First Year Experience
As part of the First Year Experience, new students take three specific courses as a learning community with the same small group of students.
Student Mentor Program
Student Mentors are sophomores, juniors or seniors who have been selected to co-facilitate the freshman seminar with a New Student Seminar instructor. The mentor works together with a seminar instructor in creating a sense of belonging, connectedness and familiarization to the Salve Regina campus and local community.
The role of the Student Mentor is to serve as a resource to the freshmen enrolled in the New Student Seminar or Transfer Student Seminar. Together with the instructor, the mentor will help present topics and lead discussions on time management, study skills and homesickness. Student Mentors also assist freshmen in getting involved with the Feinstein Enriching America Program, connecting students to campus activities and familiarizing students with campus resources and the Newport community.
Along with co-facilitating the New Student Seminar, the Student Mentor is also enrolled in a Student Mentor Practicum course in the fall (GST130). This course has been designed to provide an opportunity for Student Mentors to process and share their experiences with others serving in the same capacity. The objectives of the course are to assist the Student Mentor in the process of self-assessment, reflection, analysis and evaluation, as well as to provide training, support and resources to assist the Student Mentors in their duties. The Student Mentor Practicum is mandatory for all mentors.
Qualifications for Serving as a Student Mentor
- Be in good academic standing
- Maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.5
- Be in good judicial standing
- Must earn at least 30 credits by the spring semester of their freshman year
- Possess leadership and problem solving skills, creativity and knowledge of campus resources
Expectations of a Student Mentor
- Co-facilitate GST110 with an instructor
- Register, attend and complete all requirements for the GST130 Student Mentor Practicum
- Serve as a resource to the students and to the offices of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and Residential Life
- Serve as a leader and advocate of the Feinstein Enriching America Program
- Assist in First Year Experience programming
- Adhere to all university policies and procedures
- Be a role model to freshmen
- Manage and maintain Electronic Portfolio
- Inform the First Year Experience coordinator of any at-risk students or concerns at all times
The Student Mentor is Required to Attend
- Summer Mentor Training
- ReOrientation Day
- Academic Convocation
- Weekly meetings with the New Student Seminar instructor in the fall
- Weekly classes and events with the New Student Seminar in the fall
- GST130 Student Mentor Practicum in the fall; Student Mentor program meetings in the spring
- Events sponsored by the Student Mentor program and First Year Experience
- Social campus activities, films and presentations by first-year guest speakers, academic festival
Application Process
Undergraduate students interested in applying for the Student Mentor position may contact Ducha Hang, First Year Experience coordinator, at (401) 341-2383 or ducha.hang@salve.edu.
The application process for Student Mentors begins in the spring semester. Students can visit the First Year Experience office in McAuley 225 to pick up an application or download one below. Please note the deadline for all forms and applications for the Student Mentor position as stated in the application.
Student Mentors 2008-2009
Student Mentors not pictured: Elisabeth Anderson '11, Rebecca Bernard '10, Kathleen Bruno '10, Brittney Canaff '10, Elizabeth Hamer '11, Matthew Maynard '11, Edward Mutanguha '11, Andrea Schiarizzi '11, Christopher Wester '10 and Samuel Young '11.
FYE Assistants
