How does it work?

For the mentoring network to succeed, participants must be committed.  Our participants show up for one another and understand that modeling leadership is key to the  effectiveness of our program.   All new participants begin as mentees and after the first year become either a mentor (through training) or a member of our peer advisory council, the PAC.  The peer advisory council determines programming and serves as both a mentor and on the PAC in some cases.  In year three and four, participants become eligible for our mentors-in-residence program.  Mentors-in-residence commit to mentoring and organizing activities for the program.  Additionally,  any information that participants provide about their concerns is kept confidential and not relayed to other students.  This setting allows everyone to be comfortable with asking questions and getting real answers from both peers and our professionals that are invited to participate in our activities and panel discussions.