Mission

Peer Mentor Program utilizes student mentors to assist new students in making a successful transition to academic and student life. Peer Mentors are successful students who share their personal college experiences and strategies to promote the success of new students. They offer support, friendship, assistance in obtaining answers to questions, and assistance in utilizing college resources. Opportunities are available throughout the year for freshman students to interact with one another and with their Peer Mentor.

Mentor Selection

During the summer term, all students are encouraged to apply for the Peer Mentor Program. Interested students are given a copy of the Peer Mentor Guidelines and are asked to fill out an application. The Peer Mentor Advisor and current peer mentors hold interviews of the students. All students who are committed to upholding the Peer Mentor Guidelines and are in good academic standing are selected as Peer Mentors.  

Mentor Training

All Peer Mentors are required to attend a ten-hour Peer Educator Certified Training.

Training consists of the following topics:

• Caring and Helping Within Limits
• Listening Skills
• Educational Programs and Awareness Campaigns
• Responding and Referral Skills
• Confrontation Skills
• Role Modeling
• Ethics
• Taking Care of Ourselves  

Mentor Compensation

Peer Mentors will be paid monthly basis for the time that they spend working at Freshman Orientation and admission.

Mentor Guidelines

Attend the Peer Mentor training. (A monthly meeting will be held during the Summer Term).

Participants in the Freshmen Orientation Mentors will contact their freshmen one week before school starts to welcome them to BMC and to see if they have any questions, concerns, etc.

Mentors will contact their freshmen (through phone, e-mail, notes, etc.) at least once every two weeks to inform them of up-coming campus activities. This means that mentors will be responsible for finding out about campus activities. In order to encourage freshmen to become involved in campus life, it is necessary for mentors to be as involved in campus life as they possibly can.

Mentors will work a minimum of 10 hours per semester at some form of activity or programming sponsored by the Peer Mentor Program or other student services activity.

Mentors are to be seen as leaders in the campus. Therefore, it is crucial that mentors conduct themselves as role models and follows the ethical standards set out for them through peer mentor training.