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Meet
Your
Team
Joseph and
Isaiah
Orientation leaders
Your orientation leader
will introduce you
to student life and
help you get to know
campus resources, like
the Commuter Success
Program or Transfer
Insiders.
You’ll be the star player of your college experience.
But stars need coaches, mentors, cheerleaders, and fans
to help them perform their best—and the faculty, sta昀昀, and
students at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities are
excited to join your team. Whether you’re a 昀椀rst-year or
transfer student, whether you’ll live on campus or commute,
this is a small sample of the friendly faces here to support you:
Qiuting
Haley
Ellen
Eric
Transfer Insider
Student group leader
Peer Tutor
One-on-one Co昀昀ee
Chats give you a
chance to get advice
from a Transfer Insider
like Qiuting. Qiuting
recommends joining
a student group your
昀椀rst semester to meet
people.
Haley will introduce you
to people in the Gopher
Dairy Club and show
you how you can get
involved. She and other
members can tell you
about some of the other
900+ student groups on
campus.
Commuter Success
Program
Your commuter lead,
Ellen, will lead your
pod of 8-10 commuter
students to help build
your community in
your 昀椀rst year. When
you mention mid-term
nerves, Ellen encourages you to meet with a
peer tutor.
Paige
Mon
James
Sarah
Alex
Welcome Week
leader
Community
Advisor
One Stop
Student Services
Academic
Advisor
Paige will help you
navigate campus
and events during
Welcome Week,
ensuring you have
a smooth 昀椀rst
week on campus.
Paige reminds
you to lean on
your community
advisor for help!
Mon is your
Community
Advisor (CA), an
upper-division
student leader
who lives on your
residence hall
昀氀oor. CAs help
you settle into
campus life and
will help you 昀椀nd
resources, like
One Stop Student
Services.
The team in One
Stop can help
with registration,
昀椀nancial aid,
academic records,
billing, 昀椀nancial
wellness, and
veteran services.
Academic advisors like Sarah will
meet with you to
plan your classes
and discuss
connections
between your
individual goals
and your education. If you’re stuck
on picking a major,
Sarah might refer
you to the Center
for Academic
Planning &
Exploration.
Center for
Academic
Planning and
Exploration
coach
10
Eric helps you master
calculus or Python so
you ace your exams.
Tutors at the Tutoring
& Academic Success
Center provide
support for more than
250 subject areas.
As a Major
Exploration Coach,
Alex is your guide
in choosing a
昀椀eld that 昀椀ts your
goals. To help
you explore a
possible major,
Alex might tell
you about a fun
freshman seminar
to consider.
Professor
Bernardo
Freshman
Seminar
Instructor
Get your favorite
mug ready for
Co昀昀ee from
the Ground
Up! Freshman
Seminars like
this one feature
small class sizes,
making it easier to
get to know your
course material,
your classmates,
and your professors, like Rex
Bernardo.
