During this internship, I focused on three large projects. First, I analyzed a mixed-methods survey sent out to mentors and mentees to locate areas that the mentorship program could be improved. The most prominent theme that emerged from the data was that the mentors did not understand that mentorship has a life-cycle, and often times the first stage of the mentorship relationship is the most difficult. Mentors would give up on mentees because they could not get past the rough stage of building the relationship with their mentee. With this data, I crafted hand-outs and activities related to the mentorship life-cycle that were used during mentor training. Second, I developed activities for first year students and participated in a summer workshop series that was designed to help ease the transition into college. Lastly, I researched information about students on academic probation and was tasked with creating a new work booklet for students on probation. I created a document to facilitate self-reflection and to help the probation advisor locate the myriad of issues that land a student on probation. Upon completion, we worked with faculty to get their suggestions on the
During this internship, I focused on three large projects. First, I analyzed a mixed-methods survey sent out to mentors and mentees to locate areas that the mentorship program could be improved. The most prominent theme that emerged from the data was that the mentors did not understand that mentorship has a life-cycle, and often times the first stage of the mentorship relationship is the most difficult. Mentors would give up on mentees because they could not get past the rough stage of building the relationship with their mentee. With this data, I crafted hand-outs and activities related to the mentorship life-cycle that were used during mentor training. Second, I developed activities for first year students and participated in a summer workshop series that was designed to help ease the transition into college. Lastly, I researched information about students on academic probation and was tasked with creating a new work booklet for students on probation. I created a document to facilitate self-reflection and to help the probation advisor locate the myriad of issues that land a student on probation. Upon completion, we worked with faculty to get their suggestions on the