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- Residential Mentor Media and Technology Assistant
- EMPOWER PEOPLE + Student Leadership Team
- Volunteer/ General help around the office (precollege and college)

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- To give back to my program
- Offered opportunities to work and volunteer - Areas of interest (e.g. STEM through coding, podcasting etc.)
- Employment
- Leadership and general skill development
- Networking

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From my understanding, a student advisory board is a team that is primarily lead by staff/ superior membership. Students and volunteers may not have much of a say or may not be involved in the inner workings and overall process. The student advisory board may also tackle more serious issues and have less involvement and interaction with general student body. EMPOWER / SLT offers an opportunity for student leadership to be more involved in certain processes and have more of a say when change takes place. A variety of opportunities are offered to students to take on leadership roles in whatever capacity is most comfortable. There is also more engagement with general student body. I have been a leader in PEOPLE through my roles in EMPOWER and SLT. I have had more of a say in how I wan to be involved in program planning, the planning and operations of my team, and how involved I want to be in the execution of certain programs.

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PEOPLE is more than a scholarship program. It fosters community and offers opportunities for leadership, beginning your first year in the program. Different opportunities to get involved and build community include scholar panel discussions, planning committees, employment, group discussion, study away trips, offered program projects, etc. You are guided by advisors throughout your high school and college journey, but you're encouraged to take control in a number of areas and pursue different opportunities on your own. What sets this program apart form others is that sense of family, the accepting atmosphere, and the premier access that it provides.

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I am apart of the PEOPLE SLT team and the precollege social media and technology specialist. Through these I have gained leadership and teamwork skills through SLT and graphic design and time management skills from my job within PEOPLE

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Needed a on campus job and volunteer hours so what better way to give back to the program then to do both of these jobs. I was always at the office anyways might as well help out while I am there.

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Student advisory boards are suggestions from students on what they want to see done differently or changes they want to be made. SLT is a group designed to help improve a group of students leadership skill and give them an insight to how things function in the background. This also allows SLT members to be the middle men between advisors and students to help create changes students want.

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PEOPLE is a family. We do what we can to make sure all students within our program succeed we do not leave any student behind. This is a program full of underrepresented students who struggle to be on a PWI campus. We give students to place where they can feel safe on this campus and give resources to help them succeed where they may chose to go.

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PEOPLE I have been involved with since my pre-college days. I started SLT in 2020 because during covid I was bored and lonely with virtual college. PEOPLE has impacted me in so many positive ways. I was able to learn and grow professionally and personally. I developed so many skills that I can use when I start to work in the real world. I met so many people and grew so many connections.

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Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, I was forced to spend my first year of college online at home. Being at home and trying to adjust to the college courses, I felt very alone. I talked to one of my college advisors from PEOPLE about how I felt, and he confided in me that many of my peers felt the same way. The PEOPLE program is a diverse scholarship program at UW Madison. In their mission of diversity and inclusion, they created the Empower PEOPLE team. This entailed PEOPLE students coming together for creative group events where all PEOPLE scholars could engage in fun activities and chat with one another despite being online. This too was also another way for students to come and destress from all the homework and exams.

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EMPOWER PEOPLE SLT is a way for students to take lead on their own with the help of the advisors. It is very nice to have student-led events because who knows what students like other students. Through this experience, I was able to meet a lot of upperclassmen and get college advice from them. We would do fun events like painting with Wheelhouse, Friendsgiving food packages, making tied blankets, drag queen bingo, interviewing staff advisors to show to incoming classes, and many other events too.

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The PEOPLE program is a diverse scholarship program that prepares students from Highschool and to college. They help prepare students for high school with preparing for college with applications, tutors, studying session, connections, etc.

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I worked as an RM in the summer and I currently work for the supply team. I am also part of SLT and founder of Game Night.

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For the job aspect, I wanted more work experience. For SLT I wanted to help build a closer community and relaxing space for fellow students.

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A student advisory board doesn't have a lot of community engagement as Empower PEOPLE SLT. I was a stand alone leader who has created a consistent community event.

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PEOPLE is focused on having their scholars succeed not only in academics but in finding their community.