Administrative Procedures
Peer Mentors have to identify a __-hour work shift when they will be available on Teams and complete administrative tasks for the week.
What is 2?
The number of times a mentee is expected to meet with their peer mentor each semester.
What is 6 times?
The program that specializes in helping students improve their time management skills, note-taking skills, test-taking strategies, etc.
What is the Peer Academic Coaching program at the Learning Center?
Topics that were discussed in a meeting between a Peer Mentor and Mentee are recorded through this action.
What is logging a contact report via the Qualtrics form linked on Teams?
The population of students that are eligible for the GenExcel program.
Who are first-time/first-year, first-generation students NOT in EOP?
A task you have to complete after each meeting/contact with your mentee(s).
What is logging a contact report?
Peer Mentors have to attend this monthly session to meet with program staff and fellow PMs to receive program updates and announcements.
What is a Check-In Session?
The SSO chiclet students can access to learn about organizations and clubs at CSULB.
What is Events & Orgs?
True or False: If I have a concern about a mentee, I should reach out to my PM Lead and Sonia.
What is True?
What is the current CSULB mascot and the previous mascot?
What is Elbee the Shark and the 49ers?
The main mode of communication between Peer Mentors, Peer Mentor Leads, and GenExcel staff.
What is Teams?
The member of the GenExcel Leadership Team I should contact first if I will not be able to attend a scheduled meeting.
Who is my Peer Mentor Lead?
The resource you refer to your mentees if they need assistance with resume editing and career exploration.
What is the Career Development Center (CDC)?
This tab in Beach Nexus features different articles, YouTube videos, and weblinks to help Peer Mentors with email etiquette, sending their first message, etc.
What is Resources?
The full name of the garden next to the dorms?
What is the Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden?
The Excel Spreadsheet PMs update regularly to track the tasks they have completed and the hours they worked.
What is the Hours Tracker?
True or False:
Peer Mentors must meet with their Faculty Mentor at least 6 times throughout the year.
What is False? The expectation is that PMs meet with FMs twice a semester.
Your mentee is struggling academically and is getting a "D" in one of their classes. You refer them to this free resource.
What is Tutoring?
By what date should you complete your profile for Beach Nexus?
What is Friday, August 8th
True or False: CSULB is more than three times larger than Disneyland.
What is True?
Where do you access your monthly tracker?
What is Teams -> Payroll -> Mentor Folders -> Individual Folder
True or False: Mentors are encouraged but not required to attend the kickoff events at the beginning of the fall/spring semesters.
What is False? Mentor attendance is mandatory for ALL kickoff events and mixers at the beginning of the fall/spring semesters.
The resource mentees should be referred to if they share with you that they want to explore majors.
What is the University Center for Undergraduate Advising or the Career Development Center?
True or False: Peer Mentors must also schedule a separate online orientation led by the Career Development Center.
What is False?
The exact number of: 1) Faculty Mentors 2) Peer Mentors 3) Mentees recruited each year in the GenExcel Program.
What is 20, 20, and 200?