Mentorship Programs

The ChemUNITY Peer Mentorship Program is a grad-to-grad volunteer-based mentoring program where two graduate students (one in their second year and one post-advancement) will be paired with three incoming first-year students to acts as mentors throughout the academic year. The program is open to all graduate students in the Department of Chemistry. Mentors and mentees meet to discuss general concerns that will come up throughout the first year, such as selecting a lab, adjusting to Irvine, and coursework. The goal for ChemUNITY is to help all incoming students build a network of support, feel more connected to the department, and increase confidence and motivation among students.  

COMP (Community Outreach and Mentoring Program) is a graduate student led program designed to foster community within the UC Irvine Department of Mathematics . COMP is an expansion of the Math Department Peer Mentoring Program.  

The ESS Peer Mentoring Program aims to create a friendly and welcoming environment for first-year graduate students. The program is entirely student-led, with support and advice from department faculty and staff. Students are matched with senior students based on preferences like, area of study, interests and housing location. Mentors check in with mentees monthly about different topics over the course of the year such as mental health, social life, research progress, academic opportunities, preparing for the comprehensive exam, and student-advisor relationship.  

For more information please contact the ESS student affairs office: studentaffairs@ess.uci.edu 

PACE (Physics & Astronomy Community Excellence) is a graduate student-led program for peer mentoring in the Department of Physics & Astronomy. 

Resonance is a program in the Department of Physics & Astronomy in which small groups of incoming students meet with continuing physics majors who serve as mentors. The goal of the program is to provide community among physics and applied physics students, build excitement about physics, and help students navigate challenges of the first year.  Resonance’s eventual aim is to realize a vertical mentoring system in which everyone in the department -- undergraduates, graduate students, postdocs, and faculty alike -- both serve as mentors and are mentored themselves, creating interconnections and community at all stages of academia.

Undergraduate Mathematics Committee’s mission is to foster and sustain a supportive community for all undergraduates interested in pursuing mathematics at the University of California, Irvine.