SRSU Peer Mentor

Instructions to applicants :

20 Positions available.

Job Title :

SRSU 1101 Peer Mentor

Location : Alpine

Department :

Academic Center for Excellence

Job No. : Position# G99424

Posting Date : 03 / 13 / 2025

Until Filled : No

Appointment Date : 08 / 24 / 2025

Salary :

$12 per hour; 3-15 hours (or less) per week

Required :

Third semester or higher student.

Preferred : Spanish speaking.

Staffing Reason : Institutional

Primary Responsibilities :

The Peer Mentor (PM) is a returning student who is assigned to a particular SRSU 1101 section and serves as a mentor and role model to first-semester students.

The PM assists students in learning to balance college and academic life, provides information on university resources (both academic, social, and cultural), and helps students learn how to be academically successful.

Roles and Responsibilities

Peer Mentors will :

• Work four to fifteen hours a week.
• Meet weekly with the professor of their SRSU 1101 section.
• Meet weekly with the Assistant Dean for Student Success for training.
• Attend the PMs assigned SRSU 1101 instructor as needed (grading, attendance taking, setting up appointments.
• Makes student referrals to campus resources as appropriate.
• Follow up with students who are not attending class.
• Engage with students from class in out-of-activities.
• Maintain on-going communication with students.

Other Information :

An Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer

It is the policy of Sul Ross State University to provide equal employment opportunity for all persons in accordance with their individual, job related qualifications and without consideration of race, creed, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status and ancestry. Equal employment opportunities shall be afforded in all personnel actions or decisions including, but not necessarily limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, upgrading, promotion, demotion, termination and salary. Retaliation is prohibited against a person who opposes a discriminatory practice, files a charge, testifies, assists or participates in an investigative proceeding or hearing.

Notice of Availability of the Annual Security & Fire Safety Report

The Annual Security & Fire Safety Report is available online at https : / / srinfo.sulross.edu / udps / The report contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as : campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Non-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus. The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.

A paper copy of the report will be provided upon request. If you would like to receive a paper copy, you can contact the Office of Student Life, located on the Alpine Campus in the Morgan University Center, Room 211 or you can request that a copy be mailed to you by calling 432-837-8424 or emailing stulife@sulross.edu

Is Background Check Required? :

Yes