OMEA - Programs

Opportunity, Motivation, Engagement & Advancement

Over the years, OMEA has worked hard to create programs and services that are tailored to our students' individual needs and concerns. We offer workshops in-house, partner with other campus offices and organizations to host conferences, and provide skills building and other learning opportunities. We offer practical tools and advice to our students in handling the professional and academic rigors they will undertake, and we offer connection to a community that supports them as well.

Examples of OMEA OPPORTUNITY include:

• Mentoring among peers, faculty and staff
• Engendering out-of-classroom experiences with faculty
• Hiring for internships with on-campus administrators
• Hosting intra- and cross-cultural conversations
• Funding service learning projects during the summer
• Providing outreach to non-profit organizations in the greater Ithaca area
• Taking part in leadership and educational conferences
• Leading workshops to help build professional skills
  

Examples of OMEA MOTIVATION include:

• Providing counseling and advising
• Supporting the development of life skills in professional, personal, and financial areas
• Sponsoring fun and creative study breaks from the end-of-term stress
• Tutoring through various campus organization

Examples of OMEA ENGAGEMENT include:

• Helping student organizations with funding and procedural guidelines
• Funding events, activities and individual projects
• Hosting events, conferences and other happenings for our community and the greater campus community
• Offering community service opportunities within the Ithaca community

Examples of OMEA ADVANCEMENT include:

• Referring and placing students in Federal Work Study positions
• Placing and hiring for internships