Peer Mentoring

UWRF Psychology Peer Mentoring Program

The Department of Psychology's Peer Mentoring program has been developed to train junior and senior psychology majors as peer mentors who engage with first-year psychology majors in an effort to facilitate the first-year students' success at UWRF.

The expected outcomes of the Peer Mentoring Program are to:

• support the Department's efforts in retaining first-year students in the Psychology Department by enhancing the overall experience of first-year students
• provide relevant training and mentoring experience to juior and senior psychology/neuroscience majors within the Department of Psychology

Roles of the Peer Mentor

The primary roles of the Peer Mentor are to:
 

• engage with first-year psychology students and provide them with an experienced student contact within the psychology department;
• provide one-on-one assistance to first-year students with regard to their adjustment to UWRF and to the psychology department;
• act as a role model for first year students in the department;
• be a resource of information for first-year students about UWRF in general and the psychology department and majors in particular;
• provide encouragement to first-year students for their involvement in various campus and departmental activities;
• providing basic academic tutoring and advising consistent with expertise;
• serve as a referral resource to first-year students in need of services beyond the scope of the peer mentoring relationship.

2020-2021 Peer Mentors

Current Mentors

Interested in Becoming a Peer Mentor?

You can apply to be a peer mentor with the application below:

Peer Mentor Application

Peer Mentors must meet the following requirements:

• Be a psychology/neuroscience major and have earned at least 12 credits of psychology/neuroscience.
• Have at least 3 semesters at UW - River Falls
• Enroll in PSYC 326:01 Peer Mentoring during Fall Semester, 2020.

Questions?

Rik Seefeldt, Peer Mentor Advisor
Travis Tubré, Chair, Department of Psychology
Jody Sather, Department Associate, Psychology