UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN River Falls

Student Information

Peer Mentoring

Psychological Sciences Peer Mentoring Program

The Department of Psychological Sciences Peer Mentoring Program supports first-year Psychology and Neuroscience Majors at UW – River Falls by providing essential information, tools, and support for their success. Peer Mentors, who are qualified junior and senior majors, gain personal and professional growth while enhancing their communication and leadership skills.

The program pairs mentors with first-year students both in and outside the Introduction to Psychological Sciences course. Its goals include promoting equitable student success, fostering a sense of belonging, helping students navigate university resources, building campus networks, and improving retention in the majors.

Primary Roles of the Peer Mentor

  • Serving as a contact and role model to first-year students
  • Advocating for the interests, needs, and rights of first-year students
  • Providing academic and advising assistance to first-year students
  • Orienting first-year students to our majors and to UWRF
  • Planning, providing information about, and engaging first-year students in events and activities that help them get involved in our department and UWRF
  • Serving as a referral resource to first-year students in need of services beyond the scope of the mentor/mentee relationship

Peer Mentor Information and Application

 

Minimum qualification for the Peer Mentor position are:

  • Psychology and/or Neuroscience Major
  • Junior or Senior standing as of the Fall term in which you will serve as a mentor
  • At least two completed semesters in the UW – River Falls Department of Psychological Sciences prior to the Fall term in which you will serve as a mentor
  • Enrollment in PSYC 326 (Peer Mentoring) academic course in the Fall term in which you will serve as a mentor
  • Commitment to roughly 10 hours of work per week, including work within the course and outside of the course

If you have any questions, please contact:

Dr. Travis Tubré, Professor and Peer Mentoring Coordinator
Department of Psychological Science