Support Veterinary Medicine Peer Mentors Today

Did you have a mentor as a student? If not, did you wish you did? 

Support the College of Veterinary Medicine Peer Mentors!

One of the top veterinary colleges in the world, the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell has a long history of graduating highly regarded veterinarians, thanks to the rigorous and challenging DVM curriculum. But the stressful environment of the vet college experience can be an adjustment for any student. One tool to help first-year students adjust is the Peer Mentors. Mentors are upper-year students who work with the Office of Student Services to foster an environment that supports first-year students’ transition to Cornell. Having made the adjustment themselves one to two years earlier, mentors are an invaluable resource as they offer advice based on their personal experience.

All first-year DVM students are assigned a Peer Mentor. Incoming students are typically contacted by mentors during the summer before they are scheduled to begin their studies.

Peer Mentors host various events which offer opportunities to build community, decrease stress, encourage networking, and openly encourage discussion of both academic and personal challenges. Mentors receive extensive training in communication, mental health resources, and conflict resolution; and collaborate with faculty and staff throughout the school year to tailor both college-specific and campus-wide resources to individual students. 

In return, the students who serve as Peer Mentors gain leadership, communication, and advocacy experience as they work closely with incoming students on a smooth transition to a demanding program and enhance student well-being and belonging. Funds raised will allow the group to create new community-building and other programs for new students. Support the Peer Mentors program—because healthy and included students of today are caring, well-qualified, and invested veterinary professionals in your community tomorrow. They will also carry on the tradition of accomplished, engaged, and proud Cornell alumni.

As a registered student organization, we are committed to equal access to all of our programs and do not discriminate based on any protected identity status.