Honors Leadership Opportunities
Peer Advisors
One opportunity for leadership and professional experience through the Honors Program is our Peer Advising Program. Peer advising programs are typically considered an integral part of advising practice. A 2004 survey showed that 65 percent of college campuses have some form of peer advising program. At NKU, several academic units utilize peer advisors in one capacity or another.
Students receive course credit while serving as a peer advisor. The program includes training and experience advising freshmen and sophomores about their progress and opportunities in the Honors Program. Peer advisors and the supervisor meet weekly to review appointments and cases. The peer advisor position requires a high degree of professionalism and confidentiality, but it can also be highly rewarding and provide experience applicable to many different careers. Some graduate school programs even offer advisor assistantship positions to qualified graduate students similar to teaching assistantship or research positions.
For more information, contact David Kime.
Peer Mentors
HNR 101 (Introduction to Honors) courses include a student mentor who acts as a role model for incoming freshmen. Successful upper-class honors students show new students the ropes:
- How to connect with the university, with the Honors program, and with each other.
- Student mentors can serve as informal advisors on everything freshmen would like to know but are afraid to ask the instructor, like how to do an assignment or how to deal with a pesky roommate.
If you are interested in befriending Honors freshmen or gaining teaching experience, leadership skills, organizational skills and group facilitation skills, click here to apply. Applications due February 1.