#peer advisor

[digiknow]

[magic-multicolored-miracle]

When I took this job I wasn’t thinking about how much I would have to pretend to be a people person...awkwardly chilling in the basement common room and hoping people come to me is a valid advising strategy right?

[zakiathedweeb]

At the moment I’m filling out this application to be a peer advisor (for Black students) at my university. I’m definitely overthinking these questions.

1)Explain what it would mean to you to be an Office of African-American Affairs Peer Advisor

2)Consider a time when you mentored someone, formally or informally, and describe the greatest challenge you faced and how you handled it.

(this one)

3)How have you recovered from a mistake, challenge, or disappointment at the University?

4)What do you think is the most critical issue facing Black Students at the University of Virginia? How will this issue impact your work with entering first-year and Transfer students?

(and this one especially)

[theakasha]

What was your most valuable/unforgettable learning experience while studying away?

I would say that my most valuable learning experiences were about myself. Even if you don't go for the classes or the actually internship experience, go for you. To cultivate you and contribute to your own personal growth. You think you know yourself, but the beauty about finding out that you don't, is that there is so much more you're capable of, there are more incredible levels and layers to who you thought you were and traveling shows you that about yourself. Traveling abroad opens your eyes and mind to so many possibilities that were unfathomable before you got there, it's wonderful. You find a new sense of independence. You find new sources of inspiration. You pick up new habits, hobbies, and passions. You find a new part of you; by the time your program is over, you're bursting at the seams with excitement to come back and share the new parts of yourself with everyone that you love.

I've never been on a plane or out of the country before so this entire experience was brand new for me and the one thing it taught me was to be fearless and be free. Mean World Syndrome is real and especially as Americans, we get so wrapped up in that mind state that many people are afraid to leave the block they live on and see how beautiful life is. From my first ever flight and having a panic attack in the airport minutes before my flight to backpacking through Italy and couchsurfing through Spain alone, I've learned so much about how to be a good and SAFE traveler, as well as how much opportunity there is waiting for you at the turn of every corner. I met people I would never have met in a million years and although we are oceans away from one another, I still saw pieces of myself in them and we found ways to connect with, share, and enjoy each other. Anxiety and fear of the negative and unknown can be crippling but it's sooo worth the journey of overcoming it all and feeling liberated because you did it.

[anassholeontinder-blog]

I am bitter and jaded. College freshman are dumb.

[honorsatiowa]

Become an Honors Peer Advisor!

Honors Advising is recruiting University Honors members with strong communication and helping skills to serve as Honors Peer Advisors for spring semester. Honors Peer Advisor meet weekly and earn one semester hour of honors credit for meeting with prospective students and their families, advising peers from a student perspective, and collaborating for advising events such as the recent "Mythbusting Med School."

If you're interested, please fill out the application here. For questions or concerns, contact Holly Yoder.

[uwp-ucdavis]

UWP Peer Advisor: Tanya Vu

Tanya Vu is the new UWP Peer Advisor this quarter! She is here to answer any of your questions about University Writing Program, classes, etc., in person!

Her office hours are Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-5pm or Thursdays 1:30-4pm in Voorhies 105. Next week her office location may change; we'll keep you updated on where to go!

You can also email her at: [email protected], or post questions or comments here: http://uwp-ucdavis.tumblr.com/

[bedelthebard]

Confessions From A Peer Advisor

So I met my lovely nuggets (my endearing term for them) today, and they all seemed like a good bunch. Well.. 1/3 of them are sports-y, which means that they've been on campus for two whole weeks, which provides them knowledge of the campus grounds. They've been eating the same food, and been hanging out with each other, so the disinterest I see in their eyes by having to participate in these freshman activities is clear, and also a bit understandable. I can see them dropping off and doing their own thing at college half-way through the week, to which I wish them the best. 1/3 of them seem (and when I say seem, I mean by their body language, direction of sight, and tone of voice) to be making jest. Which is okay (not really, but it is what it is), but when one of them said, in response to the question 'What are you most excited about?', that they were ready for the partying, the typical 'Oh lawd' passed through my mind. So I wish them the best as well. I can't please everyone, so if a few people seem to be making jest of me, I really don't care. If they aren't, then I can't read people correctly. If I am correct, well then karma. 1/3 of them seem to be really cool people. They are friendly, and were the ones that actually responded to my messages about where to go and such. I have high hopes for them, and they all seem like chill people. Maybe that is biased, because they were friendly to me, but respect is earned, and they're the closest one's to earning it as far as I am concerned. I can't wait for classes to start, and for my little nuggets to spread their wings and fly. May life take them down the right (i.e. deserving) path.