Abstract
Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) Immigrant Services program enlists the support of peer mentors to provide holistic support to the institution’s immigrant, refugee, and English Language Learner (ELL) populations. These peer mentors are highly specialized in their student employee role and are trained to provide academic and personal support. Peer mentors support students with such issues as English writing support, scholarship applications, and connection to immigration resources. The Immigrant Services program at MSU Denver could not function without this student employment position. The Student Academic Success Center at the Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) hosts a variety of programs that support students in persisting through college. These programs scale from supporting the student population at-large to targeting specific populations that have been identified to need specialized support. The Immigrant Services Program provides support to a specific population of students at MSU Denver that includes immigrants, refugees, undocumented and Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) students, and English Language Learners (ELL). Highly trained peer mentors work with students individually and as a group to support their transition to college and onward through graduation.
Highlights
Metropolitan State University of Denver shares the Auraria Campus in the heart of downtown Denver, Colorado
Immigrant Services serves over 300 immigrant, refugee, undocumented, Deferred Action Childhood Arrival (DACA) students, and English Language Learner (ELL) students
Once a student is hired as a peer mentor they are trained in supporting the needs of the immigrant, refugee, undocumented, DACA, and ELL students they serve
Summary
Metropolitan State University of Denver shares the Auraria Campus in the heart of downtown Denver, Colorado. The University of Colorado Denver, and the Community College of Denver, share this space and a select number of its resources While this campus serves approximately 45,000 students, 20,000 attend MSU Denver . As the institution continued to grow and serve the needs of the Denver and Colorado communities, many students from immigrant and refugee programs enrolled in college, earning access to education that many thought would never be afforded to them. Immigrant Services is a key piece of the main retention program on campus: the Student Academic Success Center This center serves all students and provides support through a variety of methods. All of the aforementioned programs work congruently to retain MSU Denver students and help them persist through graduation This organizational structure allows the students in the Immigrant Services program easy and direct access to these programs such as transfer course credit approval or joining the Brother to Brother program. This reporting line assists with access to services for students in the program
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