Baskin Engineering Mentor Network: Connecting students to alumni
The Baskin Engineering Mentor Network helps students navigate their paths to careers by linking 3rd and 4th year students with alumni. Students are paired with an alum who understands their experience and is invested in their success — a person ready to listen, inspire, help navigate challenges, and recognize opportunities.
Students will learn what to expect in their final years of school, how to approach challenges, gain career advice, and other valuable insights. Mentors will find reward in paying it forward, and strengthen their leadership and professional skills. Mentor Collective's online platform provides training and resources for mentors and makes it easy for mentors and mentees to connect.
First and second year students: UCSC offers a peer mentoring program, also using the Mentor Collective platform. Explore the UCSC Slug Mentor Network.
"I'm really excited to have someone there for me. It's nice knowing that I'm not completely alone and hopefully can be someone I can reach out to if I'm having a hard time in school or other activities."
"[My mentor] helped me answer the question of how to form strong relationships with my professors by giving me an actionable strategy to having strong purposeful visits to their office hours."
"I'm volunteering to mentor because I've been fortunate enough to have mentors who guided me throughout my academic and professional careers & I feel like I am finally able to give back."