STUDENT MENTEES
Be a Mentee!
What is a Mentee?
A Mentee is a new or first-year student participating in the Student Mentor Program who is looking for assistance with their transition to OCAD University in such areas as:
- involvement with the campus community
- making new friends and engaging with faculty and staff
- knowledge regarding OCAD U procedures
- advice about student support services
- information about extracurricular activities
How? Well, it's easy! The program runs from July through to November. Sign up to be a Mentee (anytime between May and September) and a Peer Mentor will be assigned to you. A Peer Mentor is a knowledgeable upper-year student who experienced the challenges you are facing and wants to help!
Your Peer Mentor will:
- initiate contact with you via email (starting as early as July)
- provide answers to your questions
- engage you in an actual dialogue
- share information and provide encouragement and guidance
- introduce you to the OCAD University community
- support your academic and social success
Whether you are an advanced standing or first-year student, a mature student or an international student, there is a supportive Peer Mentor who can share her/his diverse experience with you.
Sign up to be a Student Mentee.
Peer Mentor assignment starts in July. Watch your e-mail and spam!
Peer Mentors were Mentees once too...
"I was scared and confused about going into university, so I signed up to be a Mentee. My Peer Mentor helped me get involved and adapt to the environment, to great advantage." ~ Rong Rong H., Peer Mentor
"Being a Mentee in my first year helped me make friends... I felt like I belonged to a community of students that wanted to help each other make the best of their university experience." ~ Cassi W-L., Peer Mentor
"I was very intimidated to begin (at OCAD U) at age 17 and becoming a Mentee connected me with someone who understood university when I felt moments of panic and uncertainty." ~ Josie M., Peer Mentor
Contact:
Brent Everett James
Campus Life Coordinator, Student Success Programs
416-977-6000, Ext. 275
(Photo by Esra Tasdemir)
Last Modified:1/24/2012 12:57:32 PM
