[volunteer]: Mentor a first year student this autumn

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Interested in being a Mentor for underclassmen? We are seeking 40 committed students!!!

The Mentor Power for Success Program is a dynamic autumn quarter partnership between first-year students (protégés) and continuing UW students (mentors), to help protégés make a successful transition to university life. Mentor students use their knowledge of UW resources and services to guide protégés as they navigate the breathe of what the university has to offer.  (Learn more here: http://depts.washington.edu/mentor/).

Help provide incoming OMA&D EOP students a successful transition to the University of Washington! Get involved and help incoming students explore campus wide resources and opportunities!

We are currently seeking Mentors! If you are:

·         A continuing UW student of sophomore, junior, or senior status

·         A caring and experienced UW student

·         Familiar with UW academic services, campus resources, and/or college life

·         Interested in being a support system for Freshmen and Transfer students as they transition to the UW

Apply to be a Mentor!

Applications are now open — apply today to become a mentor!

UW Academic Support Programs is looking for a few great tutors/mentors for Autumn 2012

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Attention Upperclassmen!

 

Gain Experience and Make a Difference

 

The University of Washington Academic Support Program is offering a service-learning seminar titled “EDUC 401: Tutoring and Mentorship in Higher Education” forAutumn Quarter 2012. This weekly seminar will introduce junior and senior students to a diverse range of tutoring, mentoring, and teaching methodologies. Students will have an opportunity to apply what they learn in class through tutoring and mentoring new transfer, freshman, and sophomore students who are transitioning socially, culturally, and academically to the University of Washington. This is a great opportunity for seasoned students to give back to the University by sharing their knowledge and experience with new students who are working to become independent learners.

 

·         Seminar begins 1st  week of Autumn Quarter,  September 24th, 2012

·         Seminar will meet on Mondays from 4-5:20 PM or from 5:30-6:50PM

·         Tutoring will take place on campus

·         Receive 2 credits for working with one student

·         Receive 3 credits for working with two students

·         A letter of recommendation will be available upon request after completion of the seminar

 

 

For more registration information, please contact Anne Browning at:

 

anneb7@u.washington.edu

 

Tutor-Mentor * 2-3 Credits * EDUC 401

Current syllabus available for review at:

 

http://depts.washington.edu/aspuw/tutormentor.php

[course] Tutoring and Mentorship in Higher Education

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The University of Washington Academic Support Program is offering a service-learning seminar titled “EDUC 401: Tutoring and Mentorship in Higher Education” forWinter Quarter 2012.

This weekly seminar will introduce junior and senior students to a diverse range of tutoring, mentoring, and teaching methodologies. Students will have an opportunity to apply what they learn in class through tutoring and mentoring new transfer, freshman, and sophomore students who are transitioning socially, culturally, and academically to the University of Washington.

This is a great opportunity for seasoned students to give back to the University by sharing their knowledge and experience with new students who are working to become independent learners.

  • Begins 2nd week of Winter Quarter: January 9, 2011
  • Mondays from 3-4:20 PM (section F) or from 5:30-6:50PM (section G)
  •  Tutoring will take place on campus
  • Receive 2 credits for working with one student
  • Receive 3 credits for working with two students
  • A letter of recommendation will be available upon request after completion of the seminar 

For more registration information, please contact Anne Browning at:

 anneb7@u.washington.edu

Current syllabus available for review at: http://depts.washington.edu/aspuw/