2017 (New) Quest Peer Mentor Application
Job Title: Quest Peer Mentor
Job Description: ​A Quest Peer Mentor will be in good academic standing, and have finished at
least Tier 1 of the Blue Hen Leadership Program by May 1​st​, 2017. Peer Mentors will have the
unique job of helping incoming students develop a sense of belonging on the University of
Delaware campus during their freshman year. ​They will be able to confidently model the 5
Practices of Exemplary Leadership, and have the ability to articulate and share leadership
competencies they gained through their participation in BHLP​. Peer Mentors will have a strong
knowledge of our campus and university, and in turn will serve as a source of information,
comfort, and advice to incoming freshmen throughout the school year. Peer Mentors will have
excellent communication and presentation skills and will feel comfortable facilitating group
discussion, as well as leadership exercises. Throughout the school year, mentors will also be
responsible for hosting individual or small gatherings of students, while strengthening
relationships with the incoming freshmen. In addition, mentors will be required to attend
continued trainings and follow-ups and be enrolled in the appropriate BHLP tier. Peer Mentors
will be representing the best of the University of Delaware and the Blue Hen Leadership
Program and will portray themselves as social and academic role models, while maintaining
appropriate relationships, via in person and also on social media outlets. This is a yearlong, paid
position.
Peer Mentors must be fully available for Quest training and facilitation, starting on Monday,
August 14th.
Please fill out the following questions to the best of your ability, print out, and turn in to ​Sandi
Wheeler, in Perkins 015 by 4:00 P.M. on February 15th, 2017.
Please DO NOT turn into the BHLP Center
Name:_________________________________________________________
UD email:______________________________________________________
Cell phone:_____________________________________________________
Current Class status:____________________ Academic
Major/minor______________________
In what BHLP tier are you currently enrolled?
1
Advanced Tier 1
If Tier 1, will you have completed all requirements by May 1, 2017?
2
3
Yes / No
If you are in Tier 1, approximately how many BHLP credits do you currently have?_________
Please provide thoughtful, ​concise​ answers to the following questions in complete sentences:
1. Why do you want to be a QUEST PM and why would you be a great choice?
2. Using your definition of a mentor, who is someone you look up to as a mentor and why
is he/she a mentor to you?
3.Which one of the 5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership speaks to you most strongly? How
will this contribute to the experience of QUEST, for both mentors and mentees?
4.What specific positions or experiences have you had that have given you a skillset that is
transferrable to the position of QUEST Peer Mentor? Please discuss.
5. Name your top three values? How will they specifically guide your actions as a PM?
Please circle the dates and times below when you could be available for a first round interview, if your
application meets the qualifications we are seeking.
Monday, Feb. 20
Tuesday, Feb. 21
Wednesday, Feb 22
Thursday, Feb.23
11:00 am-11:30
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9:30 am-10:00 am
11:00 am-11:30 am
9:30 am-10:00 am
11:30 am- noon
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11:30 am- noon
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Noon-12:30 pm
10:30 -11:00 am
Noon-12:30 pm
10:30-11:00 am
12:30 - 1:00 pm
11:00 - 11:30 am
12:30 -1:00 pm
11:00-11:30 am
1:00-1:30 pm
11:30 am - noon
4:30-5:00 pm
11:30 am - noon
1:30-2:00 pm
2:00-2:30 pm
5:30 -6:00 pm
2:00-2:30 pm
2:30 - 3:00 pm
6:00-6:30 pm
3:00-3:30 pm
Additional Text: Please match answer with corresponding question number.