What Does A Mentor Do?

They help a new graduate student navigate the system here at A&M

Mentors would meet or keep in contact with their mentees on at least a monthly basis to be there to answer questions and help them understand the "graduate process" of Texas A&M.

You would be the person they can turn to when they don't know the answer to a question, or just need someone to listen. However, we don't expect that you would have all the answers but we hope to provide you with the resources so you would be able to point someone in the right direction.

To become a mentor

• Fill out the online mentor application
• Attend ONE MANDATORY 3-hour dinner/training session
• Twice a semester meet with Office of Graduate Studies staff for new information and deadline dates
• Join a listserv with other mentors so you could post questions that you get asked and do not know the answers to
• Attend Graduate Student Information Forum

As a mentor we will expect

• One hour a month minimum contact with your mentees - some sort of group meeting/meal time
• Maintain email contact with the mentees just to see how they are doing

If you have any additional questions, please call Adult, Graduate & Off Campus Student Services at (979) 845-1741 or email the office at agoss@tamu.edu. If you are still interested, please complete the application to be a mentor.