Who Are Peer Mentors?
- Upperclassmen students who take a leadership role in guiding first year students.
- Strong proponents in their major and are very active members in the NJIT community.
- Experienced team builders that aid students in study and time management skills.
- The link connecting students with tutoring and counseling.
Two Peer mentors are typically assigned to about 25 students in a learning community and engage with students online, in select classes, and other social activities. A peer mentor is an important voice of experience and point of contact for communicating questions or concerns.
Executive Mentors
Sarah Valente
Carlos Morales
Newark College of Engineering
Engineering Science Cohort
Betty Benony / Kevin Passalacqua / Justin Pinca / Brianna Bohn / William Lau / Aswina Ranasinghe
Engineering Technology
Akarsh Teki / Samantha Vertucci
Civil Engineering
Tiffany Asham / Mateusz Zaranski / Candice Leung / Kevin LaForteza
Electrical & Computer Engineering
Faran Ali / Susana Freire / Joseph Ballardo / Jenny George / Maykela Cabalar / Jose Belen
Chemical Engineering
Stephen Fernandez / Irene Moussa
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Mike Filippidis / Zack Dennis / Ali Syed / Ivan Calvachi / Oluwakorede Otetubi / Erick McNamara
Biomedical Engineering
Natalia E Bismarck-Sand / Christine Kurian / Raeesa Soomar / Subhashini Chandrasekaran
College of Science & Liberal Arts
College of Science & Liberal Arts Undecided
Nevin Mathew / Patrycja Puzio
Biology, Chemistry, Physics
Ancy Thomas / Alisha Matreja
School of Management Business and International Business
Cynthia Ahmed / Daniel Qureshi / Naina Kamath / Yustina Zahkary
College of Architecture and Design
Anuoluwapo Akeredolu / Ryan Cusack / John Ferns / Jeffery Thomas / Stephanie Tran / Brian O'Dowd /Frank DeBlasio / Henry Drago / Gabriel Deguzman
Becoming a Peer Mentor
Are you interested in becoming a Peer Mentor? Read and fill out the application forms and contracts below for
For further queries contact Dr. Ashish at 973-596-3466 or email him at ashish.borgaonkar@njit.edu