7 Program Overview and Items to be Considered

Kulas note: All of this stuff needs to be transferred to other chapters & overall outline revisited

7.1 Mission Statement

Our mentor program is dedicated to creating an environment that fosters growth, development and engagement of first year I-O students to become successful both academically and socially during graduate school.

  • develop
  • engagement
  • support
  • social

7.2 Program

  1. Students who have already taken the fall classes can be mentors
  2. Mentors have to go through a “training” (review developed handbook)
  3. Must have a certain GPA (3.0)
  4. Sending out blast email to program each semester
  5. Provide bio? (maybe this part shouldnt be part of the handbook, but a nice addition to the active program)
    • Undergraduate degree:
    • I/O interests
    • Current research
    • Favorite MSU I/O class
    • After graduation: Anything else

7.3 Creating Handbook

7.4 Responsibilities

7.4.1 Mentor

  • How many meetings required per month (one meeting a month)
  • Text check ups between meetings(based on rapport with mentee)
  • Attending program activities with mentees

7.4.2 Mentee

  • Reach out to mentor and maintain communication
  • Attend Program activities with Mentor
  • Seek academic advice and or guidance from Mentor

(Kristina and Delia and I have populated and expanded in Monday App)

7.5 Creating Social Calendar

  • First Meeting: First week of school
    • Formal meeting to introduce mentor/mentees overview of the program
    • Move to (Alexis?) and have an informal social gathering post meeting

(Nishi has already populated but we can still formulate future activities )

7.6 Program characteristics:

  1. Study groups?
  2. X times per semester formal meeting (all mentors/mentees)
  3. Office hours (mentees to drop by and can ask questions [non threatening environment])
  4. Having a goal-oriented objectives
  5. Phases 1 (pre-semester)/ Phase 2 (
  6. Having an exit survey from the mentees

7.7 Incentives:

  • resume (mentor) - events exclusive to program participants?
    • Resume booster
  • Social events to meet new friends and build relationships
    • Get to know 2nd year students
  • Networking within cohort and within program
  • OCBs
  • Program/ community building
  • Application of what we been learning (ex. Motivation theories,goal setting theory)

7.8 Creating a Tradition

  • Could be the baseball game
  • Could be an I-O specific tradition (ideas?)

7.9 Program Director?

  • A non mentor director so students don’t feel uncomfortable discussing anything about a mentor or possibly opting out of the program