Mentoring Models within International Education

Thursday, October 31, 2024

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM CDT

Location: Schaumburg C

Presentation Description: This session will explore peer-to-peer student mentorship between undergraduate and graduates within the areas of International Education. MSU Mankato's current mentoring involves discussion of strengths, intercultural competency, navigating higher ed, & career/life preparedness. Participants will know how to establish mentoring programs in various IE contexts, best practices for hiring, training & evaluation, review case studies about student mentoring issues, leverage mentoring for student staffing and programming support, and explore future directions for mentoring.

Learning Objectives:

After participating in this session, attendees will Identify a mentoring model that would be most appropriate for the contextual factors of working with a given group of students.
Through exploring case studies and real-life examples, participants will be empowered to choose and enact strategies that can make their mentoring practices individualized and linked to intentional programming.
Attendees will learn how to create a training plan for graduate assistants which supports their professional development via interpersonal mentorship frameworks as well as confidentiality and institutional practices.

Presenter(s)

AO

Anna Ochs

Assistant Director: Center For Global Engagement
Minnesota State University Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

Chair and Presenter(s)

Madeline R K Wildeson

Assistant Director of International Student Success
Minnesota State University Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

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