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Student supports

Keep moving: It's Student Success Week

March 2 – 6 is Student Success week at UM.

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This is a week dedicated to connecting you with a wide range of events, supports, resources and workshops to help you finish the academic year strong. Whether it’s academic, career, health and wellness or finding community, use this week to explore the many services designed to help you!

First year student or third year student, arts student or nursing student, you are welcome. - Just show up as you are.

Kaitlyn Raven, a member of the SEAD team

The Student Experience and Development (SEAD) and Shir Gonzales (Peer program framework specialist) have organized a scavenger hunt to help you find some of these services through friendly competition. Along the way, you will uncover peer programs found in five areas of Student Affairs. Peer programs are where you can find support, community, and insights from more experienced students who have navigated the same challenges. If you haven’t visited any of the many UM peer supports before, now is the perfect time to learn where they are and how they can help. Student Success Week is more than just academic supports. It’s geared towards building connections and finding a sense of belonging while you complete your studies.

Some other highlights include:

The Employer Advice Café – Connect one-on-one with employers to gain insight into the world of work from 1:30 to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3 in IQ’s Café and Billiards.

Integrating Sources: Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing – Spend time learning how to create, and creating your own, paraphrases with feedback from ALC staff on Wednesday, March 4 from 2 to 3 p.m. in the Drake Centre

Attend a virtual Job Search workshop on Friday, March 6 from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. to learn how to build a strategy for your job search and identify potential employers of interest.

Take a look at all the Student Success Week events.

How does the scavenger hunt work?

From 8:30 a.m. on March 4 through 12 p.m. on March 5, pick up your lanyard and physical map at the Connection Desk at University Centre. On both days, stations are open from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with peers ready at each location to guide participants through the quest. Complete a station, earn a pin for your lanyard and one step closer to a ticket for the grand prize draw. Visit all five and walk away with a full set of pins.

Return to the SEAD office (225 UMSU University Centre) to complete the final quest and seal your adventure.

Beyond the grand prize, participants who complete the hunt walk away with access to a full directory of all 28 peer programs operating across UM – a resource that stays useful long after Student Success Week end

The grand prize draw will take place on Friday, March 13. The winner will be notified by email to their student email account.

Register before March 3

You can sign up online with your student email before end of day March 3. Space is limited. Those who miss the deadline can visit the Connection Desk at University Centre for late registration inquiries.
 

Here are some of the peer programs available to you—whether you’re looking for support or are interested in supporting your peers:

  • Sustainability Ambassadors are peers who support students passionate about the environment in learning how to incorporate more sustainable actions into their day-to-day lives.
  • Volunteer Notetakers are essential peers who share their notes with students who have academic accommodations related to notetaking and access to course materials.
  • The Healthy Relationships Workshop is a resource where students can learn from peer facilitators about shared consent, sexual violence, and boundaries. The workshop offers broad, practical knowledge focused on university-related relationships, campus community responsibilities, and relevant supports and resources.
  • If you’re not sure where to go for something you need, your peers at the Connection Desk are ready to help you get connected and find the resources and answers you’re looking for.

Be sure to take full advantage of all Student Success Week has to offer to help you find success and community at UM, Bisons.

Boilerplate: Community

Creating space for everyone to thrive is more than a goal—it’s who we are. Fostering a vibrant community is among the commitments you’ll find in MomentUM: Leading change together, the University of Manitoba’s 2024–2029 strategic plan.