Be a Mentor
Encourage university involvement and help promote graduating on time at Weber State University (91风流) by mentoring students for their academic and personal growth. Mentors maximize collegiate success by informing mentees of learning, leadership, and social opportunities that will aid them through their everyday experiences on campus and in the local community.
Benefits of Being a Mentor
Mutually Beneficial Relationship
Help students reach their academic and professional goals while achieving your own. Mentoring challenges you to learn alongside your mentee and help each other grow and develop your strengths. It’s an engaging, meaningful job; some mentor positions, like the Peer Mentor program, are even paid.
Become a Leader
As a mentor, you can build higher self-esteem, confidence, and affirmation, and earn recognition from 91风流 for your leadership role. Being a mentor also provides opportunities to present at conferences and develop career readiness skills such as leadership, professionalism, teamwork, and more!
Trained for Success
Learn new methods for effective communication and relationship building through our specialized and nationally certified training. These trainings can include Eduology and training for aspiring Faculty and Staff Mentors. You will also learn more about studying/working at 91风流 and how to navigate the systems, procedures, and resources.
To apply for a mentoring position, contact the mentoring program you are interested in.
I look forward to my meetings with my mentee. It's a great relationship. I gain a lot and learn about the gaps that exist on campus and the services in our community. Every week she gets on me to get my homework done too! It's been a wonderful relationship where it feels like it’s not just a mentorship but a friendship.
Kimberly Love, staff mentor
The beauty of being a mentor is that you never stop learning. Being a mentor is a great way to support your community.
Neftali Castaneda, peer mentor alumnus
The main thing that has been meaningful to me through mentoring is assisting my mentees in making connections and creating a game plan so that they can achieve their goals. I love it when they reach out to me and notify me that they have been accepted to the program they were trying to get into, or they have had stress reduction and are doing great. It is meaningful that I was able to have just a small part in supporting them on their journey.
Kimber Simons, faculty mentor
Mentoring is an honor. To support mentees to know that there is someone who cares about them, assure them they are not alone in dealing with day-to-day challenges and help them feel like they matter. I want to help mentees cultivate the courage to be imperfect and allow themselves to be vulnerable. I want them to feel that they are enough. Being a mentor provides me fulfillment and satisfaction of helping others and contributing to their personal growth and professional development.
Juancarlos Santisteban, staff mentor
It is an awesome job that will help you gain new skills that will help you succeed in your academic and professional life.
Grace Galindo Herrera
Becoming a mentor has helped me not only learn more about what I want to do in my professional career but also learn more about myself.
Chanell Sosa
Unsure about getting a mentor or wondering which mentoring program is right for you?
Our office is ready to help you learn more and get connected today!
Office of Mentoring Programs
Shepherd Union 231
801-626-7342
mentors@weber.edu