Leadership

SSS Peer Mentors

SSS peer mentors help new SSS students acclimate to campus during their first semester at ßÙßÇÂþ»­. They share campus resources and personal experience to help navigate common scenarios on campus such as getting a job or internship, finding volunteer opportunities, registering for courses, signing up for campus housing and more.

SSS Peer Mentor applicants must:

  • Apply using the Google form emailed out to the listserv toward the end of the fall semester of each year — be ready to upload a cover letter and resume
  • Successfully interview
  • Complete our Mandatory Leadership Training (not for credit) during the spring semester (held on Fridays from 3:30–4:30 p.m.)
  • Complete our CDCI 395 Internship Seminar (2 credits) during the fall semester

SSS Academic Success Coaching

SSS provides free tutoring & academic success coaching support for all of its program participants in a number of different subjects both by appointment and on a drop-in basis. Drop-in schedules are available at the SSS office and here.

Want to be an SSS Academic Success Coach?

We have both paid & internship positions. If you have completed the CDCI Academic Success Coach Training Internship, you can apply to be a paid coach using this .

In order to be paid, you must complete the CDCI 395 Academic Success Coach Training Internship (2 credits). The internship is only a 1 semester commitment & happens in both the fall and spring semesters.

Intern applicants must:

  • Have at least 1 semester of graded coursework at ßÙßÇÂþ»­
  • Have a B or better in the subject you'd like to assist with
  • Have a 3.0 or better GPA
  • You DO NOT need prior experience - we teach you how!
  • You DO NOT need to be an expert in the subject you want to coach - you are not a professor!
  • Apply using this — be ready to upload a cover letter & resume

Need more convincing? Read these intern testimonials!

If you have more questions, email Alicia Hibbard.