Service Opportunity for Fall Course Credit
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.
Other requirements include:
- Undergraduate standing
- Three-hour commitment per week
- Minimum GPA of 3.0
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.
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Isabel K. Taylor, research assistant
Department of Psychological Science
501-617-7669,
isabelt@uark.edu
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