Peer Mentoring Program

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What is Peer Mentoring?

The University Honors Program provides first year Honors students with a Peer Mentor. Peer Mentors are second or third year Honors students who are teamed with freshmen by major.  Peer Mentors serve as a role model, answer questions, and help ease the transition from high school to college. Peer Mentors have experienced what it is like to be a UCR and Honors student and can give insight into what it was like for them.

First year students can benefit from the experience of these successful students and can feel comfortable discussing issues that many new students face.  Each mentor is paired with between six and ten first year students.

Peer Mentors also serve as leaders within the Honors Program. Peer Mentors receive extensive training, including a 10-week course in spring quarter, one-week summer and fall trainings, and attend weekly staff meetings throughout the year.  Peer Mentors also serve as Teaching Assistants for the first year course, HNPG 009, and facilitate weekly discussion sections.

Peer Mentors also participate in recruitment events for the Honors Program and UC Riverside, as well as serving on one of five Honors Committees: Executive Committee, Community Service Committee, Newsletter Committee, Muffin Morning Committee, and Social Committee. 

PM/RA/PC Policy:

Students who serve as Peer Mentors for the first time may not also hold the leadership position of Resident Advisor also for the first time. This means that a student cannot be both a first-time Peer Mentor and a first-time RA at the same time.

The Honors Program supports and encourages students to get involved in leadership positions on campus, however, our first priority is students' academic success and personal well-being, as well as the success and consistency of the mentoring program.

Students may, however, serve as a Programming Coordinator (PC) in addition to being a Peer Mentor, since the time and job task requirements of PCs are different than RAs.

2007-2008 Academic Year Peer Mentors
Naubahar Agha Bioengineering	Jen Barr Creative Writing	Vanessa Bryan Philosophy	Jessica Cade Biological Sciences
Perveen Chattha Biology	Luis Correa Creative Writing	Alyssa Crom Biological Sciences	Scott Crossfield Business Administration
William Cullen Business Administration	Curtis Darling Biochemistry	Shruti Dasgupta Bioengineering	Erin Dimbleby Anthropology
Alex Eisner Computer Engineering	Bonnie Ferrara Biochemistry	Brian Filadelfia Biochemistry	Theresa Gilbertson Anthropology
Heather Halstead Biological Sciences	Katherine Hawkins Biological Sciences	Kevin Izquierdo Biology	Carrell Jamilano Psychology
Teresa Khoo Biochemistry	Karisma Kothari Biological Sciences	Srikanth Krishnan Biology	Stuart Le Biological Sciences
Elizabeth Lehto Biological Sciences	Meina Michael Biology	Alex Myerchin Theater	Rayek Nafiz Biological Sciences
Lillian Nguyen English	Kathleen Norsworthy History	Sean O'Grady Political Science	Adrian Paris Political Science
Daniel Polk Liberal Studies	Felicia Pranata Biological Sciences	Ajit Rai Biological Sciences	Conrad Riddle Business Administration
Eric Schallert Biological Sciences	Ndeye Sesay Political Science	Ashini Shah Biological Sciences	Sarah Shelvy Political Science
Mary Silva Film and Visual Cultures	Sumit Singh Neuroscience	Julieta Stepanyan Psychology	Lyn Stephenson Creative Writing
Sneha Surapaneni Biological Sciences	Jeremy Tan Electrical Engineering	Christie Teruel Biochemistry	Anjali Varigonda Biological Sciences
Briana Wallace Liberal Studies	Danielle Wickman Life Sciences Undeclared	Jessica Yamane Humanities Undeclared	Joan Zape Biological Sciences
Kevin Zhang Business Administration	Mentor Website	Mentor Pictures

Are you a current Honors student?  Let first year students benefit from your experience.  Strengthen your communication, counseling, and leadership skills. Guide fellow Honors Students to academic success and help them connect to research, scholarship, and internship opportunities. Inquire about this program at the UHP Office, 2316 Olmsted Hall. Applications are available online during January and February.

Peer Mentor Motivational Sayings and Words of Wisdom click here

Peer Mentors Offer Their Top Piece of Advice for College Students click here

See past academic year UHP Peer Mentors:

2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01