August 31, 2021

fall mentorship program

WiSC is excited to inform you about an amazing upcoming opportunity - the Mentorship program!

Here's the opportunity for ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ง๐, ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ to learn and grow through a mentor-mentee relationship with ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ, respectively.

The Mentorship Program is also looking for ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ looking to support incoming first year students! These opportunities are available to all female identifying students and minority groups!

All mentees work with an assigned mentor, to gain a personalized, one-on-one experience! Mentors and mentees will be matched based on skill set, program, and career interests.

The program is designed to last ๐Ÿ’ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ (September โ€“ December), and meetings are to be held a ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ (at least once every month before December).

๐…๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐˜๐ž๐š๐ซ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ:
This program is designed for incoming first year students who want the opportunity to be guided by second, third and fourth year students. First years can apply to become mentees under upper year students and learn about the transition to and skills needed for university! Some specifics on what first years can learn from this program is: advice on making new friends, learning useful study habits, engaging in university extra-curriculars and information on POSt. Donโ€™t miss out on this amazing opportunity!

๐’๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ:
This is a program for upper year students who are looking to guide incoming first years and ease their transition into university. Each mentor will be paired with a first-year student and create a welcoming and encouraging environment for them! Mentors are expected to be able to communicate effectively, have strong leadership skills, be an active listener have a passion for helping others.

๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Œ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ๐ก๐ข๐ฉ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ:
Upper year students also have the opportunity to become mentees and learn from industry professionals! This program allows for them to build on and expand upon their career goals, professional identities, as well as their leadership and communication skills! To achieve this, each mentee will be paired with a mentor currently in the industry, and work one on one with them. Mentors and mentees will be paired based on similar fields, skills, and interests.