{"id":69,"date":"2024-04-10T21:20:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T21:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/experience-tst.syr.edu\/intercultural-collective\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2026-06-26T10:14:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:14:47","slug":"dimensions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/intercultural-collective\/belonging-and-student-success\/dimensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Dimensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dimensions is a mentoring program for students that builds a supportive sisterhood through dialogue and activities focused on confidence, academic success and cross-cultural engagement. Participants strengthen leadership and critical thinking skills to support their communities and grow as future leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All programming is open to eligible students regardless of race, gender, national origin or other characteristics.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>\n  \n<a href=\"https:\/\/students.syr.edu\/machform\/view.php?id=2077075\" class='button margin-bottom button-secondary' style=\"display: inline-block\"  >\n  \n  Apply to Dimensions today!\n      <span class=\"icon-right\">\n      <i class=\"icon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/a>\n\n\n  <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Dimensions<\/h2>\n\n\n<div role=\"region\" class=\"accordion\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-item border border-gray-light\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header-text\">\n        <h3 class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n          <button class=\"accordion-header full-width background-gray-light-30 border-0 margin-0 padding-top-2 padding-bottom-2 padding-left-3 padding-right-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            Mission            <div class='accordion-toggle icon-right' class=''>\n              <i class='icon-chevron-right'><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class='accordion-content'>\n        <p>Dimensions\u2019 mission is to elevate and empower women from diverse backgrounds by fostering awareness, connection and collective growth through a transformative mentoring experience. Within this sisterhood, women of color support one another, engage in meaningful dialogue and build the leadership and professional skills needed to thrive.<\/p>\n<p>Dimensions cultivates a welcoming and affirming community\u2014on campus and beyond\u2014where members feel valued, connected and inspired to lead. Through shared learning and purposeful engagement, participants expand their understanding of global issues affecting women and contribute to initiatives that strengthen and uplift their communities.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"accordion-item border border-gray-light\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header-text\">\n        <h3 class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n          <button class=\"accordion-header full-width background-gray-light-30 border-0 margin-0 padding-top-2 padding-bottom-2 padding-left-3 padding-right-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            Benefits            <div class='accordion-toggle icon-right' class=''>\n              <i class='icon-chevron-right'><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class='accordion-content'>\n        <ul>\n<li>Foster a sense of sisterhood and community.<\/li>\n<li>Gain leadership, time management and communication skills.<\/li>\n<li>Cultivate sustaining and helpful relationships.<\/li>\n<li>Build professional and personal development skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"accordion-item border border-gray-light\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header-text\">\n        <h3 class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n          <button class=\"accordion-header full-width background-gray-light-30 border-0 margin-0 padding-top-2 padding-bottom-2 padding-left-3 padding-right-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            Programming            <div class='accordion-toggle icon-right' class=''>\n              <i class='icon-chevron-right'><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class='accordion-content'>\n        <p><span>Dimensions typically holds weekly programming on Fridays from 3-5 p.m. Our weekly sessions in the fall are focused on building community, goal-setting, self-care and stress management, as well as other professional and personal development topics. In the spring, all sessions are led by our Dimensions Mentors and range from topics like mental health, representation in media, colorism, holistic wellness and more.<\/span><\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"accordion-item border border-gray-light\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header-text\">\n        <h3 class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n          <button class=\"accordion-header full-width background-gray-light-30 border-0 margin-0 padding-top-2 padding-bottom-2 padding-left-3 padding-right-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            Application Process            <div class='accordion-toggle icon-right' class=''>\n              <i class='icon-chevron-right'><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class='accordion-content'>\n        <p>Dimensions is a sisterhood where people can come together to create an environment where women of color can support each other, engage in dialogue on issues pertinent to women of color, and acquire leadership and professional development skills.<\/p>\n<p>Research has found that the second year of college is often a period in which students encounter increasing academic, developmental and social demands. Additionally, research has shown the third-year experience is a pivotal point in an undergraduate student\u2019s experience. During their third year, undergraduate students experience more demanding academic challenges, actively seek experience in areas of interest through internships, volunteering, summer jobs and\/or research with professors, and change their physical relationship with campus as they often seek off-campus living options and study abroad programs. As such, Dimensions focuses on supporting and serving sophomores, juniors and seniors in a sisterhood community.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in the program, please complete our <a href=\"https:\/\/students.syr.edu\/machform\/view.php?id=2077075\">online application form<\/a>. Applications for the 2026-27 academic year are due <strong>Monday, Sept. 14<\/strong>. Each member of the selected cohort should have a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 2.0 and be in good standing with <a href=\"https:\/\/experience.syracuse.edu\/community-standards\/\">Community Standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once accepted as a Dimensions mentor, a mandatory retreat is required as part of training. The training will take place before classes start in mid-August and involves an in-depth analysis of mentors&#8217; lifestyles, specifically via exercises that push mentors to critically reflect upon their lives, culture and understanding of people and themselves. Additionally, various training exercises and modules are used to gain a better understanding of what it means to be a mentor to those around you.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions, please contact Belonging and Student Success at <a href=\"mailto:belonging@syr.edu\">belonging@syr.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n      <div class=\"accordion-item border border-gray-light\">\n      <div class=\"accordion-header-text\">\n        <h3 class=\"margin-bottom-0\">\n          <button class=\"accordion-header full-width background-gray-light-30 border-0 margin-0 padding-top-2 padding-bottom-2 padding-left-3 padding-right-3\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n            History (Her Story)            <div class='accordion-toggle icon-right' class=''>\n              <i class='icon-chevron-right'><\/i>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/button>\n        <\/h3>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class='accordion-content'>\n        <p><span>The Dimensions Mentoring Program was created in 2002 in the Office of Multicultural Affairs. During that time, the climate of the University and the student leaders were primarily male. As many of the young women on campus wanted to have their voices heard, they needed a forum where that could be properly formed and established. Dimensions was created to help facilitate a space where self-identified women of color could transition through college with a support network. The program focuses on pairing first-year and transfer students with upperclass women with whom they form bonds, sisterhood, obtain academic and professional resources, and learn to address the issues that face their communities.\u00a0Over the years, Dimensions has mentored over 600 first-year and transfer women of color, many of whom return to the program to become mentors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Transitioning in 2026 to support changing needs for Belonging and Student Success, Dimensions supports and serves sophomores, juniors and seniors, and focuses on creating a sense of community built on sisterhood, group mentoring, and personal and professional development.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dimensions is a mentoring program for students that builds a supportive sisterhood through dialogue and activities focused on confidence, academic success and cross-cultural engagement. 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