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Mentoring NetworkOver 150 honors alumni, with a variety of academic backgrounds and working in diverse professional fields, participate in a mentor network. They take phone calls or e-mails from or meet informally with current honors students. Others are willing to allow students to "shadow" them on the job. If you are a student who would like to use the mentoring network, come to the front desk at Commonwealth College at 504 Goodell and ask to see the mentoring book. We are currently putting mentor information into a searchable database form. Charles Cameron '76"You need a strong mentor program to help honors students catapult themselves into grad programs and jobs. Networking is extremely important during and after undergrad studies." Marjorie Aelion '80"I recently received a National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow Award in Engineering, one of 15 awarded nationally. UMass Amherst set the foundation for my present success." Nathaniel M. Smith '78"The study, research skills and self-discipline involved in the writing of my honors thesis have certainly helped me as I've progressed in the working world. The Honors Program made my undergraduate experience at UMass Amherst a more academically challenging one, and the thinking skills developed as a result have helped me immensely in my career." Jose Luis Brown '82"The Honors Program offers additional challenges to the students who want to excel. In that sense, the program gave me the challenges I sought and the confidence to face a very competitive and difficult 'real world.'" If you would like to join the mentoring network, contact: Meredith Feltus, Director of Development |
 Sasha Senderovich ('03) is Ph.D. candidate in Slavic Languages and Literature and Jewish Studies at Harvard University. |
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