Student Academic Mentor (SAM) Program

Student Academic Mentors (SAMs) are a select group of OSU students who work with new freshmen to help them adjust socially and academically at OSU. SAMs serve as teaching assistants to freshman orientation classes and as one-on-one mentors for new freshmen (Sammies) advised through University Academic Services (UAS). SAMs committ one to two hours each week to their freshman orientation course or their Sammie throughout the fall semester.

SAMs connect new students to OSU and ease their transition to college life by providing personal support, introducing available resources and fostering relationships to promote extra-curricular involvement and academic excellence. Most importantly, SAMs help new freshmen feel welcome and get excited about OSU!

Requirements to be a SAM:
Qualified applicants will have a 2.5 GPA or higher, extra-curricular involvement, full-time OSU undergraduate student status, a high level of responsibility and commitment, and a willingness to be available to and mentor new freshmen!

Are you interested in becoming a SAM?  Contact Kendra for more information for the 2009 SAM Program.
Contact Info:
Kendra Stern - SAM TA Coordinator
kendra.stern@okstate.edu or samprogram@okstate.edu

Tiffany Nixon - SAM One-on-One Coordinator
tiffany.nixon@okstate.edu

Call us at 405-744-5333 or stop by University Academic Services in 214 SU.

Also, check out our SAM Facebook group!
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