The primary goal of the MEPO Mentoring Program (MMP) is to support the personal and academic development and achievement of students in the College of Engineering. Students have the opportunity to help other students create better connections to the university community and its resources as well as have increasingly positive experiences in and outside of the classroom. Protégés benefit personally and professionally from the insight and guidance of the more experienced students serving as peer mentors. Benefits to the peer mentors include knowing they are making meaningful contributions to the personal and professional development of their peers while experiencing professional development themselves.The peer mentors are upperclassmen who help guide their protégés through the challenges of being an engineering student at Michigan. The protégés are new students in the College of Engineering. The roles of the peer mentors include promoting personal and professional development of their protégés, helping them to overcome challenges and celebrate their success.

 

GOALS

The purpose of the MEPO Mentoring Program is to positively impact the campus acculturation, resource utilization, academic performance and retention of first-year engineering students.·         

• Increasing student satisfaction and retention·         
• Contributing to a holistic student support system·         
• Developing meaningful connections between new and more experienced students     
• Helping students build self-esteem and self-confidence

For additonal roundtable discussion topics with your protege click below:

Mentor Roundtable Discussions.

 

 

If you are interested in learning more about the MEPO Mentoring Program please contact Shannon Flowers at flowerss@umich.edu.