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Minority Acheivement Program

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Welcome


Welcome to the Minority Achievement Program

Mission

To provide personal support, assistance, social guidance, and positive campus survival skills to first-year and transfer minority students by developing activities and interactions with upper-class students to address personal needs, thus contributing to their academic success, and enhancing the University of Tennessee's efforts in recruiting, retaining and graduating minority students.

Goals


  • Mentor first year minority students through strategic and consistent contact.
  • Provide personal and professional enrichment opportunities for students with an emphasis on minority students.
  • Act as a referral agent for academic support services available at UT that contribute to improved retention rates of minority students.
  • Sponsor and encourage attendance at programs in which mentors and mentees actively interact and participate.
  • Provide continuous and relevant training to equip mentors with resources to effectively assist first year minority students.

Black Cultural Center

Contact

Minority Achievement Program
Office of Minority Student Affairs
1800 Melrose Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-4200
Phone: (865) 974-6861
Fax: (865) 974-8888
Email: map1@utk.edu