Alumni Mentoring Program

Why Mentoring?  Students are hungry for mentoring. They have a deep need to receive honest feedback, specific direction and appropriate support. They are aware of their inability to see into the future and understand the impact that their current choices are making. They need help in understanding how they are uniquely wired and where that wiring might make the most impact in the workplace. Additionally, they’ve been told a story that to be a “good” Christian one must enter full-time, vocational ministry, or at least something directly social like teaching. We hope to give them a vision for what it means to be dynamically alive to God and his purposes in the workplace for his kingdom to come. Finally, we believe that all people are hungry to mentor someone else. Mentoring provides a platform and opportunity for principles to come alive and stick. It can solidify someone’s beliefs and bring the most effective layer of accountability. 

Mentoring Portal Overview
Step #1: Apply and Receive confirmation 
Step #2: If accepted, you will be paired with a student and Mentor
Step #3: Student reaches out to potential mentor
Step #4: Set up and arrange dates, times, location for the sessions
Step #5: Move forward on action items, confirm next session
Step #6: Wrap-up the mentoring relationship, and provide feedback

Ideal Mentor Candidate

- Follower of Jesus
- Available to mentor at least one student per month and host the meal
- No agenda except to partner with InterVarsity and participate with God to develop next generation leaders
- Able to follow-through
- Open to post-mentoring feedback 
- Willing to follow IVTCF Alumni Mentoring guidelines

Ideal Student Candidate

- Teachable and humble
- Able to consistently follow-through
- Commitment to doing pre-session work
- Willing to give honest and positive feedback 
- Desire to pay-it-forward and share your insights with friends
- Willing to follow IVTCF Alumni Mentoring guidelines