Peer Mentoring Program

Applications will be accepted in early Winter quarter 2010.

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.

2009-2010 Academic Year Peer Mentors
Tokunbo Ayeni Biology	Nidhanjali Bansal Bioengineering	Isabel Bartolome Art History	Jessica Cade Biological Sciences
Tara Castellanos Liberal Studies	Radhika Chandramouli Neuroscience	Matthew Cheng Business Administration	Clifford Cheung Business Administration
William Cullen II Business Administration	Erin Dimbleby Biology	Michael Duong Business	Alex Eisner Computer Engineering
Kevin Eng  Public Policy	Amanda Falk Film and visual Culture	Matt Felver	Bonnie Ferrara Biochemistry
Brian Filadelfia Biochemistry	Jayson Fitter Chemistry	Erin Fletcher Biology	David Fronk Biology
Kumar Gandhi Biological Sciences	Hannah Geiger	Omar Kadri Biochemistry	Teresa Khoo Biology
Vincent La Biochemistry	Timothy Lay Pre-Business	Alex Maduena English	Kristine Mantaring Neuroscience
Reuben Mathews	Kyle McKellar Bioengineering	Meina Michael	Elizabeth Morlock Math
Rayek Nafiz Biological Sciences	Lillian Nguyen English & Philosophy	Karna Patel	Felicia Pranata
Mina Said	Robert Sanderson Physics	Chalesea Schuler Interdisciplinary Studies	Jemmarie Silva Political Science
Patra Sorod Biochemistry	Lyn Stephenson Creative Writing	Sneha Surapaneni Biological Sciences	Spurty Surapaneni
Jeremy Tan Electrical Engineering	Robert Tran Biological Sciences	Jamie Tremmel Political Science Law & Society	Matthew Ung Mechanical Engineering
Candice Vance Mechanical Engineering	Danielle Wickman Life Sciences Undeclared
	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:

2008-09
2007-08
2006-07
2005-06
2004-05
2003-04
2002-03
2001-02
2000-01