Supervisor: Rebeca Barge
Number of positions: 1
Mission Statement: The Center for Multicultural Student Services provides educational and celebratory programs and services that support an inclusive campus community in which members value diversity within themselves and others.
Functional Areas:
- College student development
- Challenge and support of students and student groups
- Multiculturalism and inclusion
- Training and development of student groups/organizations
- Supervision of student staff teams
- Teambuilding: 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
- Use of technology
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:
- Multiculturalism and inclusion
- Training and development of student groups/organizations
- Supervision of student staff teams
- Teambuilding: 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
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:
- Identity Development Theories: (Racial, White, Minority, Sexual, Gender, Ability, Religious, Social Class)
- Psychosocial Developmental Theories: (Chickering)
- Cognitive Developmental Theories: (Perry, Kolhberg, Belenky, Gilligan)
- Typology: (Jung, Myers Briggs)
- Counseling Theories
Students assigned to this site will be able to participate in the following assessment and/or evaluation projects:
- Weekly one on one meetings with direct supervisor for ongoing department assessment efforts
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:
- Arrive early in August for CMSS Staff Training (Aug 10th)
- Create and maintain a 20 hour per week schedule designed to meet assistantship requirements
- Support the mission of CMSS, Student Affairs, and JMU
- Assist in overseeing the CMSS Social Media plan by scheduling posts on educational topics, history months, awareness days, and staff features for each semester.
- Assist in the planning of community building and belonging programming and events (Open Houses, Dukes Care Day, Midnight Garden Prom, tabling, and Awards & Academic Recognition Banquet)
- Assist CMSS staff with events and programs relating to four functional areas (Multicultural Programming 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, etc.
- Assist with occasional presentations and panels relating to multicultural programs
- Assist with representing department at resource fairs and other events
- 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:
CMSS encourages and fosters an inclusive work environment for all students and staff to bring their authentic selves. We build community and share our lives regularly, so we can stay in this important and often changing work.
