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IPFW has a mentorship program that is targeted at international students and students with intellectual disabilities. The program has been shown to help ease these new students into college life. Albion has the ‘Smooth Transitions’ program where an eligible freshmen is paired with a similar upperclassmen. The mentors and mentees at Albion meet weekly, hold study sessions together, and are encouraged to participate in college activities. Ball State also has a honors mentorship program to help the freshman honor students adjust to the new academic rigors. Many other regional universities offer mentorships to help adjust and retain students while Trine does not offer a similar program. Finally Trine’s own students are interested in the idea. Kerry Raab, a junior at Trine, said “A mentorship program sounds beneficial. I know I could have benefited from the guidance of an upperclassmen when I was thinking about, then trying to, change majors, and now as an upperclassmen I would love to be a mentor. It would be a cool chance to help freshman and show them how great college is.” Alexander Plastow, a freshman at Trine, thought that “Yeah I love that idea, student mentors sounds very interesting. I would like to be mentored because I like the idea of being able to bounce ideas off an