LAMP (Leadership and Academic Mentorship Program)
What is LAMP?
First Year
In their first year of participation in the program, LAMP Trainees work as Resource Representatives at the check-in desk of the Peer Learning Commons (PLC), and participate in weekly trainings covering learning strategies, campus resources and opportunities, student wellness, and group leadership. As a part of this year, LAMP Trainees receive robust support in identifying and applying for paid positions across campus where they can support their peers in subsequent years. Many continue to work within SASC as Peer Tutors for Learning Strategies as well as other subjects they are able to support; many also go on to other positions in other programs, such as Residential Life and the Student Center for Belonging and Community.
Subsequent Years
Students who have completed the first year of the program are LAMP Fellows, signifying their capacity to serve as a mentor to their peers, and to connect them to the campus resources best able to support them. In addition to their work in roles across campus where they are in a position to support their peers, LAMP Fellows also meet regularly as a group with SASC Professional Staff to discuss their experiences doing this work, and to dig deeper into specific learning strategies and leadership skills which are valuable as a Bates student. LAMP Fellows also participate in designing and facilitating a variety of workshops for classes and student groups across campus.
Please see the section below for more information about LAMP Workshops.
LAMP Learning Strategies Workshops for Bates Students
These workshops can be presented by LAMP Fellows or SASC Professional Staff, and cover fundamental skills and resources students can use to create their own success here at Bates! We have designed several that can be easily customized to meet the needs of your group, or we can create a new workshop if there’s a need that none of the already created workshops will meet.
LAMP Fellows
We are Bates students who worked in our first year as Resource Representatives. Now, we work as Learning Strategies tutors, facilitate workshops for classes, clubs and other groups, and act as a point of support for SASC’s current Resource Representatives.
Hi! I’m Ale, and you can find me either on the ground floor or first floor of the library, at Carnegie, or by the pond at Bates (depending on the weather). I’m here to support with physics, learning strategies, IT desk stuff and EACS.
I work as a Learning Strategies Tutor and help to create and lead LAMP workshops throughout the year. You can also find me working as an EACS tutor for SASC, and as a TA in EACS.
I help create and lead LAMP workshops throughout the year, and can work with you one on one as a Learning Strategies tutor.
I’ll be supporting First Year Students this year as a JA, as well as working as a Learning Strategies tutor and helping to deliver workshops. I’m also passionate about Bates Rubgy!
I work in SASC as a tutor for Economics, Math and learning strategies and in SWLC as a tutor for an FYS. I’m also a JA in Kalperis this year, as well as working as am Equity and Inclusion Peer Advisor and as the Events Coordinator for Africana!
Hi, I help create and lead learning strategies workshops throughout the year and support students as a Learning strategies tutor. I’m a Public Speaking and Presentation Support (PSPS) tutor in both English and French. I also work with ResLife as a Junior Advisor and I love helping, so feel free to reach out for help anytime.
Hi everyone, my name is Iffat! I’m a Classical and Medieval Studies and Religious Studies double major and an Art and Visual Culture minor from India. In addition to being a Lamp Fellow, I also work as a Restorative Practices Advisor, a WCAT, and a service assistant at the library desks. I love to write, sketch, work with clay and cook when I can. I have two cats named Mack and Mishti and a dog back in India named Leo. Feel free to approach me anytime, I love to yap about anything and everything and show funny pictures of my pets as conversation starters!
I work in so many spots on campus! You may have met me as an AESOP leader. I’m also a Restorative Practices Advisor and a SPARQ Peer Mentor.
I work in the Multifaith Chaplaincy, and am a JA this year! I also can help with learning strategies, particularly with language learning strategies.
I love to help students find strategies to figure out study abroad and gap years. I’m an international student, and enjoy connecting with others about their experiences here at Bates, especially as they’re figuring out how to make it all work. I also work as a learning strategies tutor.
Hi, I’m Lorenzo. I love to talk about politics, especially international politics. I also love to chat about personal management and time management systems, and can help with learning strategies.
I love to chat with students about anything related to school, crafts, moving pretty far away from home, etc. I work in SASC as a tutor for biology and chemistry, and can help with learning strategies too!
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I also work in SWLC as an attached tutor for an FYS, and in Athletics as a sports information assistant!
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I also work in SASC as a tutor for Economics
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I am studying off-campus for the Fall 2026 semester.
I help design and deliver Learning Strategies workshops, and am available to support students as a Learning Strategies tutor. I also work in SWLC as an attached tutor for an FYS, am a Kessler Scholars Peer Mentor, and work as an EMT here!
LAMP Fellows in training
We are First Year Students who work as Resource Representatives at the central check-in desk in the Peer Learning Commons, connecting students to tutors and ensuring that they have the resources they need! We also meet as a group to discuss what is here at the College to support us, and what we need to know – and to do – in order to be successful in our time at Bates.
