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CU-LEAD Alliance Neighborhoods

Some CU-LEAD Alliance programs are specific to a particular school or college while others serve students across disciplines. Read through the descriptions below to see which would work best for you depending on your field of study and areas of interest.

• Architecture and Planning
  Designers Without Boundaries, 303-492-1319
  This new CU-LEAD Alliance program in the College of Architecture and Planning promotes diversity and supports academic excellence toward the graduation of the pre-professional student who chooses to emphasize architecture, planning and design studies.   Program Overview
• Arts and Sciences
  Minority Arts and Sciences Program (MASP), 303-492-8229
  A College of Arts and Sciences academic excellence community dedicated to increasing diversity and assisting students interested in pursuing humanities and social science degrees. Program Overview   Program Report
  
• Business
  Diverse Scholars Program ,
  303-735-5117
  A program in the Leeds School of Business that supports the recruitment, achievement, and graduation of business students from diverse backgrounds by strengthening the academic relationship between students, faculty, and staff within the Leeds School of Business.   Program Overview   Program Report
  
• Education
  Education Diversity Scholars Program, 303-735-0241
  A School of Education program that promotes diversity and academic excellence by providing a welcoming and encouraging environment for students from diverse backgrounds in all stages of their college education. Students have many opportunities to interact with faculty, fellow students, and teachers already in the field.   Program Overview   Program Report
  
• Engineering
  Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP), 303-492-6606
  A College of Engineering and Applied Science academic excellence community that is dedicated to the success of multicultural and first generation students historically underrespresented in engineering and applied science.
  Program Overview   Program Report
  
• Journalism
  Journalism Diversity Scholars Program, 303-492-4758
  A School of Journalism and Mass Communication academic excellence program that is dedicated to recruiting, retaining, and graduating outstanding students from diverse backgrounds with the skills and support to excel as media professionals in journalism and related fields.   Program Overview   Program Report
• Music
  Diverse Musicians Alliance Program, 303-492-7421
  A developing CU-LEAD Alliance neighborhood that assists students from diverse backgrounds succeed in their pursuits in the College of Music.   Program Overview   Program Report

• Chancellor's Leadership Residential Academic Program (CLR) and Ethnic Living and Learning Community (ELLC),
  303-735-0373
  Housed in the Williams Village, CLR/ELLC seeks to provide a multicultural residential and academic experience for all students interested in community building and leadership from a multicultural standpoint.   Program Overview   Program Report
  
• Honors CU-LEAD Scholars Program, 303-492-6617
  For students motivated to graduate with Latin Honors, this program provides small classes and offers enhanced opportunities for faculty-student mentoring and research as well as personalized advising through the Honors Office.   Program Overview   Program Report
  
• McNeill Academic Program,
  303-492-1416
  A multidisciplinary academic neighborhood that promotes diversity and academic excellence by providing students from all majors a more personalized educational experience and offering them academic and personal support to achieve a good grade point average.   Program Overview   Program Report
  
• Ronald E. McNair Post Baccalaureate Achievement Program, 303-492-3729
  This federal Trio program promotes diversity by preparing students of color, first generation, and low income students to enter PhD programs and the professoriate.   Working closely with faculty, doctoral mentors, and campus administrators, McNair offers credit bearing seminars, research stipends and an academic community addressing race, social, and economic class in higher education.   Program Overview   Program Report
  

Affiliated Programs

• Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) , 303-492-5666
  The CMA complements the CU-LEAD Alliance neighborhoods by offering services designed to help students feel empowered to explore, develop, and realize their academic, personal, and cultural strengths, as well as to help them make valuable connections within the university community.   CMA Report


• First Generation Scholars Program, 303-492-5667
  A comprehensive Center for Multicultural Affairs program that is designed to foster individual academic excellence as well as to enhance social development through active participation in community building opportunities. Program Overview   Program Report
  
• White Antelope Memorial Scholarship Program (WAMS),
  303-492-5667
  A Center for Multicultural Affairs program that assists American Indian students toward the successful completion of their undergraduate degrees, while cultivating, sustaining, and building support within the CU American Indian community.
  Program Overview   Program Report
• Career Services, 303-492-6541
  The Office of Career Services supports the CU-LEAD Alliance academic neighborhoods and the university by serving as a comprehensive career center for students.   Career counselors assist students with clarifying interest, values and skills, choosing majors, and exploring potential careers.

Feeder Programs

• Academic Excellence Program, 303-492-3842
  AEP is a federal Trio program designed to increase college retention and graduation rates for eligible students, to foster an institutional climate supportive of the success of low income and first generation college students and individuals with disabilities, and to assist participants in the preparation and matriculation into graduate school by encouraging competitive graduation and locating and exploring resources towards this mean.
• Pre-Collegiate Development Program (PCDP), 303-492-8243
  PCDP motivates and prepares first generation and underrepresented students in pursuit of their higher education goals.   It is structured to ensure that students are academically prepared to enroll and be successful at the University of Colorado or any postsecondary institution of the students' choice.
• Upward Bound, 303-492-6134
  The CU Upward Bound program provides high school students from targeted communities with the opportunity to experience a college atmosphere before graduating from high school.