Welcome to SEU Student Mentoring Program
Goal:
To increase recruitment and retention of student enrollment at Southeastern University (SEU) and to promote student success.
Objective:
- To build skills required in the market place
- To develop friendships with peers, faculty, and staff
- To develop career direction and prioritize goals
- To enhance academic experience and maintain good grades
- To build self-esteem and enthusiasm
The Process:
Congratulations on your admission to Southeastern University (SEU) and welcome to the Mentoring Program. We are delighted that you have selected SEU as your partner in pursuing your educational goals. You are joining thousands of our prestigious alumni around the world who have completed their education and are now leaders in business and government in more than fifty countries.
The Mentoring Program has been designed to assure you, that no one is alone at SEU. The Mentors are faculty and staff members who are available to you for academic and social adjustment at the University. They serve as your partner and guide and are available to listen to your needs and desires for your academic and social success.
The mentoring program began in September 2004. It follows an undergraduate through their first and second years of study. It is hoped that the mentor will serve as a guide to help each student find his or her own way into a lifetime of exploration, creative, and academic satisfaction.
The mentoring program expands upon the first-semester experience in which first-year students get a feeling for the issues and questions surrounding the complex life of a college student. In the same way dialog with faculty help students take advantage of the academic experience at SEU, the mentoring program was created to further serve the individual needs and personal interests of each student.
Each mentor is a specifically trained member of the Southeastern University faculty or staff, selected for having natural talents in listening to young students and guiding their personal and academic development. Mentors, who are not serving as academic advisors, will work with students outside of their own discipline - this broadens the conversations and also enables mentors to learn from their students, an important example of the "two-way" street that characterizes lifelong learning.
Students are invited to participate in a host of activities including the Library Salon, weekly workshops, awards banquet, festivals, career fairs, poetry reading, music recitals, career days, and field trips to museums and national libraries.
The students will be able to touch base with their mentors by way of e-mail, telephone, appointments, and walk-in visits based on the availability of the mentor.
