Peer Mentors are upper-division students who have been successful in adjusting to university life and who desire to share their enthusiasm and wisdom with new students. Peer Mentors serve as an extension of the Student Support Services staff, helping to welcome new students to the program and facilitate their adjustments to college by providing information, encouragement, and support. Peer Mentors help first-semester SSS students in many ways – as a source of information, a concerned peer, an attentive listener, and a model for campus involvement.
Contact Ashley Kirchner at Ashley.kirchner@BHSU.edu or 605.642.6824 for an application or more information.
"When I go to my advisor through the SSS program, I feel important. I don't feel like I am wasting someone's time and energy when I step in the office, and that is a good feeling. When I have a problem about anything from my schedule, to classes to financial aid, SSS can always direct me to the right people, and that is also a very helpful thing this program has to offer for students like me who don't know where to go in certain situations." - Kayleigh, 2nd year student