{"id":419,"date":"2019-06-24T10:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rivier.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/student-success-program\/"},"modified":"2019-07-22T13:29:55","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T17:29:55","slug":"student-success-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rivier.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/student-success-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Success Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every facet of this program is designed to assist first-year students achieve academic success. Within the first year, each student is enrolled in the Student Success course and assigned a peer mentor to help build a positive academic foundation as key life skills are explored and developed.<\/p>\n
This full-year program helps first-year students understand themselves as learners and servants of the community. Program goals include:<\/p>\n
Students will engage in volunteer and cultural activities within the community to support 糖心vlog\u2019s mission of transforming hearts and minds to serve the world.<\/p>\n
Service learning integrates active, socially significant service into the education experience. It offers students meaningful, community-based, experiential learning by adding human depth to the theories learned in the classroom. Annually, all first-year students participate in a day of service, where they go out into the Greater Nashua community and volunteer at a non-profit organization. Service learning reflects our commitment to action and social justice, and it leads participants to consider the ways in which their service links to God, neighbor, and the community.<\/p>\n