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Special Retention Programs

By Cathy Hall, Director

Supplemental Instruction Programs (SRP)

The Peer Network

The SRP office houses four retention programs, Supplemental Instruction (SI), the Peer Network, REACH, and Critical Literacy. The Peer Network is a mentoring program that pairs experienced students with new freshmen with the goal of helping them adjust to being college students. Mentors provide their mentees with information about the campus and classes plus give them some basic survival skills for being successful students. The mentors also give mentees an opportunity to have a connection on campus and they often develop a lasting friendship.

Peer mentors are recruited from the SI program, instructor referrals, and the work-study program. Mentors must attend a training workshop before becoming a mentor. The training workshop covers general topics like “what is a mentor” and more specific topics like “listening skills”. Peer mentors also learn more about on-campus resources as one of their roles is to refer mentored students to other services as needed.

Mentees usually sign up for the program during new student orientation and are assigned a mentor shortly after their sign up date. Peer mentors call students and set up a meeting with their mentees on campus; the first meeting may be a campus tour or a chance to talk.

The success of the Peer Network depends both on the commitment from the mentor and interest of the mentees. Some mentors/mentees meet regularly or have extensive e-mail contact. Others may only have a few questions but having a mentor allows them to ask those questions from an experienced student.

Over 30 students signed up for mentor program this semester and many of these students are connecting with their mentors, either through face-to-face meetings, phone calls or e-mail.

Students who are interested in participating either as a mentor or mentee should contact the SRP office in HH 425 or call 981-4296. We'd also welcome referrals from instructors and departments.

Check our most recent SRP newsletter at: http://www.iun.edu/~supple/newsletters/2007/SRP_Newsletter_Vol_1_Issue_2_Summer-Fall.pdf

  

Contact Us :

Special Retention Programs
Hawthorn Hall, Room 425

Website:
http://www.iun.edu/~supple/

E-Mail Address:
cathall@iun.edu

Phone Number:
(219) 981-4296

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