Peer Advisors At Work
Peer Advisors are a friendly face for students, skilled in
the use of LaGuardia’s advisement technologies, and a source of practical
campus knowledge. They also help the programs or departments in a wide range of ways. Here are
some activities the peers are conducting under supervision of faculty and
staff:
- helping
to plan and deliver advisement events;
- referring
students to service areas;
- conducting
outreach to select groups of students within majors (45+ credits, students
who haven’t registered for required courses);
- developing
a social media presence for the major and the team;
- visiting
classes to talk about their experiences and their academic progress;
- helping
students build schedules after faculty have helped them select courses;
- assisting
at New Student Advisement and program-specific events;
- providing
information to students about internships;
- helping
to recruit for clubs;
- connecting
student advisees to program faculty.
Peer Advisors gain valuable professional skills,
get paid to do meaningful work, and help LaGuardia students succeed. Below is a
video created by the Liberal Arts department and Student Affairs staff to
promote the Liberal Arts Block Program project. Liberal Arts Peer
Advisors Rachel Chambers and Barrette Andrew performed the voiceover heard in
the video.