Description:
Peer mentors will work with an SUU Disability Resource Center (DRC) student cohort of 6-8 students for the 2026-2027 academic year. Peer mentors coordinate, develop and guide/instruct DRC students with academic strategies, study skills, career and professional development services in weekly meetings that could include the following;
- Time management: creating and implementing a weekly academic and personal schedule,
- Goal-setting, study strategies and exam preparedness,
- Campus tours with introduction and exposure to campus resources,
- Stress management and self-advocacy advice,
- Resume assistance, job search guidance, interview helps, registration assistance, financial aid and scholarship applications,
- Communication relating to social situations, as well as in university settings, as well as in the workplace and other professional scenarios,
- Academic skill development, budgeting techniques and soft skill instruction,
- Training will be offered at the beginning of fall semester and peer mentoring positions are for the full academic year; fall & spring semester.
Qualifications:
A qualified peer mentor should be/possess the following characteristics:
- A current SUU student in the senior or junior class with a minimum 3.5 GPA,
- Experience working with, or a desire to learn how to work with persons with disabilities,
- Effective at time management, organization, study and social skills, as well as preparing and planning for instruction shared with mentees.
- Compassionate, patient, resourceful and willing to learn alongside their student cohort how to individualize instruction that aligns with each students' needs,
- Competent in own personal professional development.
- Awareness of SUU campus resources and how to access and utilize resources.