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CNAS SCHOLARS PAID PEER MENTOR OPPORTUNITY

Did you get a lot out of being in a CNAS Scholars Learning Community as a freshman? Do you enjoy your NASC093 class or have ideas on how to improve it for freshman in the years to come? Do you want to mentor incoming freshman who will be joining learning communities on tips and tricks of navigating through CNAS you wish you had been told early on?

Keep reading to find out more about the opportunity, the pay and the mandatory workshop times!

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you should consider becoming a CNAS Scholars Peer Mentor! As a peer mentor, you will be responsible for mentoring about two dozen freshman in learning communities like the ones you are/were in!

You will be able to transfer valuable insight to them especially in the realms of being pre-med,being involved in research, pursuing a career in STEM education and more! In addition to mentoring where you develop interpersonal skills, you will be able to develop your teamwork skills by working with a group of other peer mentors on projects such as creating videos for the CNAS website.

Did I forget to message that you will be paid $15.99 an hour?

This is an open call to apply as a CNAS Scholars or CNAS PERSIST Peer Mentor for the 2019-2020 academic year. Training will begin spring quarter and the official Peer Mentor position would begin in September 2019. Please see cnasscholars.ucr.edu for information about the CNAS Scholars and CNAS PERSIST Peer Mentor programs. Applications and resumes are due by Friday, Mar. 1 at 4pm. Workshop attendance at a PM Information Session is required, in order to apply for a position. If you can’t attend a workshop, meet with Jenn or Jaron during drop in hours (see myadvising.ucr.edu). Job descriptions are attached. The application can be submitted at the following link: Peer Mentor Application

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Our current peer mentors can be found here:  Current Peer Mentors


In order to become a peer mentor you must attend an info session! Please RSVP via the link at a time that works for you.

The dates and times are the following:
Becoming a peer mentor is a truly rewarding experience.

One peer mentor Gina shares her story: 

"I really like being a LC CNAS Peer Mentor because I really enjoy passing on what I've learned through my years to my mentees. As a first generation student, my mentors taught me a lot that my family were not able to, and the knowledge has been invaluable."

Don't forget to sign up for a workshop with the links above!

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