E22: Don’t Know What to Do? Ask your Sargent Peer Mentors

This episode provides a conversation with Sargent College student Wesley Jones. As a Sargent peer mentor, Wesley discussed BU Sargent’s Advising Model and how it helps students strive. About Boston University Sargent College Advising Model: Advising is a collaborative process at Sargent College. We have two Assistant Directors in the Academic Services Center (ASC) and approximately 40 faculty advisors throughout the College. Your faculty advisors teach in the area of your major and/or are employed in professions that advisees most often pursue. Faculty advisors help with course selection, degree requirements, internship placements, and career advice. Peer Mentors are also an integral part of the Sargent advising model. Just like Wesley, they serve as models and guides for incoming Sargent students. Peer Mentors correspond with incoming first-year and transfer students before they arrive on campus and offer a number of events during the academic year that highlight academic tips, opportunities, and resources that help students feel connected to the Sargent community. The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs ([email protected]), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the on-line post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College. Marial Williams ([email protected]), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast. ______