Peer Assistant Leaders | Peer Success Coaching
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Working hand-in-hand with professional staff in the Office of Graduation and Retention Initiatives, PALs serve as peer success coaches, offering one-on-one support to help you navigate college life, stay on track, and reach your goals. Whether you’re looking for tips on time management, campus resources, or just someone to talk to who gets it, your PAL has your back.
Peer Assistant Leaders (PALs) are fellow UH students who’ve been where you are and are here to help you get where you want to go.
What Do PALs DO?
PALs are here to help you navigate the ups and downs of college life. Through one-on-one Peer Success Coaching, they’ll support you in setting goals, building confidence, and connecting with the right resources at UH.
Whether you’re unsure where to start or just need someone to talk to, PALs are trained to meet you where you are—academically, socially, and personally.
How Peer Success Coaching Helps
Peer Success Coaching helps you make sense of the complex parts of being a student. PALs can help you:
- Help you adjust to college expectations and routines
- Talk through challenges and help you find solutions
- Share tips from their own UH experience
- Help you identify meaningful academic and personal goals
- Support you in creating action plans and staying motivated
- Offer regular check-ins to keep you on track
- Connect you with student organizations, events, and communities
- Help you feel more confident and connected on campus
- Guide you to the right UH services and make direct referrals to people
- Help you understand when to reach out to a Degree Completion Specialist or advisor
- Provide a safe space to talk through your college experience
- Offer encouragement and perspective from someone who’s been there
Get Started
Peer Coaching is flexible and designed to meet students where they are at - whether in person or online. Your first conversation is informal and focused on your individual needs.
- Already have a PAL? Click to schedule a meeting.
- Need a PAL? Click to make that request.
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