Program for Excellence in Academics & Community (PEAC)

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PEAC 2024 Dates and Deadlines

   Priority Deadline: February 25, 2024

   Final Deadline: April 1, 2024 

    Summer 2024 Program Dates: July 6, 2024- July 26, 2024 

 

 

 


 

 

Questions?

 

If you have any additional questions about the program or the application process, please contact the MASP team:

  • masp@colorado.edu

 

 

Every summer, the Miramontes Arts & Sciences Program (MASP) invites highly motivated incoming freshmen from traditionally underrepresented groups and/or who are first-generation college students to its summer Program for Excellence in Academics and Community (PEAC), a rigorous residential academic summer bridge program focusing on intensive university-level material and giving students an opportunity to form a strong community that will serve them during their freshman year and beyond.

PEAC consistently builds an encouraging and supportive academic community for students at CU Boulder. Throughout our program鈥攊n classes, in the residence hall, and through other activities 鈥 we emphasize the diversity of our student experiences and backgrounds. We believe that students who learn to live and work with each other and value their diverse community will be more successful and productive members of the larger university community. No matter how prepared you think you are for university life, PEAC will challenge you and improve your chances for success at CU Boulder!

Check out the Program Components section below with specific information about PEAC 2024!

 

PEAC Program Components

Academic Enrichment

During the PEAC program students will take a variety of intense and challenging courses taught by CU Professors and reflective of a liberal arts education, including classes in writing, STEM, arts and social science. In the past we have offered classes such as 鈥淐hemistry,鈥 鈥淓thical Puzzles,鈥 鈥淲riting; Vision and Voice.鈥

Current MASP students report that their PEAC classes are what really prepared them for college classes, giving them a sense of confidence when starting out in the fall.

Beyond coursework, PEAC students will get to know the CU Boulder campus and participate in the following group activities and trips that help develop a sense of community and a strong cohort of friends:

PEAC Community-Building Activities:

  • CU Challenge Course
  • Free Pass to the CU Rec Center
  • White Water Rafting
  • Shakespeare Festival
  • Fiske Planetarium
  • Local Activities: Volleyball, Frisbee, Soccer, Yoga, and More!

MASP students consistently cite PEAC as the place where they developed their strongest friendships at CU.

The PEAC Peer Mentoring team is composed of current MASP students who serve a hybrid role both as a residential advisor and a learning assistant. Throughout the entire program, peer mentors live in the dorms, take classes alongside students, and most importantly help PEAC students build an inclusive community by learning to lead by examples. 

Students accepted to PEAC participate free of charge. PEAC covers the cost of instruction, room and board and a number of fun community building activities. Students who successfully complete the PEAC program receive a $1000 stipend and become eligible for MASP and its related participation scholarship of $2,000 per academic year.

Students who successfully complete PEAC and enroll at CU-Boulder in the Fall are eligible to become members of MASP. During the academic year, MASP awards to each student in good standing a participation scholarship of up to $2,000/year, provides credit-bearing seminars for first- and second-year students, offers faculty mentoring, holds social events, organizes programs with renowned CU faculty, and provides access to a community space for studying and social interactions. MASP students have many opportunities to develop a network of friends and peers, to meet scholarly professionals in a variety of academic disciplines, and to carry out hands-on research.

"As a first year student I joined PEAC with the expectation that I would gain the knowledge I needed to survive college. What I was not expecting was to find myself surrounded by a supportive network of faculty, staff, and students that not only created an atmosphere conducive to my social and personal growth, but remained unwavering in encouraging my intellectual development as well."

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鈥淭he best part about PEAC/MASP was how caring the staff and professors were. It really was a community established to help us make it through.鈥

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鈥淭his was a great opportunity and I feel like it makes college feel more manageable and a realistic goal.鈥

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鈥淚 liked the activities that PEAC provided but the most important of all was the community. I was able to gain friends that will be there for the future.鈥