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Undergraduate Peer Advisors

peer advisors in matching orange shirts pose with their hands in the air cheeringUndergraduate peer advisors are volunteer School of Education students who represent the School in many ways, including:

  • Assisting with Orientation during Opening Weekend
  • Mentoring first year and new transfer students, with responsibilities beginning in the summer and continuing throughout the academic year
  • Representing the School at recruitment and admissions events
  • Being involved in various receptions, events, and programs that occur throughout the academic year

Requirements and Responsibilities

  • On-campus responsibilities begin the week before classes start, with some obligations through the weekend
  • Be willing to communicate with advisees in the summer before Orientation
  • Continue to be a resource for advisees and meet with them periodically throughout the academic year
  • Attend a one hour training session in June and a half-day session in August
  • Have a 3.0 GPA and be in good academic standing
  • Be on campus for at least the fall semester (students can be abroad for spring)

Questions?

Heather Macknik, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions
hmmackni@syr.edu|315.443.4269
Heather Macknik