Current Students/Mentors
What's in it for me? | Who should apply? | How do I apply? | Questions? |
Who are SUSTAIN: Excellence Mentors?
- SUSTAIN: Excellence Mentors are current undergraduate students (sophomores, juniors, seniors) who serve as role models and resources by sharing their experiences, knowledge, and support with first-year students as they transition and become integrated in the Marquette community.
- Mentors are students who represent a range of academic majors, student organization involvement, and backgrounds at Marquette.
- Mentors meet with their assigned Protégés during biweekly meetings, and help plan the SUSTAIN Success Workshops and the various Discussion Circles with Protégés.
- Mentors are positive role models who are motivating, have an interest around diversity awareness, able to connect well with others, excited to meet and learn about new people, able to commit time and energy to the mentoring role, and willing to have FUN!
Why should I become a SUSTAIN: Excellence Mentor?
Being a Mentor can be a rewarding and meaningful experience. By sharing experiences, knowledge, and support, Mentors are valuable and can positively influence the experience of first-year student Protégés. Mentors go through training throughout the year to learn about and further in topic areas including, but not limited to: diversity awareness & cultural competencies, group facilitation, using and referring to campus resources, developing leadership and organizational skills, effective mentoring techniques and much more. Through training and exposure to other unique opportunities, Mentors can further develop their social, intercultural, and leadership skills to be competitive candidates for other campus leadership and employment positions.
What's in it for me? (Benefits to being a Mentor)
- Enhancing personal social, intercultural, and leadership skills through ongoing training and development opportunities.
- Networking opportunities with faculty, staff, and alumni.
- A stipend and positive letter of reference for Mentors who fulfill all requirements and expectations related to position.
- Other fun incentives (i.e. T-Shirts, recognition prizes, participating in fun/unique activities on campus and or Milwaukee community, etc)
Who should apply?
An ideal SUSTAIN: Excellence: Mentor should:
- Personally identify as a student of color (i.e. Black/African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic/Latino/a, Native American/American Indian, Multiracial, etc.), student from diverse religious background, first-generation students and/or an ally to the LGBTQ community.
- Be a full-time sophomore, junior, or senior undergraduate Marquette University student during the 2013-2014 academic year.
- Have a GPA of 2.5 or better at the time of application and start of Fall 2013 semester if accepted.
- Be in good disciplinary and academic standing at time of Mentor selection and remain in good standing during the 2013-2014 academic year.
- Be able to commit to being a Mentor for the entire 2013-2014 academic year.
- Be able to commit to evening meetings on Thursdays from 5-7pm during the 2013-2014 academic year.
- Be able to commit to the following dates:
- April 13, 2013: Golden Eagle Institute; 9am - 4pm
- May 13 - 14, 2013: SUSTAIN: Excellence Mentor Retreat (tentative)
- August 21 - 25, 2013: New Student Orientation (various times and days)
- August 24 - 25, 2013: Mentor Training (Times TBD)
- Be motivating, have interest around diversity awareness, be able to connect well with others, be excited to meet and learn about new people, be able to commit time and energy to the mentoring role, be positive role model who is willing to have FUN!
- On average, Mentors will spend about 10-12 hours a month on mentoring and/or SUSTAIN: Excellence activities
How do I apply?
Recruitment for the 2013-2014 SUSTAIN: Excellence Mentors has ended. Check out the "Meet the Mentors"page to learn more about the 2013-2014 mentors.
Click HERE to learn more about the responsibilities of being a Mentor. If you are interested being a mentor or helping with any part of the SUSTAIN: Excellence Program,
please contact Carla Cadet, Assistant Dean for Intercultural Engagement, at (414) 288-7205 or email carla.cadet@marquette.edu, or visit this page again in Spring 2014 when we begin recruiting for new mentors!
Questions?
If you have questions about the SUSTAIN: Excellence program, please contact Carla Cadet, Assistant Dean for Intercultural Engagement, at (414) 288-7205 or email carla.cadet@marquette.edu.
