Development of a University Alumnae Mentoring Program
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Development of a University Alumnae Mentoring Program Received (in revised form): August 5, 2003
Stephanie Hueftle Vogel is Director of Development for the University of Nebraska Foundation. Over the past fourteen years she has worked in alumni relations and fund raising on behalf of the University of Nebraska at Kearney. She is currently serving a three-year term as a trustee for the Mortar Board National Foundation. Her doctoral dissertation, Development of a University Alumnae Mentoring Program: A Case Study, was completed at the University of Nebraska in 2002. She is the 2003 recipient of the CASE H.S. Warwick Research Award for excellence in writing about alumni relations.
Abstract In the past three decades, mentoring has become a formal and informal vehicle for empowering individuals in both educational and corporate environments. Colleges and universities have established mentoring programs similar to those in the corporate sector to retain students and contribute to their academic and future success. More recently, mentoring programs for female university students and alumnae have appeared as academia has recognized the importance of enhancing mentoring and networking opportunities for women graduates and current students and the benefits derived from such alliances. This article is based on a case study conducted by the author at a Midwestern research university. It describes the creation of an alumnae
Author’s Contact Address: Stephanie Hueftle Vogel University of Nebraska Foundation PO Box 2678 Kearney NE 68848-2678, USA Tel: +1 308 865 8725 Fax: +1 308 865 8894 Email: [email protected]
mentoring program, as well as the program’s membership, structure, challenges, outcomes, and value. The paper also raises a number of issues relevant to the development of alumnae mentoring programs and provides specific recommendations for advancement practitioners interested in creating similar programming on their campuses. Keywords: mentor, prote´ge´e, alumnae, mentoring program, formal mentoring, informal mentoring
Introduction Mentoring programs take many forms in higher education. Some programs attempt to foster relationships between and among faculty and students, and others offer students the opportunity to mentor each other. Still others bring together current students and alumni for mentoring and career networking. Regardless of the participants involved, most mentoring programs and organizations in academia have focused on increasing enrollment and retention of minority students and enhancing student academic satisfaction.1 In the past decade a slightly different
THE CASE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENT. VOL.4 NO.3 271–281 ª COUNCIL FOR ADVANCEMENT & SUPPORT OF EDUCATION/HENRY STEWART PUBLICATIONS 2004. ISSN 1740-214X.
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type of mentoring program has emerged on college and university campuses—one devoted exclusively to women graduates (alumnae) and students. Alumnae mentoring programs—also known as networking organizations—primarily seek to supp
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