FSU Undergraduate Student Employment NSF S-STEM Peer Mentors

Fitchburg State University, located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, isa public institution dedicated to integrating high-quality professional programs with strong liberal arts and sciences studies. Founded in 1894, the university now has more than 30undergraduate programs and 22 master's degree programs, and 6,000full and part-time students. We invite you to learn more about usand how we can help you achieve your educational goals.

Fitchburg State University embraces a commitment to diversity,inclusion, belonging and social justice. We encourage individuals from historically underrepresented groups to apply and also thosewho can contribute to diversity, inclusion and equal opportunity inhigher education through their teaching, research and mentorship.

The Engineering Technology department is recruiting four S-STEMpeer mentors selected from students within the departments of Biology and Chemistry, Computers Science, Engineering Technology and Mathematics to work with our S-STEM Scholars. We are contracting with these students to participate in up to 4 S-STEM Seminars (held on every other Tuesday afternoon 3:30-4:45 duringthe fall and spring semester), with 2 to be completed in the fall semester and 2 in the spring semester.

Students will also be compensated for preparation time prior to these seminars asneeded.

Peer mentors will be selected based on their Sophomore, Junior or Senior status in one of the designated departments, the appropriateness of their program of study within that department given the interests of the S-STEM Scholars, and their participation in Internships and Research Activities. For the first seminar peer mentors will be asked to prepare brief remarks about current orpast Internship and/or Research activities in which they have been involved.

In future seminars during the fall and spring semesters, they maybe expected to share individually or in small groups with theS-STEM scholars about the curricular and co-curricular activities they have engaged in that have helped prepare them to seek out and participate in Internships and Research Activities.

Compensation rate: $15/hr

Maximum compensation: $125

Period of employment:
October 2026 - May 2027.

Source of Funds: NSF S-STEM grant

Shift Information: days Priority Review: for returning Peer mentors.

Fitchburg State University is an equal opportunity employer.