Centers of Excellence: Assistantship Mentoring Program

The Assistantship Mentoring Program (AMP) seeks to expand opportunities for students of all backgrounds to work collaboratively with faculty and staff educators, gaining experience to strengthen their academic and professional careers.
Applications for Baccalaureate AMP for J-Term and Winter Semester 2009 are due Monday, November 17, 2008.

The goals of the program are:
· To provide challenging, relatively well paid assistantships for students
· To make these opportunities available to a wide range of students
· To build a scholarly community
· To link curricular and co-curricular leadership
· To raise the profile of academic leadership positions for students
· To engage mentors from a variety of fields
· To help students widen their horizons regarding career possibilities

Each student participant in the Assistantship Mentoring Program applies knowledge and skills from her academic area to a leadership role in one of three ways:

· Teaching
· Research Collaboration
· Program Development

“It is difficult to articulate just how much this program and the mentoring relationships have impacted my life. I would have to say that this assistantship program has without a doubt been the highlight of my career at CSC.”
- Nicolette Perrault, ’06, English

All Student Assistants participate in a series of workshops that provide orientation and support for their experience. Mentors take part in informal meetings with other mentors several times during the semester. Each mentor-student pair is required to complete a Learning Agreement as part of the application process.

The Assistantship Mentoring Program, a collaboration of the Centers of Excelence and Student Center and Activities, was developed with support from the St. Paul Foundation, the Bremer Foundation, and the Bush Grant for Diversity and Democracy. It is supported by Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and the CORE Curriculum.