Expanding Horizons: Peer Mentor Program
The goals of the Peer Mentor Program are to:
- Heighten students' awareness of and exposure to college life
- Foster positive self-esteem
- Improve students' overall G.P.A.
- Increase class attendance
- Improve the intellectual, cultural, and social well-being of
studentsExpanding Horizons' Mentors are upperclass students who
maintain a 2.5 GPA. Each mentor applies and interviews with
the EHP staff before being selected for this position.
Each year, EHP mentors begin the start of the academic year, prior
to the Summer Orientation Program,
with a 2 day training coordinated by the Career & Mentor Program
Coordinator. The training includes topics on leadership, mentoring,
diversity, program objectives, and communication. Mentors learn
new skills and further develop their current ones. Mentors will
then participate in the Summer Orientation Program to help new students
adjust to the transition to college.
The goals for mentors in the program will be to:
- Increase mentors' awareness of diversity and student development
issues through their increased contacts and interpersonal relationships
- Provide a climate in which mentors may derive personal satisfaction
and pride from their active participation in students' academic
and personal success.
- Establish close working relationship with students and EHP staff.
In an effort to promote social / cultural experience for all EHP
students, mentors work with EHP's Career & Mentor Program Coordinator, Beth Hallet,
to plan activities for the Fall and Spring semesters. A sample of
past activities is listed below.
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Mentor Activities
Mentors
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