MGA Coursework Mentor Program | Callout for mentors!

Brush up on your leadership skills, meet like-minded students outside your network and contribute to the graduate student community at Monash.

What’s special about the MGA’s Mentor Program? 

Unique: This is the only peer-to-peer mentor program at Monash for graduate coursework students across all faculties. 

Flexible: The program is online and accommodates all first-year students, including those who are going into their second semester in Semester 1, 2021.

Personalised: Mentors and mentees will be paired by the MGA’s Mentor Coordinator based on faculty/department.

Structured: The program includes regular sessions to kick the program off, eight mandatory touch points throughout the semester and regular check-ins with the MGA’s Mentor Coordinator.

Engaged: Mentors will be well-prepared and trained for the program. Students can expect a high level of engagement and mentors can expect to receive excellent leadership skills development.

Guided: Mentors will be guided and nurtured by the MGA’s Mentor Coordinator throughout the program.

Are you keen to get involved? We’re looking for students who:

• are currently enrolled in a graduate degree at Monash with two semesters under their belt;
• have mastered the ins and outs of the new online learning environment;
• are willing to draw from their own experience to help first year students navigate the graduate student journey;
• can commit to regular online meetings and make time to invest in a mentor-mentee relationship.

Program dates: 8 March – 21 May 2021

If this sounds like something you would like to be part of, sign up to be a coursework mentor by Wednesday, 10 February 2021.