Athletics Mentoring Program - Fall Semester Only

For MENTOR applications only

The goal of this program is to:

• Help retain student athletes entering college. Many of these student-athletes are in their first year or are first general students.
• Match faculty/staff and upper classmen to serve as mentors to our incoming freshman. The mentors will spend time with the students throughout the semester and will have the opportunity to attend seminars and workshops that will be very beneficial to the athletes.
• Meet for at least an hour each week. During this time they can discuss college life, classes, study/test taking tips, share advice, eat dinner together, or discuss any other issues. This will give the freshman the opportunity to meet and talk to someone else outside of his or her team.

Education Pay$ Center Mentoring

For MENTOR applications only

EPC is at EKU to provide services designed to enrich both the college experience and the daily life of the non-traditional single parent students. Our goals are to:

• Effectively facilitate useful career exploration, counseling and guidance activities.
• Provide work readiness training and meaningful employment opportunities that will help students acquire necessary employment skills and learn the established standards of professional conduct.
• Provide academic support and retention services that help students remain in school, raise their GPA's and GRADUATE.
• Provide personal support and counseling services that promote individual self-esteem, confidence and initiative that will assist the student to effectively manage the activities of daily living and cope with the challenges of adjusting to the ever changing world of work and life circumstances.

International Student Mentoring Program

MENTOR and MENTEE applications

The International Student Mentoring Program matches International students with EKU faculty and staff who are willing to share their time with a student who is very far away from home. This is a wonderful opportunity for you and your family to get to know someone from a different culture while they get to know ours! Of course, the student will have to adjust to and learn so many new things, who better to teach them than you?!

Contact information:
Beth Blanchard
International Education, Case Annex 181
622-1479

NOVA

MENTOR applications only

NOVA is a Student Support Services/TRIO program federally funded by the U.S. Department of Education. The EKU NOVA program offers a freshman learning community that provides holistic services to assist freshmen in their transition to college, and provides success strategies, leadership development, and academic encouragement until graduation.

Information for students on becoming a NOVA Mentor

To serve as a mentor (peer leader) through the NOVA program, you must be a full-time EKU undergraduate possessing a 2.8+ GPA and have earned at least 30 credit hours toward graduation. The position pays $6.50 an hour. We offer fall employment only. Application process begins in March only.

NOVA Peer Leaders will perform the following tasks:

• Serve as an undergraduate group facilitator and instructional assistant in an assigned NOVA Academic Orientation Course (GSO 100).
• Meet weekly with 6 to 8 individual learners (30 minutes each).
• Serve as an effective role model for low-income, first generation learners who may enter the university academically under-prepared.
• Maintain paperwork (progress notes, time logs)
• Enroll in GST 300, a 1-credit hour course that requires active participation in weekly training, group planning, and one-on-one supervision.

PLUS Mentoring Mentoring

MENTOR and MENTEE applications available

The PLUS Mentoring Program is designed for students (Mentees) who are typically first year students, transfer students, nontraditional, and international students. Our goal is to provide students with emotional, social, and academic support by matching interested students to a supportive, friendly, and caring Mentor. The PLUS Mentoring Program is for:

• First year students, returning students, nontraditional students, transfer students, and international students who are interested in having a mentor.
• Upper class students, faculty, and staff who are interested in working with a student as a Mentor.
• Students who may be undeclared but would like a mentor in their program area or who has similar interests outside of academics.
• For Mentors and Mentees willing to meet weekly for at least one year.
• For those who are willing to consider continuing their relationship for the student's entire academic career and perhaps beyond!

Project Success

For MENTOR applications only

Project Success is a program designed to:

• Help students with learning disabilities achieve their academic and career goals.
• Provide one-on-one assistance, tutoring, academic accommodations and testing, note-takers, and focus groups.
• Enable students to perform at the highest academic level possible.

S.A.A.B. (Student African American Brotherhood)

MENTOR and MENTEE applications available

The goal of this program is to:

• Provide student development intervention and support to African American men enrolled in college.
• Encourage Black males at EKU to take full advantage of their academic years, and to better understand and practice their responsibilities, rights and privileges as United States citizens.
• To promote brotherhood and embrace the principles of Accountability, Proactive Leadership, Self-discipline, and Intellectual Development.

S.P.I.C.E. (Students Persisting in College Excellence) Mentoring Program

MENTOR and MENTEE applications

The S.P.I.C.E. Mentoring Program seeks to improve the quality of educational life for the diverse population of EKU by enhancing student, faculty and staff relationships in the campus community. The goal of the S.P.I.C.E. mentoring program is to:

• Aid first year students in their transition to college.
• Improve the quality of the academic, social and community life at EKU.

WILL Program

MENTOR and MENTEE applications

Are you a woman who wants to take advantage of everything that EKU has to offer? If so, WILL (Women Involved in Living and Learning) is the program for you!

• You'll work with a successful woman who shares your interests
• You'll get to know other female students and will have the opportunity to participate in activities designed with your needs and interests in mind.
• Have fun while getting acquainted with other WILL women at Spa Nights.
• Learn how to make a difference in your community during fundraising campaigns.
• Benefit from the strong support of the other women in the group.

Contact information:
Sara Zeigler
209 Miller
622-2913