Subcommittees include Student Life, Curriculum, Community Partnership, Work Environment and Classroom Climate. The OMA Newsletter, mailed once a month, provides information, updates and news about campus programs, services and events of student life and interest. New students are contacted during the summer. Students who identify themselves as ethnic minority have interaction with OMA through outreach programming throughout the year. At the State University of New York at Potsdam, students may not often know where to get questions answered, OMA staff provides students with information regarding many programs and services on campus.
Staff also makes referrals and provides student advocacy on a variety of issues and concerns.
OMA collects scholarship applications and information from outside agencies, companies and foundations and distributes this information through a scholarship library and application notebook. In addition, direct mailings to students eligible for scholarships are done on a periodic basis throughout the academic year. Updated lists of scholarships are available on a weekly basis and as information is received. OMA sponsors a variety of social and cultural events throughout the academic year. Jr. High and High School students regarding valuing diversity and decreasing prejudice.