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Our SDRC Peer Mentoring Program is expanding, and in preparation for the 2024-2025 school year, we want to extend this opportunity to you. The program’s mission is to empower first-year and transfer students in understanding their disability and familiarizing
themselves with the resources and services available on campus.</p>
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<b>SDRC Peer Mentors must meet the following qualifications:</b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Have a GPA of <b>
3.0 or higher</b></span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Have a <u>permanent disability</u></span></li><li style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Be enrolled at UCR as a student next school year (2024-2025)</span></li></ol>
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<b>Training </b>will consist of two day workshops during <b><u>Week 0</u></b> of the Fall 2024 quarter (Tuesday, 9/24 and Wednesday, 9/25). Mentors will also meet once a month to check-in with a lead peer mentor and/or the program’s advisor. </p>
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<b>Commitment:</b> You would serve as a mentor to your assigned mentee(s) for at least one academic school year.</p>
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<b>Benefits</b>: As a volunteer mentor, you will have the chance to enhance your self-awareness and social awareness and networking skills. Additionally, you can use this experience as a valuable co-curricular activity to incorporate in your resume or academic
portfolio. </p>
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If you are interested, <span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="https://drive.google.com/open?id=1g1RuizSfMSWviNNdRHdBbvkLqDPK6pJFDu4oserrPoU" id="OWA7e526b55-5671-e5c3-9173-6bc30b93d6a8" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: blue; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;">click
here</a></u></span> to complete an online application. Deadline to submit an application is Friday, July 31<sup>st</sup>.</p>
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We look forward to hearing from you.</p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b>UC Riverside Student Disability Resource Center</b>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1228 Student Services Building</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Riverside, CA 92521</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Appointments: 951.827.3861</span></p>
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at UCR</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color: black; background-color: white;"> |
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(31, 56, 100);"><b>Schedule an Appointments:
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