Senior Project Advisor

Lourdes Gutierrez Najera

Document Type

Project

Publication Date

Spring 2022

Keywords

mentorship, students of color, community building, counternarrative

Abstract

Honors Peer Mentors are trained to be welcoming and reliable sources of community for incoming students of color in the Honors College; offer constructive opportunities and solutions for perceived problems; and listen to, support, and encourages the mentee. There are also benefits in being a peer mentor. A primary goal of the Honors Peer Mentor Team is to increase support for incoming Honors students from underrepresented backgrounds and facilitate connections with cross-campus partners, including the Ethnic Student Center, Student Advocacy and Identity Resource Center, LGBTQ+, Disability Outreach Center, mental health resources, Academic Advising, Career Services, etc This paper is both a guide and a narrative detailing the creating and presentation of the first year of the Mentorship Program. Major sections of this guide address the building of a relationship with the mentee and the mentorship team, improvements for the program for future years, and a heavy focus on creating a program rooted in revolutionary practices like community-building and intentional love.

Department

Fairhaven College of Interdisciplinary Studies

Subjects - Topical (LCSH)

Peer teaching--Washington (State)--Bellingham; College students--Washington (State)--Bellingham

Subjects - Names (LCNAF)

Western Washington University

Geographic Coverage

Bellingham (Wash.)

Genre/Form

guidebooks

Type

Text

Rights

Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.

Language

English

Format

application/pdf

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