Alumni Society launches mentor program

The College of Mass Communications and Information Studies Alumni Society launched a Mentor Program for its alumni and students with a speed networking event on Monday, Sept. 17, at the Vista Community Room in the Suggs & Kelly Law Center.

The event was modeled after speed dating, where each potential student mentee and alumni mentor had about five minutes to share what their goals were for this mentor program.

Alumni and students from both the School of Journalism and Mass Communications and the School of Library and Information Science attended the event. In addition, Dean Charles Bierbauer was there to talk to the participants about why mentoring is so important. Cocky made an appearance to show his support – he even participated in the speed networking!

This event provided the College’s students and alumni an opportunity to connect on a professional level. Students told alumni what they are studying and what their future career goals are. Alumni told students about their jobs, how they got the jobs they have and answered the students’ questions about the fields of journalism and library science.

Refreshments were served and both alumni and students had the chance to sign up for the Mentor Program and indicate their preference for a mentee/mentor.

Daylight Doughnuts donated a wide variety of specialty doughnuts for the participants to enjoy.

The College’s Alumni Society aims to develop, promote, and facilitate an effective mentoring program that will foster relationships between alumni and current students of the College of Mass Communications and Information Studies. This Mentor Program will provide a supportive forum for students to gain knowledge about career paths, learn through the experience and expertise of alumni, and develop personal and professional goals.