Alumni and potential mentors, we need you!

The College of Communications and its Alumni Society coordinate an award-winning alumni/student mentoring program. This program features an annual fall session on the University Park campus and several regional mentoring events each summer and fall. In-person meetings of alumni and students hold the key to the program's success.

For 2008, the mentoring program plans stops in Harrisburg, Pa., Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Specific dates and locations will be announced in the future.

Each session typically begins with heavy appetizers or a light dinner. The session then includes roundtables of six to eight people, both students and alumni, divided by major, field of interest and alumni expertise. Those roundtables are followed by a breakout of alumni and students into one-on-one pairs for individual mentoring.

The mentoring program is an excellent opportunity for students to learn more about the career they hope to pursue from an alum, like yourself, with the experience in that field. The students who have been selected for this program are aware that this is not a job placement program; you are not expected to offer the student internships or employment.

To become an alumni mentor for this important program, please complete the form below. If you have any questions about the mentoring program, please contact Mike Poorman at (814) 865-8801 or mqp7@psu.edu.

Or, you may complete the form below to indicate your interest in the program.

Event City:
Name:
Address:
City/State/ZIP:
Phone:
Email:
Profession:
Title and brief job description:
Company:
Business Phone:
Business Fax:
Company description:
Company Web site:
Best days to contact:
Best times to contact:
If Penn State alumnus, major, degree, year:
Non-alum, alma mater:

Were you a Daily Collegian staff member?
Yes
No

If "yes," in what capacity?

Other important information to pair you with a student (areas of knowledge, past work experience, additional schooling, freelance work, etc.):

Contact information:
Mike Poorman ('82)
Director of Alumni Relations
302 James Building
University Park, PA 16801
Phone: (814) 865-3938
Email: mqp7@psu.edu

Mentoring Materials
Pair Suggestions

Mentor Guidelines

Protegé Guidelines