Office/Department: Center for Multicultural Student Services (CMSS)
Director: Dr. Bruce E. Mitchell II
Supervisor: DeAndrae Powell

Department Mission Statement: The Center for Multicultural Student Services provides educational and celebratory programs and services that support an inclusive campus community in which members value diversity within themselves and others

Department Functional Areas: Cultural Programming and Awareness, Student Support, Leadership Development, Recruitment and Retention,

Students who participate in this graduate assistantship will gain experience in the following areas:

• College student development
• Challenge and support of students and student groups
• Diversity affairs/education, multiculturalism and inclusion
• Training and development of student groups/organizations
• Supervision of student staff teams
• Teambuilding: planning and implementation
• Event planning: marketing, management, and logistics
• Participation in departmental committees and projects
• Collaboration across university departments
• Attendance at departmental and divisional meetings
• Managing change in an organization
• Navigating organizational structure and hierarchy
• Communication within an organization/department
• Use of technology

Students who participate in this experience will be exposed to the purposeful application of the following student development, career development, counseling and/or organizational theories

• Psychosocial Developmental Theories: (Chickering)
• Cognitive Developmental Theories: (Perry, Kolhberg, Belenky, Gilligan)
• Typology: (Jung, Myers‐Briggs)
• Identity Development Theories: (Racial, White, Minority, Sexual, Gender, Ability, Religious, Social Class, Multiple)
• Counseling Theories

Students who participate in this graduate assistantship will be evaluated and provided ongoing feedback in the following ways:

• Weekly one on one meetings with direct supervisor
• Periodic meetings with other CMSS staff members directly related to tasks assigned

Students who participate in this experience will be evaluated and provided on‐going feedback in the following ways:

• Weekly one on one consultation meetings with direct supervisor
• Periodic theory to practice meetings with additional staff members as needed

Specific expectations of students assigned to this site include:

• Arrive early in August for CMSS Staff Training (Aug 10th)
• Create and maintain a 20 hour per week schedule designed to meet assistantship requirements
• Support the mission of CMSS, Student Affairs, and JMU
• Assist CMSS staff with events and programs relating to four functional areas (Multicultural Programming, Student Leadership, Student Support and Advocacy, and DEEP Impact)
• Support assigned pro‐staff lead on major calendar programs such as CMSS Annual Open House, Multicultural Student Leadership Summit, Homecoming Step Show and events, MLK Celebration Week, Multicultural Student Leadership Awards Ceremony, etc.
• Serve as support with 1 student leadership travel opportunity: Experiential Learning Trip (ELT), national and/or regional identity/diversity‐based conference
• Assist with occasional presentations and panels relating to multicultural student leadership
• Assist with office communication to CMSS student orgs
• Assist with representing department at resource fairs and other events
• Support with other multicultural student leadership programming (awards ceremony, Donning of the Kente, conferences, etc.)
  Assist CMSS Professional with advisory to several multicultural student organizations, assisting and supporting with compliance, programming, guidance, and leadership development
• Represent department occasionally at university functions, such as Student Org Night, CHOICES, Vendor Resources Fairs, etc.
• Perform designated tasks and maintain records and files in a timely, organized and professional manner
• Adhere to budget guidelines for any/all projects
• Attend CMSS weekly staff meetings, supervision meetings, and other assigned student organization and CMSS functions
  Fulfill other duties as assigned by the Director, Associate or Assistant Directors of the Center