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Honors leadership positions—like Peer Mentors and Learning Community Assistants—offer paid, hands-on opportunities to develop communication, mentorship, and project management skills that set you apart after graduation.

Peer Mentors
Become a Peer Mentor and support incoming Honors students as they begin their journey. Share your insights, guide meaningful conversations, and strengthen the Honors experience for both you and your peers.
Outbound and Specialized Peer Mentors
Outbound and Specialized Peer Mentors work with specific Honors cohorts, such as Asia Campus students or those joining Honors mid-year through HONOR 1030. These roles offer focused mentorship and leadership opportunities within specialized programs.
Learning Community Assistants
As a Learning Community Assistant, you’ll play a vital role in supporting Honors programs through administrative, communication, and project management work—developing professional skills that translate directly to your future career.

Peer Mentors

Peer mentors are current Honors students in their second year of college or beyond who work with first-year students in the “Ideas that Matter” first-year seminar. Peer mentors help all first-year Honors students to lay a foundation for a successful Honors degree at the University of Utah. This includes sharing their own experiences as first-year students, listening to and engaging with the students’ ideas, and modeling the possibilities of the Honors College’s transformative liberal arts & sciences education. Honors students with at least one year of coursework remaining are eligible to apply to the program.

Peer Mentor Information Sessions

We kindly request that all applicants and interested students attend one information session before the application deadline in January.

Date

Time

Location

November 14, 2025

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

November 18, 2025

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

November 19, 2025

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

January 14, 2026

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

January 15, 2026

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

January 16, 2026

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

Outbound and Specialized Peer Mentors

HONOR 1020 at the Asia Campus
Peer mentor applicants can also specifically apply to support the first-year Honors cohort that goes to the Asia Campus in the Spring semester. Interested applicants can review information about Honors at the Asia Campus here, and should indicate their interest on their application. Preference is given for applicants who previously attended the Asia Campus, and attendance at the Asia Campus in Spring 2027 is required.
HONOR 1030
HONOR 1030 serves first-year students admitted to the Honors college after their first semester at the University of Utah. Peer mentors can apply to work with this cohort. The cohort meets only in Spring semester, and is a condensed version of HONOR 1010 & HONOR 1020. Peer mentors should expect a more intensive workload in the spring semester, and do not have formal job responsibilities in the Fall semester.

Peer Mentor Stipend and Application Information

Peer mentors earn a scholarship stipend during their term.

  • All peer mentors who complete training for the position receive a $500 training stipend.
  • Peer mentors assigned to HONOR 1010 & 1020 earn a $3,000 stipend ($1,500/semester).
  • Peer mentors assigned to HONOR 1030 earn a $2,750 stipend during the Spring semester in addition to the $500 training stipend.

Applications open in November, with interviews and hiring in the spring semester for the subsequent academic year.  

  • 2026 applications open: 11/3/25
  • Priority application deadline for  returning peer mentors: 1/9/26
  • 2026 applications close: 1/16/26

Learning Community Assistants

Honors learning community assistants can gain experience in administration, communication, budget management, event planning, and project management through support to staff who manage Honors learning communities. Historically, LCAs completed tasks such as:

  • Grading support on Learning Community makeup work.
  • Tracking learning community budgets through spreadsheets & filing receipts.
  • Developing feedback surveys for learning community staff.
  • Support on assessment projects.
  • Validating learning community rosters and tracking enrollment.

Learning Community Assistant Information Sessions

We kindly request that all applicants and interested students attend one information session before the application deadline in January.

Date

Time

Location

November 14, 2025

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

November 18, 2025

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

November 19, 2025

8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

January 14, 2026

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

January 15, 2026

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

January 16, 2026

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Kahlert Village rm 1135

Learning Community Assistant Stipend and Application Information

Learning Community Assistants earns a stipend of $1,500 during the Fall and Spring semester, for a total of $3,000.

Interested applicants can apply through the Learning Community Student Leader application, which runs from November through January.

  • 2026 applications open: 11/3/25
  • 2026 applications close: 1/16/26

For more information on leadership opportunities at the Honors College, contact lc@honors.utah.edu, or l.hammons@honors.utah.edu