Helping to Piece the Puzzle Together

Washington University

Arts and Sciences

Peer Advising

**IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT**

      Starting in the 2008-2009 academic year the Arts and Sciences Peer Advising Program and the Orientation Ambassadors Program will merge to create the new Washington University Student Associate Program. 

      See http://orientation.wustl.edu/application/freshman for a description of the new position and the application.

 

Washington University Arts and Sciences Peer Advising

Campus Box 1117

1 Brookings Drive

St. Louis MO 63130

To contact us:

Phone: 314-935-7194 (Voicemail Option 1)

E-mail: peeradv@artsci.wustl.edu

Peer Advising Homepage

 

“The Arts and Sciences Peer Advising Program is one of the strongest of its kind in the nation. Having it on our campus strengthens our overall advising and allows us to consistently involve upper-class students in the very important process of successfully transitioning first-year students into the academic life of the University.”

 

- Mary Laurita, Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, PA Program Director

History of the Program

       It was actually a student idea! Former Chancellor Danforth held a town meeting with students, and they voted to create a Peer Advising Program. In 1994, Delores Kennedy, Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences first started the Peer Advising Program. In 2000, Mary Laurita, Assistant Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, took over the program. And currently, there are over 115 Peer Advisors!