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Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience teaching or facilitating small and large group discussions
• Experience working with first-year college students, first generation, low-income and/or underrepresented students
• Knowledge of topics related to first-year student experiences and resources for transitioning to college
• Knowledge and/or experience with Canvas or related instructional technology (preferred)

The Office of Multicultural Arts Initiatives within the Division of Teaching and Learning at the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides culturally relevant and transformative arts programming to promote positive social dialogue and to give cultural art forms a legitimate academic forum. By harnessing the broad cultural influence of spoken word, hip hop and emerging as well as traditional art forms, OMAI's events and programming create learning environments that directly affect UW-Madison's campus climate, improving retention and graduation success, preparing future leaders to reinvest in their communities. By continually refreshing this paradigm that integrates traditional academics and cutting edge arts activism, OMAI empowers transnational leaders with new tools for inclusive community building.

One of OMAI's most prominent initiatives is the First Wave Hip Hop and Urban Arts Scholarship Program, a cutting-edge multicultural artistic program for incoming students which offers a four-year full tuition scholarship to the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bringing together young artists and leaders from across the United States and beyond, First Wave offers students the opportunity to live, study and create together in a close-knit, dynamic campus community. First Wave is the first university program in the country to offer four-year full tuition scholarships for urban arts, spoken word and hip-hop culture.

The OMAI Graduate Mentor (First Year Scholars) is a graduate student at UW-Madison who has interest in creating, cultivating, and executing student support services, one-on-one mentorship undergraduate students of diverse identities, and instructing a first year seminar to develop skills for academic success. The Graduate Mentor is generally responsible for the execution of one-on-one mentorship and instructing the “First Wave Foundations” first-year seminar in partnership with the OMAI student-support staff.

The First Wave Graduate Mentor (First Years) will work with OMAI’s Associate Director, and FW Academic Advisor to review and develop course curriculum and provide academic support and resources for first-year First Wave Scholars, as well as one-on-one mentorship meetings with the first-year cohort (no more than 15 students). Additionally, this position may be asked to support the staff during program events.

How to Apply:
• Candidates will be required to upload a cover letter referring to related work experience and a resume/CV detailing educational and professional background. Candidates will also be presented with the option to manually enter Certifications, Education, Languages, and Website information.
o The First Wave Hip Hop & Urban Arts Scholarship Program is founded on three pillars — Academics, Arts, and Activism. In your cover letter, please include how any two to three of these pillars engage your work in academia, mentorship and/or instruction. Please provide examples or share an experience that highlights how your interests align with the three program pillars.
• Please note that successful applicants are responsible for ensuring their eligibility to work in the United States (i.e. a citizen or national of the United States, a lawful permanent resident, a foreign national authorized to work in the United States without need of employer sponsorship) on or before the effective date of appointment. UW-Madison is not an E-Verify employer, and therefore, is not eligible to employe F1 STEM OPT Extension participants.

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