The P.E.E.R. Success Academy course partners with areas across campus and completing the course is highly encouraged or a requirement to hold peer educator and peer leader positions on campus.

Completing UC20201 allows students to gain position eligibility for various peer educator and leadership roles across campus. These include but are not limited to:

• The P.E.E.R. Success Academy is open to all students regardless of class standing or major.
• In the P.E.E.R. Success Academy, you will have the opportunity to build a close-knit peer network with students from various backgrounds and experiences.
• This course is structured differently than a traditional lecture or seminar style course. Students experience hands-on learning through discussions, reflections, and activities with one another.

Peer Mentor Techniques and Competencies
Interpersonal Communication
Emotional Intelligence
Time Management
Conflict Resolution
Decision-Making
Group Dynamics
Self-Wellness
Presentation & Facilitation

No matter the lesson or workshop the P.E.E.R. Success Academy provides the opportunity for students to participate in reflective discussions and conversations. At the conclusion of each activity, students are led through verbal processing discussions that allow them to cultivate critical skill awareness and development. In these discussions, students learn from one another and strengthen their ability to communicate and connect with members of their community. By conversing with peers from various backgrounds, students are able to build connections across both similarities and differences.

The education that students gain will span beyond their in-classroom learning experiences. In addition to the academy’s course curriculum, students will also receive supplemental education from campus partners across the university in the form of workshops, institutes, and sessions. Providing these options to students will ensure that course content is reinforced, and that students gain exposure to various offices, departments and professionals across the university landscape.

The P.E.E.R. Success Academy offers students a learning experience that is interactive and collaborative. The course curriculum is designed to be hands on, immersing students in skill development with content pertaining to mentorship, leadership, group dynamics, personal strengths, problem solving, value free advice, belonging, emotional intelligence, conflict management and self-wellness.

Peer education is a high impact practice that contributes to students’ sense of belonging and engagement. The P.E.E.R. Success Academy is uniquely structured in that each section of the course is co-led by two undergraduate Peer Success Trainers.