{"id":59,"date":"2014-12-03T13:13:05","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T13:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/firstyear\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:06:08","slug":"peer-mentors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/peer-mentors\/","title":{"rendered":"Peer Mentors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>PEER MENTORS<\/h2>\n<p>Peer Mentors are an integral part of the new student academic experience at St. Mary\u2019s. A Peer Mentor is assigned to each section of LEAD Seminar and works with the section professor to help ensure that students are adjusting to the academic expectations of St. Mary\u2019s.<\/p>\n<h3>Peer Mentor Duties<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Peer Mentors help lead discussion<\/li>\n<li>Provide instruction on campus resources<\/li>\n<li>Provide an advanced student perspective within the Seminars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Peer mentors attend every session of the Seminar section to which they are assigned.<\/p>\n<h3>Become a Peer Mentor<\/h3>\n<p>Undergraduate students at St. Mary\u2019s College of Maryland can apply to be Peer Mentors for the First Year Seminars (either LEAD 101, in the fall, or LEAD 301, in the spring)<\/p>\n<p>Students may apply by submitting the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A letter that details their interest<\/li>\n<li>Class standing (students must be a junior or senior in the semester during which they plan to be a peer mentor)<\/li>\n<li>Overall GPA<\/li>\n<li>Why you think you would be a good peer mentor<\/li>\n<li>Resume<\/li>\n<li>Reference (name of one faculty member)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Questions?<\/h3>\n<p>Contact Amanda Taylor at <a href=\"mailto:apheatwole@smcm.edu\">apheatwole@smcm.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PEER MENTORS Peer Mentors are an integral part of the new student academic experience at St. Mary\u2019s. A Peer Mentor is assigned to each section of LEAD Seminar and works with the section professor to help ensure that students are adjusting to the academic expectations of St. Mary\u2019s. Peer Mentor Duties The Peer Mentors help<a class=\"tribe-events-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/peer-mentors\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" > Find out more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":185,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-59","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777,"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smcm.edu\/newstudents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}