OMSA Student Groups
The Office of Minority Student Affairs has supports the following on campus groups whose organizations’ missions are in line with our office’s mission. We believe in supporting underrepresented students through mentorship, community building, leadership, and providing academic and professional enrichment opportunities.
Douglass Leadership House (DLH)
The mission of the DLH is to establish an engaging intellectual community where students of all cultural backgrounds can come together and raise awareness of the many facets of the students’ experience; including culture, politics, history, and Diasporic roots.
Students live together in a supportive environment that celebrates historical leadership and nurtures their own leadership skills.
Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students (MAPS)
MAPS is a pre-medical chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) and a pipeline organization sponsored by the University of Rochester SNMA. It is an undergraduate organization that embodies the interest of underserved pre-health students.
MAPS is an organization that aims to provide students in medicine with the tools and resources necessary to become competitive applicants to their respective health professional fields. Some of the unique benefits of being a member of Rochester MAPS are that members are exposed to unique leadership opportunities and get to be a part of the yearly regional and national conferences.
Minority Male Leadership Association (MMLA)
MMLA was founded the winter of 2013 by several men whom gathered on campus to share a vision to create an organization for undergraduates, graduates, and faculty/staff that would foster mentorship and success among men in the Rochester community.
Minority Student Advisory Board (MSAB)
MSAB was created to be a coordinating mechanism that would serve as a political, cultural and resource base in the interest of communities on campus. They believe that certain areas of University life can be enhanced through collective action by a formal organization.
Women's Leadership Alliance (WLA)
WLA was founded by four undergraduate women at the University of Rochester who felt that mentoring of women is an important aspect missing from the University of Rochester community. The hope of this organization is to build a sisterhood among graduate and undergraduates on campus and those in the Rochester City School District.