Student Engagement Activities
Engagement Areas
GopherLink
GopherLink is a comprehensive tool to connect you to student groups and other involvement opportunities. Take control of your co-curricular involvement—find opportunities, join a group, and attend an event.
Multicultural Student Engagement
The Office for Multicultural Student Engagement is dedicated to providing diverse opportunities to all students to increase awareness, understanding, an appreciation for cultural differences , social justice, and intersectionality. We promote leadership development, student success, and retention through collaborative engaging educational programming.
Student Group Services
Students seek community and a sense of belonging on campus, and student groups provide space for leadership, academic, and skill development. With over 1,000 organizations, there is a group for everyone, or students can start their own new groups.
Email sao@umn.edu with questions about student groups
Set up an advising meeting to discuss general group operations with a Student Activities Advisor: z.umn.edu/studentgroupadvising
Set up a meeting to discuss planning student group events with a Student Activities Advisor: z.umn.edu/sgeventadvising
Student Events and Entertainment
The Student Events and Entertainment (SEE) team, is intended to further the cultural, educational, social, entertainment, and recreational needs of the students throughout the campus community.
Check out upcoming events, look for virtual resources, or email suaprograms@umn.edu to learn about how to get involved!
Student Governance Advising
Through Student Government Advising, we offer these student leaders development opportunities for reflection on their leadership journey, help them navigate university systems when advocating for change, and guide them as they operate their large organizations.
Every student on campus is represented by one of the following Recognized Student Governance Associations:
Advising Philosophy¶
Our student advising philosophy within the Engagement areas prioritizes effective, meaningful services and support for students while leading them towards personal leadership development and self-efficacy. We utilize the shared values of; Teaching and Learning; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Student-Centered Approaches; and Developing a Sense of Agency for Students.
We strive to:
- Assist in creating and reflecting on meaningful experiences
- Provide direction, context, and perspective
- Challenge and support the individual, community, and society
- Educate and coach through a self-determined journey
- Empower through goal setting, adequate resourcing, and accountability
- Guide through systems of inequity while being aware of personal identities and the way those identities impact relationships with students and the institution
- Help navigate the spectrum of individual, local, and global issues with courage and compassion
- Assist in creating and reflecting on meaningful experiences
- Provide direction, context, and perspective
- Challenge and support the individual, community, and society
- Educate and coach through a self-determined journey
- Empower through goal setting, adequate resourcing, and accountability
- Guide through systems of inequity while being aware of personal identities and the way those identities impact relationships with students and the institution
- Help navigate the spectrum of individual, local, and global issues with courage and compassion
