Student-Led Developmental Opportunities

DMS collaborates with campus units and student organizations to support students as identify ways to belong and navigate their campus journey.   There is a focus on academic and personal support needs through personal and professional development, experiential education, and community building activities.  Programming incorporates multiple formats, including collaborating with various academic units, faculty, staff and former student networks, student affairs departments and various student organizations to ensure the programs are appealing and relevant for the student audiences.

The Aggie Black Male Connection (ABMC) program encourages young Black men at Texas A&M University to engage with a variety of developmental, community service, social, and educational activities that build camaraderie among the Black men on campus.  ABMC seeks to motivate and empower Black men through exposure to proven strategies for greater academic, professional, and personal success, in addition to mentorship. Aspects of the program include academics, community building, student engagement, identity development, networking, and social responsibility. 

If you are interested in the Aggie Black Male Connection (ABMC) program, please contact the ABMC Chief Relationship Officer (CRO) for more information.

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Courageous Conversations is a wellbeing collaboration designed to positively impact the collegiate experiences of undergraduate women through themed dialogues. Given the process of forming an identity, wherein a sense of self develops through growth in self-understanding, self-concept, individual differences from others, and social roles, Courageous Conversations target the psychological and emotional wellness of women through the lens of lived experiences, how they see themselves, and how they experience campus. The series provides a healthy environment for holistic development and support among peers.

Contact the Conversation Ambassadors for more information.

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Latino Males United (LMU) is a collaboration which allows Latino males a healthy environment to express relevant issues surrounding their specific community and assists in their holistic development and support at Texas A&M University.  LMU focuses on mentorship, masculinity, ethnicity, academic success, leadership, and service.

La Junta:

La Junta is a place where members come together for workshops/meetings to have candid conversations around a variety of topics. Planned topics include: ethnicity, masculinity, leadership, relationships, and members also get the opportunity to initiate topics relevant to them.

Mentores:

Mentorship is an important component of the program where members get the opportunity to be mentored by a Latino male faculty or staff at Texas A&M University.  This will be a year-long one-on-one mentorship where mentor-mentee will meet three times a semester and build a professional relationship.

The second semester of the program, members will also get the opportunity to mentor at-risk youth (specifically elementary/middle school students) in the Bryan/College Station community. This will be a regular one-on-one commitment for a whole semester with the hope that it becomes a long lasting relationship.