{"id":44725,"date":"2022-01-06T16:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T21:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/?page_id=44725"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:28:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:28:25","slug":"meet-your-cgs-peer-mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/student-life\/meet-your-cgs-peer-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"CGS Peer Mentor Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The CGS Peer Mentor Program is an integral part of the first-year student experience at the College of General Studies. Peer Mentors serve to support and encourage first-year student success and work closely with the CGS advisors and faculty to provide mentorship on both academic and student life matters. Through one-on-one and group activities, Peer Mentors will support first-year students as they transition to campus, CGS, and the Boston University community.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in becoming a CGS Peer Mentor or learning more about the program, please connect with Jihyeon Choe, Assistant Director of Student Services, at <a href=\"mailto:jchoe1@bu.edu\">jchoe1@bu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Meet Our Peer Mentors<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Connect with a Peer Mentor today!<\/em><\/strong> Our CGS Peer Mentors are upperclassmen with lots of experience navigating campus and the city of Boston. They are excited to meet you and welcome you to Boston University. Contact a Peer Mentor if you have questions about campus life, classes, extracurricular advice, need a referral to a specific resource on campus, or just want to say \u201cHi!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peer Mentor Gilbane Office Hours: <\/strong>Each week, CGS Peer Mentors offer a Gilbane Office hour to first-year students. The Gilbane Study Lounge is located in Room 130, first floor of the College of General Studies building (871 Commonwealth Avenue).<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The CGS Peer Mentor Program is an integral part of the first-year student experience at the College of General Studies. Peer Mentors serve to support and encourage first-year student success and work closely with the CGS advisors and faculty to provide mentorship on both academic and student life matters. Through one-on-one and group activities, Peer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16662,"featured_media":0,"parent":36741,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44725"}],"version-history":[{"count":50,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50774,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44725\/revisions\/50774"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/36741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cgs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}