Mentoring Program Newsletter Archive: August 2005

Dates are announced for the 2006 Mentoring Dinner and Workshop

Based on feedback from alumni currently participating in the Mentoring Program, each academic unit in the College will be hosting its own dinner and workshop this winter. This will allow alumni and students to interact with other alumni, students and faculty from their particular major. It also provides an opportunity for each academic unit to tailor the Mentoring Program to meet the needs and interests of its students and alumni. Although each dinner will be held in a separate room at the Nittany Lion Inn, academic units will continue to be grouped, with three dinners taking place on each of three dates, as follows:

Saturday, January 28, 2006
(please note that this is a Saturday, not a Friday)

Friday, February 3, 2006

Friday, February 10, 2006

You will receive further information, in future newsletters or in emails from your academic unit, about other alumni and student activities surrounding the Mentoring Dinner and Workshop. Mentors and protégés who entered the program in winter 2004 or winter 2005 are not required, but are strongly encouraged, to attend the 2006 dinner and workshop. Those entering the program for winter 2006 are required to attend.

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Feature Story

Mary Lou Kanaskie ’75 a clinical nurse educator at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, describes her experience as a mentor as “simply delightful.” She has met with her protégé, Shatonya Perry, once since the mentoring dinner and workshop in February and has communicated with her by email frequently. Mary Lou says that she assisted Shatonya in preparing her resume for a summer externship application, and also prepped her for her interview. Mary Lou was thrilled to learn that Shatonya got the externship.

“Shatonya and I hit it off immediately and it has been fun ever since,” says Mary Lou. “I am able to help her with the knowledge and information that I use every day in my job. She is energetic and ambitious and so appreciative!”

Mary Lou looks forward to seeing her protégé at Hershey in the fall, where she will be completing clinical courses. “I am very happy that I applied to be a mentor!” she says.

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Topics of the Month

For protégés to ask mentors: Which undergraduate course was most useful to you in your career?

For mentors to ask protégés: Which course that you have taken so far was the most meaningful or helpful to you?

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Movin’ On

Congratulations and best wishes to the protégés who graduated on August 13th! We hope that you have enjoyed your experience in the Mentoring Program. Please take a moment to thank your mentor for sharing his or her experiences and expertise with you…and please consider becoming a mentor in the future!

CSD
Kara Foflygen

HPA
Lindsey Ondo

HRIM
Megan Morath

KINES
Katie Posivak

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Featured Photos

Mentors and Students
Rachael Powell (right) talks to her mentor, Stephanie John (’00 BBH).
Mentors and Students
Asha Javia talks to new protégés about her experiences in the mentoring program
Mentors and Students
Jeff Sarabok (’91 HPA) talks to his new protégé, Shaira Morales

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