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MENtoring for Life

MENtoring for Life. Jennelizabeth Bice. Purpose for MENtoring Program. Men are born knowing how to be men, friends, brothers, boyfriends, businessmen, fathers, and husbands – FALSE

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MENtoring for Life

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  1. MENtoring for Life Jennelizabeth Bice

  2. Purpose for MENtoring Program • Men are born knowing how to be men, friends, brothers, boyfriends, businessmen, fathers, and husbands – FALSE • MENtoring allows fraternity juniors and seniors to connect with fraternity alumni and build mentoring relationships • Successful mentoring provides lifelong goals, opportunities, and skills (Flynn, 2008)

  3. Why Should an Institution Invest? • Collaboration with Alumni Association, Greek Life Department, Career Services • Retention • Encourage fraternity men to attend the program and become a mentor • Build strength in Alumni Association

  4. AFA Core Competencies • Advisor • Collaboration • Education • Innovation • Leadership • Research

  5. Schedule • Meet & Greet (Fall Semester) • Mentor will share a brief autobiography • Fraternity men will chose a mentor • Collaborate personal goals and expectations of one another. • Monthly Meetings • Mid Semester Follow Up • End of the Year Celebration (Spring Semester) • End of the Year Follow Up

  6. Applicable Theories • Nevit Sanford • Support and Challenge • Chickering & Reisser Vectors • Established Identity • Mature Relationships • Developing Purpose • “Many college students are all dressed up and do not know where they want to go. They have energy but no destination” (Chickering)

  7. Student Learning Outcomes • Create realistic, measurable, and personal goals • Establish a healthy, strong relationship with a mentor • Create a professional resume • Develop professional etiquette for interviews and meetings • Analyze and evaluate personal priorities and responsibilities of being a fraternity man • Apply new found knowledge to every day life and fraternity community

  8. Thank You Questions ?

  9. Works Cited • Association of Fraternity/ Sorority Advisors. (Established 2002, Revised 2007 and 2010) Core Competencies for Excellence in the Profession. Retrieved from http://www.fraternityadvisors.org/default.aspx?action=Content&ContentId=139 on March 25, 2011. • Chickering, A.W. (n.d.a). The Seven Vectors: An Overview. Retrieved from http://www.cabrini.edu/communications/ProfDev/cardevChickering.html on April 1, 2011. • Chickering, A. W. and Reisser, L. (1993). Education and identity. 2 nd. Ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. • Evans, N.J., Forney, D.S., Guido, F.M., Patton, L.D., & Renn, K.A. (2010).  Student Development in college. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. • Flynn, B. (2008, June 15). Mentoring program leads to scholarships. Pantagraph, The Bloomington, IL. Retrieved from EBSCOhoston March 25, 2011.

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