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"It's a way students can get help from upperclassmen who know the professors and the academic expectations of PHC," said David Carver, Resident Director of the men, who is in charge of the program.
"The Peer Mentoring Service offers students who know they are going to have trouble in academic a chance to survive."
Students meet with their mentors once a week for one hour and get counseling on how they can improve in certain areas.
The program offers three tracks for students.
An overall academic track, a writing track, or a subject specific track.
It can be somewhat humbling, Carver said, to ask for help, but he points to the liberal arts education to show that asking is not a bad thing.
"We go to the great authors for help," Carver said.
"It's a part of the liberal arts tradition for those in a scholastic community to look to others for help," he added.
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Although the official deadline for getting a mentor has passed, Carver is willing to work with students who find they need one later on.
Interested students should contact Carver for more information.