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By Hayley Holloway ’17, Staff Writer<\/p>\n

Lebanon Valley College\u2019s Office of Multicultural Affairs underwent big changes; it made changes to its name, staff and mentoring program.<\/p>\n

Beginning this academic year, the office is now called the Office of Intercultural Affairs and Inclusive Programs, or OIA, with Renata Williams serving as the director.<\/p>\n

The new name of the office better reflects the goals and mission of the College. Some believed that the old name, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, implied that it only served certain students.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe name Intercultural Affairs really gets at what we\u2019re aiming to do,\u201d Williams said. \u201cIt\u2019s much more inclusive, and it\u2019s much more in line with our goals and our mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

This academic year will be Williams\u2019 first with LVC. However, it is not her first time working in higher education. Before coming to the Valley, she worked at Fulton Montgomery Community College as the Director of Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy job was kind of to remove barriers,\u201d Williams said. \u201cI did things like orchestrate tutoring sessions and different supplemental instruction opportunities and taking different trips to different places.\u201d<\/p>\n

The mentoring program within the Office of Intercultural Affairs underwent changes as well. Discussed even before the change of the name of the office, the mentors themselves have a new name this year: Mosaic Mentors. Olajiwon McCadney, Assistant Director of Intercultural Affairs, came up with the name from mosaic tiles.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe old name, Multicultural Mentors, didn\u2019t really speak to the backgrounds of the mentors nor the backgrounds of the mentees,\u201d McCadney said. \u201cMulticultural became almost synonymous with student of color, rather than looking at the different identities that intersect with being a student of color or any other minority group, whether it\u2019s class or sexuality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mosaic Mentors work with first year students, incoming freshmen and transfer students for their entire first year. Mentors lead one-on-one meetings and group meetings, connect students with resources, help with orientation and the Bridge program and help represent the Office of Intercultural Affairs at certain events, such as LVC Live. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re like our eyes and ears outside of the classroom for the incoming first-year students that we serve,\u201d McCadney said.<\/p>\n

James Willey is in his second year of being a mentor with the Office of Intercultural Affairs. He decided to become a mentor himself because he had an excellent mentor, Darryl Sweeper, as an incoming freshman.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe always made me feel really welcome when I first came to campus, and he was able to help me in ways that I couldn\u2019t think I could be helped,\u201d Willey said.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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