SUNY Oneonta

Five SUNY Oneonta students have been selected to serve as Transfer Student Mentors (TSMs) for the 2014-2015 academic year. Transfer Student Mentors lead programs and work closely with transfer students living in the Hulbert Hall T-Side wing. TSMs also assist with the Transfer Committee, which meets monthly to hear and address transfer students' concerns, and with Transfers Take The Lead, a series of programs and events designed to get transfer students engaged in LEAD@Oneonta programming.

Fourteen SUNY Oneonta students have been selected to serve as Very Influential Peers (VIPs) for the 2014-2015 academic year. VIPs work with freshmen who live in the college's First Year Experience (FYE) residence halls or are enrolled in the First Year Seminar. Their role in the seminar is to reinforce messages from the professor, to serve as a peer mentor, and to provide information about college life. They also assist with the Freshman 15, a program series exclusively for new students.

Twenty SUNY Oneonta students have been selected to serve as Orientation Leaders for the 2014-2015 academic year. In addition to leading activities for new students and their parents during 10 summer orientation sessions, Orientation Leaders welcome new students into their new community by leading small groups, answering questions about the college and college life, and mentoring new students through the first few weeks of the semester.