Student Life : Mentors

What are student mentors?
Student mentors are part of First-year seminars instructional teams and work with an instructor, an advisor, and a librarian to provide support for new incoming IUPUC students. Mentors are a role model and a resource to new students; their job is to enrich the new student�s college experience, by engaging freshmen in on-campus activities, sharing experiences, pointing to University services, and being available.

What do I gain from being a mentor?
The student mentor position offers upper level students an opportunity to show leadership, share their college survival skills with beginning students and to grow personally as well as professionally. A mentor position is a great addition to a resume as well as college scholarship and graduate school applications. Mentor is an hourly paid position.

Why should I take your word for it?
You shouldn�t! Have a look at what some of our previous mentors have to say...

Scott Pritchard
UCOL U110 Mentor
Fall 2006 and 2007

"It feels good to be able to take the experiences that I have and pass them on to someone else."

"I never would have figured that I would learn so much about myself while mentoring other students. What a wonderful learning experience; one that I would recommend to anyone who may be interested."

�Mentoring was a very good learning experience for me. Through mentoring I was involved in many on campus activities as well as ones based in the community. Learning about how people from different backgrounds live and feel about important issues that are discussed in the UCOL classes helped me expand my thoughts and opinions. I hope that the students that I mentored learned as much from me as I did from them.�

Mallory Kittle
UCOL U110 Mentor
Spring 2007

Ok. I am convinced! I want to be a mentor, but am I eligible?
Mentors are required to have completed 12 credit hours at IUPUC with a minimum 2.5 cumulative grade point average and be registered for at least 6 credit hours (part-time). If mentoring for a learning community, mentors are required to have at least a B in the content course.

Yes! I am eligible! What do I do now?
Contact Ana Carolina de Araujo at (812) 348-7316 or adearauj

iupuc.edu to find out if there are current openings and request an application.