Peer Mentor Programs

The Second-Year Student Associates (2SA) position is a semester-long student leader role that focuses on engaging with and supporting second-year students with their academic and social activities at WashU. 2SAs assist with Sophomore Summit, Sophomore programming, and Halfway to Graduation Celebration.

Student Executive Board Member: Lori Lin

2SAs:
Belal Hammad
Henry Sosland
Justin Moreno
Katie Du
Lydia Sidrys
Rajiv
Sarah Kaplan
Tara Lindenbaum

Transfer & Exchange Student Mentors (TXSMs) are upper-division student leaders who assist new transfer and exchange students with their academic, social, and personal transition to Washington University.

TXSMs serve as orientation leaders during Fall Welcome and Winter Welcome, then they serve as peer mentors for the student’s entire first year or study abroad program. Their primary duties are to remind residents about academic deadlines, policies, and resources and to help build community among transfer and exchange student groups.

Student Executive Board Member: Taylor Gao

TXSMs:
Caroline Chou
Gavin Yao
Kate Yeo
Kevin Wang
Misa Mirazee
Rohan Chintalapudi 
Taylor

The Washington University Student Associate (WUSAs – pronounced “woo-sas”) position is a year-long student leader role that focuses on welcoming and supporting first-year students with their academic, social, and personal transition to WashU.

WUSAs serve as orientation leaders during Fall Welcome and then they serve as peer mentors for the student’s entire first year. Their primary duties are to remind students about academic deadlines, policies, and resources and to help build community among first-year students. WUSAs play a crucial role in making the first-year experience rewarding, fun, and successful.

Student Executive Board Member: Paige Samz

WUSAs:
Reed Caney
Jason Castello
Grace Dahlen
Alyssa Lee
Sara Nagireddy
Maddie Plunk
Kaitlyn Sallee
Amanda Shih
Cameron Tsai
Kendall Watts
Anna Zimmermann

Student Executive Board Member: Kat Berens 

WUSAs:
Sarah Ash
Nikhil Datta
Chethana Deeduvanu
Matthew Jablonski
Hailey Jones
Uma
Emmy Morin
Riley Thompson
Michael Zaslavskiy

Student Executive Board Member: Marley Hermann

WUSAs:
Alexandra Acevedo
Shreya Chilukuri
Amariyon Green
Shriya
Kevin O’Neill
Erin Prein
Bill Qin
Abbey
Andrew Rudolph
Joey Sparks

Student Executive Board Member: Elise Ehrlich

WUSAs:
Avery Beber
Aaron Cohen
Sophia Dykstra
Elena Egge
Afiya
Miranda Gamino
Owen
Dylan Martin
Brynne Venneman

Student Executive Board Member: McKenna Smith

WUSAs:
Christina Chun
Reilly Dillon
Alyena Gilani
Anna Gorman
Gavin Knapp
Solveig Hicks
Jamie Nicholson
Raghav (Raj) Rastogi
Zoe Troubh
Anushka Viswanathan
Lera Wilson

Student Executive Board Member: Caroline Sauer

WUSAs:
Talal
Lola Barish
Madeline Bartlett
Sabina Celnik
Brandon Cohen
Sam Kanterman
Soomin Kim
Jenna Nguyen
Albert Tang
Breanna Yang

Student Executive Board Member: Mary Falstin

WUSAs:
Minnatallah
Caleb
Lojain Elkhidir
Hanin Ghanam
Rahaf Hamzeh
Sophie Jeffers
Bilal Khan
Brian Lee
Cassie Metzger
Lilli Streett

Student Executive Board Member: Ashley Pancamo

WUSAs:
Grace Archer
Alice Gottesman
Sarah Govert
Grace Henderson
Halima Larhdiri
Andy Mun
Henry Nordlund
Mary Ziegler

Student Executive Board Member: Tyler Kung

WUSAs:
Gabby Abato
Victoria Afe
Abby Alpert
Eva Dembo
Ethan Holz
Danny Horn
Chloe Kernan
Lily Taylor
Ashish Vaidyanathan
Josh Warner
Grace Woodruff

Student Executive Board Member: Walker Ferry

WUSAs:
Eden Cohen
Christine Cooke
Patty Diaz
Ben Ell
Roey Kafri
Francisco Lucca
Sneha Manikandan
Charlene Pobee
Sara Reed
Ella Urton