We know mental health is real and we know that it can show up in the academic environment. This week our host, Toddchelle, checks-in with students and alumni who can talk about what it means to manage those various forms of academic anxiety and come out the other side.

Finessin Your First Year: A Community Scholars Podcast

S1 E3: Don’t Trip: Handling Academic Anxiety

Our host, Toddchelle, checks-in with students/alumni who have experienced both struggle and great success connecting with faculty and how to best carry yourself in these various exchanges. What does it mean to bring your various identities as a Community Scholar into office hours?

S1 E4: Not One of Ya Lil Friends: Academic Integrity & Building Strategic Relationships with Faculty

The time has finally come! We’re driving head on into the fall. This may be met with fear, anxiety, excitement, and/or confusion. So this week our host, Jerome, checks-in with students & alumni and gets the tea on Georgetown culture while also processing their experiences transitioning to the hilltop.

S1 E5: Viene el Invierno: Transitioning to GU, Decoding Rituals, & Mastering the Hidden Curriculum

Our Hosts, Toddchelle Young & Jerome Smalls, close out our Summer Podcast Series

Finessin Your First Year: A Community Scholars Podcast - S1 Outro

CMEA enhances the education of students historically denied access to GU because of race, ethnicity, national origin, socioeconomic status, and other marginalized identities.  To live out this mission, CMEA provides a variety of intentional and culturally-relevant programming, services, and opportunities to foster student success inside and outside of the classroom.

We actively promote unfettered access towards educational attainment and social prosperity for our diverse populations.  At Georgetown, our learning communities thrive as a result of our commitments to equity, inclusion, social justice, and civic engagement. We stand committed to nurturing all aspects of students’ development while engaging in difficult and challenging conversations and in thoughtful and intentional ways. We denounce all instances of racism, discrimination, oppression, and bigotry. In keeping with our Jesuit identity, we challenge the university to fulfill its commitment to care for the whole person and prioritize justice for the common good. We acknowledge in both words and actions the realities of the numerous tensions that our communities face daily and advocate to challenge the systems that work to oppress them and their growth.

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