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PLUS
Handbook
Roles & Responsibilities
of Mentors
The Eastern Kentucky University PLUS/Mentoring Program
was designed to increase student retention and create a more interactive,
inclusive and responsive University campus. Serving as a mentor
carries certain serious responsibilities, such as:
- Providing personal assistance to students participating in
the PLUS/Mentoring Program.
- Serving as a resource and referral person for the mentee.
- Serving as the mentee's role model, friend and confidante.
- Assisting the development of skills necessary for mentees
to be successful in college.
- Motivating students toward achieving academic success.
- Maintaining confidentiality.
- Networking with other mentors (students and faculty).
- Helping improve the self-esteem and self-confidence of mentees.
- Creating success through caring.
- Celebrating successes and discussing failures.
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