EAP Programs

Partners for Academic Excellence (PAE)
Participants in these programs are organized into small groups (e.g., five to ten first-year students) who meet regularly (e.g., every week or every two weeks) with assigned graduate and undergraduate student mentors. Mentors serve as guides, providing academic and career advice, support, direction, and encouragement from a student perspective. Within their respective groups, students explore and discuss topics such as available campus resources and student opportunities. Issues such as the transition to university life, and accessing university resources and academic opportunities are addressed in these sessions as well as in workshops with guests from campus departments and programs. Students also have opportunities to take part in educational excursions both on and off campus.

• PAE I/Ernest Houston Johnson Scholars Program: Co-sponsored by Black Community Services Center (BCSC); To introduce students to Black/African-American faculty and alumni, to facilitate small-group mentoring, and to examine the academic and research opportunities at Stanford.
  
• PAE II: Co-sponsored by Stanford Athletics; To assist world-class student athletes in managing their demanding schedules and utilizing their limited free time efficiently to ensure academic excellence.
  
• PAE III: (On Hiatus for 2009-10) Co-sponsored by Undergraduate Advising Programs; To assist new Transfer Students, to help them efficiently use their abbreviated time at Stanford by making connections with faculty and resource offices at the university as quickly as possible.
  
• PAE IV: Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano; To introduce students to Chicano/Latino faculty and alumni, to facilitate small-group mentoring, to expose students to academic and research opportunities at Stanford, and to familiarize participants with the intellectual heritage, history, and culture of our community.
  
• PAE V: Co-sponsored by Native American Cultural Center; To introduce students to the diverse Native student communities, to facilitate small-group mentoring, and to introduce students to academic exploration and research opportunities.

LGBT Community Academic Support & Advising (LGBT-CASA)
LGBT-CASA focuses on creating a community of academic and social support for LGBT students and their straight allies. This program is designed to assist incoming students in building a comprehensive community support system to ensure an environment that promotes academic excellence. Groups are facilitated by an undergraduate student mentor and a graduate student mentor. Mentor-guided events include weekly lunch workshops, evening study sessions, dinners with LGBT faculty, and area field excursions.

• LGBT-CASA: Co-sponsored by LGBT-Community Resources Center; To introduce students who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and LGBT-friendly to LGBT faculty, to provide a community-based academic support network via small-group mentoring, and to provide full access to campus resources and support services.