Peer Mentor Program

The Humanities Peer Mentor Program is designed to give new first year students a comfortable start at UCI and in the Humanities. Small groups of new freshpeople meet weekly with successful upper-division students majoring in the Humanities. The meetings address academic issues or are spent relaxing and having fun. Groups might explore the UCI campus, attend a workshop on time management and procrastination, enjoy a meal at a local restaurant, etc. Mentees keep journals in which they express ideas and raise issues for their mentors and take part in one whole group workshop each quarter. Mentees earn two units of P/NP credit for their participation in Fall and Winter quarters.

Another focus of the program is to encourage and assist the student mentors to go on to graduate school. They can choose to work closely with faculty sponsors. They write a paper during the Winter quarter documenting their experiences in the program and researching important issues pertaining to their mentor groups. Mentors earn four P/NP units for their participation in each of the Fall and Winter quarters.

What it Takes to Become a Mentor

• You must be a Humanities major.
• You must be a true junior or senior (90 or more units/at least 2 years of college complete) by September 2008.
• You must have attended UCI for 3 quarters or more by 9/1/08.
• You should have an overall GPA of B- (2.7) or better.
• You should have an interest in working with new freshpeople.
• You should have an interest in cultural and academic diversity.
• You must leave Thursdays from 2-3:30 p.m. open in Fall for weekly classes.
• You must be willing to take part in both Fall '08 and Winter '09.
• Preference will be given to students who came to UCI as freshpeople.

Interested in applying? We are now accepting applications!  You may download a copy of the requirements and the application as a .pdf file, or come pick one up from the Humanities Undergraduate Counseling Office (143 HIB). Applications are due in 143 HIB by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 15th, 2008.

If you have any questions, contact Lisa Payne-Miller at lpaynemi@uci.edu, or by calling (949) 824-5132.

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