ACMAPS Student Spotlight presents M. Anthony Giscômbe! Anthony is a 47 year old, third year student majoring in Accounting. He is also a peer mentor here at ACMAPS. Anthony's love of learning is part of the reason he was motivated to return to school. He wanted to complete what he started years ago and he […]
Tag Archives: Mature Student Success
ACMAPS Peer Mentors are here for you!
Some of you may already be aware of ACMAPS’ Peer Mentor Program and maybe even accessed its services, but for those of you that are not familiar, well, this blog’s for you. A Little about our Mentors and Workshops: ACMAPS’ peer mentors are usually third or fourth year students who have good overall academic […]
Keys to Academic Success
Originally, I wanted to write about study tips and tricks to help you get through exams, but then I thought, “self, consistent learning and understanding is what really matters”, and so I decided instead to meet with Cathy from Learning Skills Services and have an in-depth discussion about the services they offer, and the advice […]
ACMAPS Student Spotlight
We’ve been asking our mature students to share their stories with us; why they returned to school, what keeps them motivated, what do they plan on doing once their time here at York is up. I decided that perhaps I should share with you all my reasons for being here…and for staying. At 16, I […]
MY VISIT TO YORK UNIVERSITY MATURE STUDENT ORGANIZATION’S LOUNGE
Here I am in my fourth year and I have never visited YUMSO’s student lounge, and I’ve seriously missed out. I decided to correct that error and made my first visit there last week (and it won’t be my last). It was a beautiful day for a walk over to Vanier College (located behind York […]
