While many institutions have peer-to-peer mentoring programs in place, more departments are now charged with creating formal mentoring programs for minority students involving faculty and staff. Loyola University Chicago has several such faculty/staff mentoring programs to retain their students of color.

Join us online to learn about one of Loyola’s minority mentoring programs – Loyola University Chicago Empowering Sisterhood (LUCES). Our expert presenter will demonstrate how LUCES recruits and retains faculty / staff mentors by:

• Discussing personal and professional benefits of becoming a mentor
• Clearly defining roles, applications, and mentor agreements
• Offering mentor check-ins, brown-bag trainings, and continued support
• Instituting mid-year assessments and an annual report for ongoing improvement

You will leave with advice on how to target a specific demographic to help increase a sense of belonging and persistence.