STUDENT PARENTS ARE NOT ALONE
Campus Compass is a student-parent circle dedicated to sharing resources and information to help student-parents succeed in college. Our programming includes free online virtual workshops, peer-to-peer mentoring, and the amplification of resources.
We are dedicated to developing a resource directory organized by Minnesota regions with the hopes of partnering with Student Parent Coordinators at all Minnesota colleges to share this information.
We are also working on a Campus assessment that will provide information on the resources campuses already offer to student parents and identify growth opportunities to further support our student-parent population.
Click through our Program Goals below to learn more about our mission.
wHO WE ARE
“A future where resources are easy to find, support is proactive, and success is shared through connection, care, and opportunity to help support two generations at a time.”
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Providing parents with information about federal, state, county, city, non-profit, NGO’s, and community resources. These resources can help them succeed in college and beyond. They include, but are not limited to, financial aid, transferring to 4-year universities, scholarship strategies, childcare help, basic needs, mental health, access to children's enrichment resources, and the secrets of higher education.
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There’s a well-known saying that if you give someone a fish, they’ll eat for a day, but if you teach them to fish, they’ll eat for a lifetime. We believe in doing both. We do this by teaching how to find resources and providing resources through our workshops, website (AI-powered resource database, blogs, & toolkits), newsletters & emails.
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Our community is created by student-parents, for student-parents. We pool our knowledge and resources and connect students with people who understand what they’re going through, particularly through our Scholars Program and our free online virtual workshops—Student Parent Circle—with future goals of creating Student Parent Clubs and Family Friendly Events.
STUDENT-PARENT SCHOLARS PROGRAM
At Campus Compass, we recognize that even the most streamlined and user-friendly databases can be overwhelming for student-parents, and resources constantly change. That’s why we launched the Student Parent Scholars Program. The program provides 1-on-1 peer mentorship through the CARA model.
Our scholars are expected to attend all of our FREE virtual workshops, and afterward, their navigator assists them in acquiring resources related to those workshops. Each workshop concludes with gift card raffles, where each scholar’s chance to win increases based on engagement.
Navigators also help scholars find and access additional resources needed to achieve their goals through scholarships, personal/career development, and opportunities for their children. Upon completing 75% of the program, the scholar is granted a scholarship!