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Mentor Programs at USD

Interested in having a peer mentor to help navigate your USD experience?

Hoping to connect with fellow students? This webpage highlights mentor programs offered at USD meeting varying needs and goals. Browse below to find out more!

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Black P.E.E.R. Mentor Program

  • What: The Promoting Excellence Education and Retention (P.E.E.R) Mentorship program is a one-semester program designed to guide first-year Black students during their transition into the University of San Diego (USD) community.
  • When: Fall Semester
  • Who: First-year Black students
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International Team Ambassadors

  • What: The International Team (I-Team) Ambassador Program seeks to assist first-year and transfer international students with their cultural, social and academic adjustment to the University of San Diego.
  • When: Fall and Spring semesters
  • Who: First-Year and Transfer International students
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Rainbow Connect

  • What: Rainbow Connect is a co-mentorship program rooted in inquiry and reflection. By co-mentorship, we're queering the traditional hierarchy of mentor-mentee and creating a community of mutual support.
  • When: Fall and Spring Semester
  • Who: LGBTQ+ undergraduate students
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Center for Student Success

  • What: This unique program provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to meet one-on-one with a Peer Coach or professional staff to address academic and personal needs in a private, virtual setting
  • When: Fall and Spring Semester
  • Who: Undergraduate USD Students
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Transfer Scholastic Assistant

  • What: The Transfer Scholastic Assistant (TSA) Program fosters a successful and positive educational and developmental experience for all transfer students. TSAs are mentors for new transfer students, helping with both their social and academic transitions. Each TSA is connected to a particular TLC course, and the group of TSAs is seen as a collective resource for the new incoming transfer cohort. They serve as a liaison between transfer students and TLC Faculty, collaborate closely with other TSAs and faculty to put on co-curricular programming, and help new students navigate and find their place at USD.
  • When: Fall and Spring Semester
  • Who: New Transfer Students
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Summer Bridge Program

  • What: The Student Support Services Summer Bridge Program is an intensive one-week program that will help incoming first-year and transfer students transition into life at USD. Participants of the Summer Bridge Program will also be admitted into the Student Support Services Program.
    • Benefits of Summer Bridge include but are not limited to
      • Familiarize yourself with the USD campus before all other students arrive for Ole Weekend!
      • Create meaningful relationships with incoming and transfer SSS students
      • Pair up with an SSS mentor who will help guide you through your first year at USD
      • Engage with USD professors in an encouraging environment
      • Learn the "unwritten rules" of college and the tools to thrive and graduate
      • Check into the residence halls early
      • Participate in social events designed to introduce you to the vibrant and distinct culture of San Diego
  • When: Saturday, August 21 - Friday, August 27, 2021
  • Who: Incoming First-Year and Transfer students who identify with one or more of the following: First-generation, low-income, underrepresented, and/or students who have documented disabilities
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