​​​​​​Adjusting to a new learning environment can sometimes feel difficult for new students. Additionally, asynchronous online learning comes with its own unique challenges that can be difficult to understand and navigate. This workshop will identify some common difficulties new students encounter when they begin their academic journey here at CUNY SPS. We will also review strategies that may help you navigate these difficulties and have a good first semester.

Monday, February 3, 2025 

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Online, via Zoom

Thachell Tanis, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist with specialties in clinical assessment, campus-based mental health care, and psychodynamic psychotherapies. She has previously worked as a psychologist at NYPD, as well as a mental health clinician at Bellevue Hospital, Kings County Hospital, Brooklyn College, Hunter College Campus Schools, and The Psychological Center at City College. Before she became a psychologist, she worked as a research coordinator at Mount Sinai Beth Israel conducting research on the effects of childhood maltreatment in adulthood.

Title: 
Clinical Psychologist 

This program is supported by the Urban Male Scholars program. The UMS program is supported by a generous grant from the CUNY Black Male Initiative (BMI). CUNY BMI is a university-wide student development initiative with more than 30 campus programs focused on increasing the matriculation, retention and graduation rates of underrepresented students, particularly men of color.

The CUNY SPS Urban Male Scholars (UMS) program offers cultural-competency educational programming through peer mentoring. Aimed at providing both academic and cultural support, the program’s goal is to help students successfully complete their undergraduate studies and graduate.