Student Success Peer Mentoring Badge.

Micro-credentials

Student Success Peer Mentoring

Develop the skils necessary for creating meaningful peer mentoring relationships and postitive change in your community.

This micro-credential provides essential skills for service as a role model and to help new students navigate their transition to UB.

Who is Eligible?

This micro-credential program is designed for UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) undergraduate students. However, UB students from other disciplines are welcome to participate in the program.

Benefits to Students

  • Develop a variety of skills that may be applicable to future endeavors
  • Gain foundational tools and resources to build effective and empathetic relationships with peers and improve mentee success
  • Earn a badge that showcases your desire to create a positive impact in the UB community and to support inclusion in STEM fields
  • Clubs/organizations can leverage this badge to prepare members for leadership positions
  • Faculty could leverage the modules to teach an initial skill or to complement instruction

Skills Learned

  • Career and Self-development
  • Communication
  • Critical Thinking
  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Leadership
  • Professionalism
  • Teamwork
  • Technology

Credit Options: Credit-bearing (non-transcripted)
Time to Completion: 2 Semesters
Instruction Method: Hybrid

Requirements

To receive a Student Success Peer Mentoring badge, students must complete the following:

  • Successfully complete the courses EAS 214: STEM Success Peer Mentoring, and EAS 215: STEM Success Culminating Experience
  • Complete 10 hours of training
    • Three (3) hours of general peer mentoring training
    • Seven (7) hours of continued development
  • Complete 25 hours of direct mentoring
  • Present culminating project to fellow mentors, SEAS Mentor Council, and/or the UB Community

Upon completion of the program, students will be awarded a digital badge issued through Credly. Credly is a platform for creating, issuing and managing digital badges. If you have questions about using Credly please contact the Office of Micro-Credentials.

How to Enroll

Interested students can register for the micro-credential below by contacting the program coordinator:

Troy Williams
troywill@buffalo.edu 

To learn more about micro-credentials and digital badges, please visit buffalo.edu/micro-credentials.

To learn more about peer mentoring in SEAS, please visit the school website.