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Section 1: Connect to Fellow Students

By: Charissa Skinner, Academic Success Advisor

Student Organizations

To interact with fellow students, the APUS Office of Student & Alumni Affairs sponsors several student organizations, including honor

societies, professional organizations, clubs and interest based groups. Many organizations are aligned with particular degree programs so that students with similar academic and professional interests can network with each other.

Global Mentor Network

Another service provided by Student & Alumni Affairs is the APUS Global Mentor Network program. This program offered exclusively to APUS students and alumni connects APUS students with an upperclassman or alumni student with similar academic and professional backgrounds and goals. The Global Mentor Network provides students with an opportunity to interact with a mentor who can give practical career advice from professional experience. The GMN program can be found in ‘The Quad’. Access the ‘The Quad’ through your online campus under the Student Services link on the right navigation bar.

Student Lounge

In each APUS online classroom, students can take a break from studies and enter the APUS ‘Student Lounge’. The student lounge is exclusive