Bobcat Mentoring

You've faithfully completed your class assignments, passed your exams, and somehow managed to finish group projects while working part-time and participating in an extracurricular activity or two. Somewhere in the back of your mind, you might have wondered where is this all going to lead? Now is the time to find out.

The MSU Alumni Foundation and MSU Career & Internship Services are proud to host the MSU Bobcat Mentoring Program designed specifically to connect you with outstanding MSU Alumni ready to share their stories, networks and experiences to fast track you to the possibilities of your future.

This program is designed to allow you to network with an MSU Alumni who has created an unsurpassed career and are now willing to share their "wisdom." You will meet for the first time in the fall and will then have the opportunity, over the next year, to ask questions, share ideas, and learn from someone who has broken some pretty impressive ground.

Successful mentees have clear goals they want to achieve in the program, are open to constructive feedback, and able to interact and comunicate with a business leader in a professional and courteous manner.

Mentor Ginny with her Mentee Lauren.

Interested?

Details:

1. Applications are taken during the spring and summer for fall entry into the program. Priority is given to upper classmen. While the program is open to all students, typically freshmen are not taken into the program.
2.  Interviews are held in early September.
3. Mentor-Mentee matches are typically made by the middle of September.
4. A formal "Kick off" event will occur in the fall.
5. Mentors and mentees engage in regular  "conversations" (email, phone, Skype, or in-person meetings) throughout the year. Plan to spend roughly one hour every week or two with your mentor.
6. Enjoy the Bobcat Mentor Closing Celebration, typically in April of each year.