Open AccessCreating a Cross-Campus Peer Mentor Network
Author(s) -
Kayla Lisenby
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the journal of college orientation and transition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2690-4535
pISSN - 1534-2263
DOI - 10.24926/jcotr.v20i1.2825
Subject(s) - institution , campus network , peer to peer , peer group , medical education , psychology , public relations , computer science , sociology , political science , world wide web , medicine , telecommunications , social psychology , social science
This article provides specific best practices for creating a cross-campus peer mentor network. Peer mentoring programs are proliferating on college campuses, especially those that are focused on helping first-year students as they transition into a higher education institution. At an institution where several peer mentoring organizations may already exist, the creation of a cross-campus network can have many advantages to the institution, first-year students, upper-division students, and faculty. This article presents the advantages of establishing a peer-mentoring network and provides strategies for overcoming potential roadblocks to establishing such a program. In addition, seven steps for creating an effective and sustainable cross-campus peer network are shared.