How to Join

It is Easy to Participate

  • Program application
    Program applications are available for download by clicking the link below and also in the Counseling and Career Services office. You may complete a program application, which will include information regarding your major and career path as well as on-campus and off-campus involvement while attending Saint Xavier University, and return it to the Counseling and Career Services office (room L-108). Program Application - Mentor (DOC)
  • Alumni/Student Network
    Participating alumni and students will be entered into the Alumni Mentoring Program database. The Program Coordinator will monitor this network and match students and mentors accordingly.
  • Student/Alumni Match
    You will be matched with your mentor/student based on intended major or career fields, as well as campus activities and interests and other information shared on your Alumni Mentoring Program application.
  • Contact from Counseling and Career Services
    When you have been matched with a mentor/student, you will receive an e-mail message and/or letter from Counseling and Career Services with information regarding additional procedures and guidelines.
  • Student Responsibility
    Students will be required to meet with the Program Coordinator prior to meeting with their mentor. It is the student’s responsibility to contact their alumni mentor within two weeks of reviewing program guidelines in Counseling and Career Services. All scheduling should respect the time of both students and mentors.
  • Questions for Discussion
    Students will be provided with a list of discussion questions to explore with their mentor. Students will also have some of their own questions regarding their mentor’s experience at Saint Xavier University as well as life after graduation.
  • Scheduling a meeting
    Initial conversations between mentors and students may take place via telephone or e-mail. You may maintain your mentor/student relationship via telephone, e-mail or one-on-one meetings in the weeks and months following initial contact.

Academic Requirements

Students must meet the following criteria:

  • You must be enrolled at least half-time in a degree seeking program.
  • You must have completed one semester or 15 credit hours at Saint Xavier University prior to the start of your first mentor match.
  • You must remain in "good standing" with the University. You cannot be on probation (academic or non-academic) while enrolled in or placed through the Alumni Mentoring Program.

The Alumni Mentoring Program is open to all students, including graduate students, who meet the program requirements.

Transfer, returning, and graduate students must complete one semester at Saint Xavier University (minimum 15 credit hours for undergraduates) prior to the start of their mentor match.

Alumni Mentoring Program Coordinator's Role

The Alumni Mentoring Program Coordinator will act as a liaison between students and mentors. The Program Coordinator will recruit both students and alumni to participate in the program and match them based on intended major or career field, as well as campus activities and interests and other information shared on the Alumni Mentoring Program application forms.

Students will be required to attend a brief meeting with the Program Coordinator to review program guidelines and procedures before meeting with their mentor.

Please contact the Alumni Mentoring Program Coordinator at any time if you have questions.

 

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