{"id":967,"date":"2015-05-20T18:16:15","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bfenster.cms-devl.bu.edu\/casprograms\/?page_id=967"},"modified":"2025-11-21T14:21:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T19:21:32","slug":"peer-mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/student-life\/undergraduate-students\/ospl\/student-leadership-opportunities\/peer-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b><a href=\"\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"366\" class=\"wp-image-83048 alignleft\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-636x477.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-755x566.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/files\/2024\/11\/peermentors-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a>FY101 Peer Mentor Role + Application<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer Mentors are an integral part of FY 101, a 1-credit course offered to first-year students during the fall semester. Peer Mentors are responsible for helping plan syllabi and course activities, facilitating discussion, and promoting student engagement both in and outside of the classroom. Serving both as role models and valuable resources to first-year students, Peer Mentors assist in making connections with a range of campus departments, student organizations, and the vast array of opportunities that exist at Boston University and in the great city of Boston. <strong>Please read the following information before applying.<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For questions, please contact<b> Simon Anderson msimona@bu.edu.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The Commitment<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Summer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activity development with your instructor (generally via e-mail and not a lot of time needed)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occasional communication with your first-year students starting in August<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fall:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weekly FY101 Class (1 hour)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weekly Check-Ins with your Instructor (1\/2 hour)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Required Class: SED ED:245- Peer Counseling- Wednesdays 2:30pm-4:15pm<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer Mentors earn 2-units through this class as well as one Hub Requirement in Oral and\/or Signed Communication<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"2\">\u00a0You cannot take more than 20 units\/semester i.e. you cannot overload and serve as a Peer Mentor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular communication with your Instructor and students<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Qualifications<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer Mentors must meet the following requirements:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be a student, in good standing<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have at least sophomore standing and completed at least one semester at BU by Fall 2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achieved at least a 2.5 GPA<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possess strong interpersonal and communication skills and have the desire to continue to develop these skills throughout the semester<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be enthusiastic and willing to share their own experiences as a student at the University<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be interested in supporting the successful academic and social transition of first-year and\/or transfer students<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Benefits<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer Mentors will have the opportunity to network with other student leaders, administrators and staff from across the College and the University while receiving mentoring from their assigned course instructor. They will gain valuable leadership, presentation, and communication skills while making a significant impact on the experience of first-year and transfer students at Boston University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer Mentors will also receive<\/span><b> 2-units in a graded course that counts towards graduation.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Peer Mentors will receive<\/span><b> one Hub requirement in Oral and\/or Signed Communication.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Sound right for you? Apply now!<\/p>\n<p>Fall 2026 <strong>Application<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/student-life\/undergraduate-students\/2024-fy101-peer-mentor-application\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Here<\/a><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><strong>Early Decision Deadline- Monday, January 26, 2026<\/strong><br style=\"clear: both;\" \/><strong>Regular Decision Deadline- Monday, March 16, 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FY101 Peer Mentor Role + Application Peer Mentors are an integral part of FY 101, a 1-credit course offered to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9836,"featured_media":0,"parent":47915,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/967"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=967"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87883,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/967\/revisions\/87883"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}