Check in with your Mentor!
The CUNY BA Program recently conducted a faculty mentor survey. In answer to the question “How can we improve the Student-Mentor relationship?” many faculty echoed this sentiment:
“Students should be reminded to keep in touch with their faculty mentors since many of us have multiple advising roles and it’s easy to lose track of who’s doing what and when.”
So be sure to touch base with your mentor at least once or twice a semester. Survey results indicated that half of all mentors prefer their mentee contact to be in person by appointment and half prefer email; find out what your mentor prefers. Keep your mentor up-to-date with how your classes are going, what progress you are making in your concentration, your plans for graduate school or other academic opportunities, etc. If you need or want to make any changes to your future concentration courses, that of course must be discussed with and approved by your mentor.
The feedback we received via the survey was incredibly positive. Mentors truly enjoy working with their students. Take advantage of their expert counsel and interest in your success.
One response so far
I am a current student with double AOC, Disability Studies and Family and Child Counseling, I have a mentor for one concentration but not the other, unfortunaly my home school Medgar Evers College doesn not offer courses in the latter which makes it harder to find a mentor there . Is there a list of mentors I can find under AOC Family and Child counseling?