WHAT IS A PEER MENTOR?

A Peer Mentor (or PM) is a Youngstown State University student who has been hired and trained to serve as a mentor and guide during a student's first year at Youngstown State University. Peer Mentors are required to have at least a 2.5 GPA and have at least 32 credit hours completed. Peer Mentors work as Orientation Leaders during the summer and have students sign contracts with them to receive midterms and to extend their orientation during their entire first-year of college.

Peer Mentors each work 20 hours a week during which they are available in their offices in the Center for Student Progress. Peer Mentors send copies of their hours to each student who signed a contract with them during Orientation.

Peer Mentors meet with first-year students weekly during appointments that last approximately 30 minutes.

For listing of the topics that are covered use the following link: Spring 2008 Weekly Topics

For listings of each Peer Mentor's hours use the following link: Spring 2008 Peer Mentor Hours

To sign up for a Peer Mentor use the following link: Peer Mentor Sign Up

For more information about Peer Mentors, feel free to contact Angela Kearns by phone at 330-941-7492 or by email firstyrp@cc.ysu.edu

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