GPS Informal Mentoring:

What is informal mentoring?

Informal mentoring is a way of communicating and networking among GPS alumni or having GPS alumni help current students with a variety of tasks.

GPS alumni are volunteering their time, knowledge, and experience in the following areas:

• Advice on what courses to take
• American culture, what is expected, what to do in a certain situation
• Career development/ advancement
• Taking a student with similar job interests to lunch

How can a GPS student get help on these topics?

Any GPS student who wants help with one or more of the topics listed above should e-mail their name, UST ID#, and current contact information to gradsoftware@stthomas requesting a mentor and note what areas in which they would like to receive assistance. After the GPS staff receives the request for a mentor, we will give out the names, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of alumni who have agreed to mentor students. GPS students are responsible for contacting the alumni and seeking out the help they need.

As a GPS alumnus how can I become a mentor?

Any alumnus who wishes to volunteer their time, knowledge, and experience on one or more of the topics listed above (or any other) can send an email to gradsoftware@stthomas.edu stating that they are interested in becoming a GPS mentor and what areas of help/experience they can provide. Interested alumni should indicate all areas in which they are willing to mentor students. When a student requests help on a topic that an alumni member has chosen to discuss, their contact information (name, phone number, and e-mail address) will be released to the student requesting help.