About Peer Mentors - Center for Multicultural Initiatives

The goal of the Peer Mentor Program is to retain OUTAS, McCree, and Compact scholarship recipients. The program is designed to be a systematic process by which experienced students apply and are hired to serve as mentors to help new students become accustomed to college life and develop their academic and leadership skills.

Assigned mentors meet weekly in one-on-one sessions with scholarship recipients to assess and monitor academic and social progress. Mentors provide scholarship recipients with information about classes, support services, academic programs and counseling. Students must meet with their mentors weekly for at least their first two years at the university.

CMI peer mentors are campus leaders. From New Student Orientation on, CMI mentors provide guidance and model academic and social success to their mentees and to the campus community.

Candidates must be enrolled full time, have a minimum of a 3.0 cumulative GPA, be in good disciplinary standing with the university and residence halls, be in Sophomore standing by the following Fall, demonstrate solid interpersonal communication skills, and complete an interviewing process.

Compensation and contract commitments consist of 1 weekend in May and 1 week at the end of July for training, representing the CMI office at orientations and other University events, working approximately 10 hours a week during the academic school year, a $65 bi-weekly stipend during the academic school year, and attending paraprofessional training sessions throughout the academic year.

Recruitment for 2013-2014 CMI Peer Mentors has concluded. Recruitment for CMI Peer Mentors takes place from November to January.

Open or available to all students regardless of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.