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National Mentoring Month – January 2025

Did you know that January is National Mentoring Month? Peer mentorship is a valuable high-impact practice that fosters personal and academic growth in college students by creating connections, a sense of belonging, and providing the guidance they need to be successful. The Mustang Mentors Peer Mentoring program, launched by The Office of Engaged Learning, is bringing peer-mentorship to life.

National Mentoring Month was created in 2002 by MENTOR and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health to “amplify, encourage, and strengthen mentorship for young people.”

The goals of National Mentoring Month are to:

  • Raise awareness of mentoring in its various forms.
  • Recruit individuals to mentor, especially in programs that have waiting lists of young people
  • Promote the rapid growth of mentoring by recruiting organizations to engage their constituents in mentoring

The Mustang Mentors program has an exciting semester ahead with cohort events and recruitment for the upcoming academic year.

Do you know a student who is looking for community or an opportunity to build their leadership skills? Encourage them to sign up to gain a mentor or become a mentor by visiting the Mustang Mentors website.

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