Earn Course Credit as a Fall Lunch Buddy Mentor

U of A students can earn course credit by being a Lunch Buddy mentor to a local elementary school student. Mentors visit a school twice weekly and sit with their mentees during lunchtime. Mentors promote positive social interactions among peers and offer social support to mentees. A Lunch Buddy Mentor receives three credit hours for being a consistent mentor and completing an end-of-term paper.

Mentors must participate in a screening interview and brief training and agree to a criminal background check. Mentors must also have reliable transportation and a two-hour block twice a week during the school lunch period (roughly between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.). U of A students from any college and classification (freshmen to senior) are eligible.

The instructor for this course is Tim Cavell, professor of psychological science. For more information, please contact Isabel Taylor at isabelt@uark.edu or Nick Orndoff at norndoff@uark.edu.