Job Details

  

First-Year Mentor
Job ID 2333
Job Type On-Campus
Employer Student Life
Date Posted Feb 25, 2026
Category Miscellaneous/Other
Job Description

To foster a supportive, inclusive, and informed first-year experience by pairing first-year Prescott College Students with a returning student mentor to offer guidance, advice, support, and encouragement throughout the Fall semester.

Goals and Objectives

  • Ease the social and academic transition into college for new students
  • Foster leadership skills and community within the student body
  • Create a positive culture for peer connection
  • Give first-year students a comfortable point of contact for school resources
  • Increase overall event engagement across all on-campus students

Vision 

The First-Year Bridge Program envisions a cycle where former mentees feel empowered to become mentors, paying forward the support they received, keeping the program self-sustaining and helping all students to feel connected to each other, engaged in the Prescott College community, and building important leadership and social-emotional skills that can transition to the workforce.

Job Requirements

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Attend a 1-2 hour training session
  • Be available over the summer to communicate with Staff Advisor and new student assignments
  • Check in with assigned mentees for important dates such as
    • Before move in
    • Onboarding/orientation weekend
    • First day(s) of class
    • Before midterms and/or finals
  • Offer at least one 1:1 informal meetings with mentees per block
  • Meet with Staff Advisor weekly
Available Openings 6
Work-Study Requirement? Preferred but not required
Hours 3.0 to 4.0 hours per week
Compensation 15.15
Time Frame Fall
Contact Name Erin Leigh Collins
Contact Email ecollins@prescott.edu
Work Location N/A
Phone N/A
Fax N/A


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