Student Success Peer Mentoring Badge.

Micro-credentials

Student Success Peer Mentoring

Develop the skills necessary for creating meaningful peer mentoring relationships and 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 peer mentors.

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

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.