On January 31, 2025, the CUNY Peer Leaders gathered for their first meetup of the year at the CUNY Graduate Center, and began with a grounding activity: everyone shared a quotation or phrase that inspires them. CPL Director Melendez shared…
On Friday, September 13, 2024, the CUNY Peer Leaders met over Zoom for their second meetup of the 2024-2025 academic year. We began with some announcements about upcoming events like former CPL Facilitator Kelsey Milian’s invitation to attend a Hip…
On Friday, August 30, 2024, the incoming 2024-2025 CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) gathered in the Skylight Room at the Graduate Center on Fifth Avenue to kick off the new academic year with a discussion about transformational leadership. CPL Director Lauren…
We celebrated the year at the CUNY Peer Leaders program with a festive final meetup on Friday, May 3, 2024. A leader brought some unicorn party hats, the program provided food and homemade baked goods, and CPL Director Melendez opened…
Opening the CPL meetup on February 16, 2024, Director Lauren Melendez introduced the topic of professional development, which includes school and education, experience in the workforce, and the ultimate goal of taking a degree into a field—be it graduate school…
CPL Director opened our meetup on March 1, 2024 at the Graduate Center framing today’s session on financial literacy. She noted that some of the topics, like financial literacy, in these meetups are topics that are pertinent but are not…
Gathering in the Graduate Center’s Skylight Room for the last CPL meetup of the year on December 15, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders welcomed a guest speaker: Dr. Jody Clark-Vaisman. Dr. Clark-Vaisman serves as Academic Director of the CUNY Baccalaureate…
On November 3, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders gathered in person at the Graduate Center and presented their recorded soundscapes, reflections on the exercise, and album art. This gathering was a follow-up to the October 6 meetup, when the leaders…
On Friday, October 6, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders convened on Zoom for two hours with CPL Facilitator Kelsey Milian, Coordinator Jackie Cahill, and Director Lauren Melendez, who dialed in from the 2023 Mellon Conference at USF. Facilitator Kelsey Milian,…
On August 23, 2023, the CUNY Peer Leaders (CPL) convened in the Graduate Center’s Skylight Room to kick off the 2023-2024 academic year. CPL Director Lauren Melendez began the day by making brief introductions, reminding students of how special they…
