Guilford's James Sullivan Named Peer Advisor

James Sullivan Named Peer Advisor At Western New England University

SPRINGFIELD, MA -- James Sullivan of Guilford, CT, has been named a Peer Advisor for the 2018-2019 academic year at Western New England University in Springfield, MA.

Peer Advisors are a highly select and comprehensively trained team of students dedicated to helping first-year and transfer students in their transition to Western New England University.

Each first year student is assigned a Peer Advisor who serves as a source of information, point of first contact, and conduit to university programs and support services. Peer Advisors work the summer and academic year to assist new students in the formation of their personal success plan and act as an advocate for student success. The personal success plan provides a framework for establishing specific, measurable, attainable, reasonable, realistic, and timely goals for the first semester.

Peer Advisors undergo over 150 hours of training in order to better support first year students.

Sullivan is working toward a BA in History