Provost Scholars Mentors | Provost Scholars Program

Mentoring Relationship

Case Western Reserve University faculty and staff personnel will be invited to serve as volunteer mentors. These professional role models are also committed, thoughtful, and trusted friends. They will serve as academic and career advisors, who will help the mentees to make significant contributions to their families, their community, and to the global society. Faculty and staff may assume multiple duties, including tutoring, mentoring, networking, and refining Scholars' social and personal presentation. The mentees, through working with the mentor, will have chances to enhance their academic and professional skills.

Mentors from Prior Years

Requirements

Faculty and staff mentors will be expected to devote one afternoon per week, typically on Tuesday afternoons from 2:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (during virtual programming the times are 3:10-4:40), with their mentees who will be on the university campus. All volunteer mentors must complete a background check (at no personal cost) each year by scheduling a time to be fingerprinted with the CWRU police and undergo one mentoring training session with a staff member. There is at least one scheduled opportunity to do this per semester. The program session runs from early October to the first week of May every school year, with breaks for Fall, Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring Breaks.

Partnership with East Cleveland Community

Long term, CWRU faculty and staff mentors will be connected to the East Cleveland community by partnering them East Cleveland middle and high school students.

Through this process, mentors will:

Address the towering dropout rates among high school students
Expose youth to faculty and staff who are experts in their fields and areas of study
Connect students to faculty who can discuss with them the power of education as a central part of their future
Help to demystify the link between education, employment and well-being

Mentors provide:

Support for Education

Mentors help with homework and can improve their Provost Scholars' academic skills
Scholars who meet regularly with their mentors are less likely to skip a day of school or class

Support with day-to-day living

Mentors improve Scholars' self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-image
Mentors help Scholars to relate well to others and help them strengthen their communication skills

Support for future work opportunities

Mentors help Scholars to set career goals and assist them with taking steps necessary to realize them
Mentors introduce Scholars to professional resources and organizations, and to the importance of networking
Mentors can help their Scholars learn how to seek and keep jobs, while reinforcing the importance of knowledge and skill sets through education

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