Applications Open for Fall Lunch Buddy Mentoring

U of A undergraduates can earn course credit by being a Lunch Buddy mentor to a local elementary school student in the upcoming fall 2025 semester. Mentors visit a school twice weekly and sit with their mentees during lunchtime. They promote positive social interactions among peers, offer social support to mentees and receive three credit hours for being a consistent mentor and completing an end-of-term paper.  

Mentors must participate in a screening interview, brief training and agree to a criminal background check. They 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.).

Students from any college and classification (freshmen to senior) are eligible. Instructors for this course are Tim Cavell, professor of psychological science, and Jessica Rice, graduate mentor coordinator.  

Submit an application.

For more information, please contact Isabel Taylor at isabelt@uark.edu or Rachel Christenbury at rachelc@uark.edu.