New School Mentor Application

FOR RETURNING ALUMNI MENTORS

If you are a past mentor with a career change, please fill out the below to provide us with an update.

FOR NEW ALUMNI MENTOR APPLICANTS

Apply to volunteer: Host Online Alumni Mentor Office Hours
Now recruiting for Spring Mentoring 2023
(This application may take you 10-15 mins, Thank you for your time!)

The New School Alumni Engagement Office seeks dedicated and passionate alumni volunteers to give advice to the next generation of creators and innovators! Alumni are invited to volunteer this coming March - April as part of the Meet a Mentor series, a flash (short-term) mentoring program for students, recent graduates and alumni seeking to change career paths. Now more than ever, it's so important for students and graduates to hear from seasoned alumni, like you, who can speak to real world experience and provide career advice. During Meet a Mentor sessions, alumni and mentees can discuss career advice, job hunting, networking, interviewing, resume or portfolio review, and networking with fellow alumni and New School colleagues.

Thank you, Alumni!
Over the past 4-year-history of this program over 175 alumni have offered their time to meet with more than 500 students and recent graduates. We're excited that you would like to join this group of seasoned alumni willing to give back their time and expertise.

Eligibility

To be a mentor, alumni must

be able to navigate ZOOM for video chats
provide an email address you are willing to share with the mentee
have graduated before 2021
be willing to have a positive and thoughtful conversation with both student and alumni mentees
be willing to meet with alumni across schools and disciplines
Applicants will be contacted by the Alumni Engagement office with further instructions and may include a phone or video chat regarding your interest.

Time Commitment
These are short-term, 45 minute 1:1 video chats. We hope you'll consider participating in 2 to 3 two hour-blocks. Once accepted, you will be able to choose your own custom hours between 8am-8pm Monday through Saturday.

Be prepared to provide your bio at the end of this form. Prospective mentees will read your bio before deciding to sign up for your sessions. Think of this as your "advertisement" to attracting mentees to choose your session.

Also be prepared to type out one piece of advice you have for students or recent graduates. (100 words or less)

About the mentees
We will focus our mentee outreach on Graduating Students and graduates of the last decade. Some mentees may be more seasoned alumni seeking advice for pivoting their career trajectory.

Thank you for your consideration!
If you have any questions, email alumnimentor@newschool.edu

Name*

Preferred First NameLast Name

Full Name at Graduation (if different)

First NameLast Name

Preferred Name, if applicable (How you want to be introduced to the mentees)

Have you participated as a volunteer Mentor in Meet a Mentor before?*

YesNo

Returning Mentor

If you have volunteered in Meet a Mentor before, you may proceed to scheduling your virtual office hours using the Mentor Scheduler App.

If you'd like to provide an updated bio or other information, please email alumnimentor@newschool.edu.

Thank you for deciding to return as a mentor!

N Number N00XXXXXX (if known)

School Attended*

Graduation Year (Must have graduated prior to 2021)*

Degree Type*

Field of Study*

Field of Study Other

Email Address (must be willing to share with mentees)*

newschool.edu or gmail required

Cell Phone Number (will not be shared with mentees)*

Area CodePhone Number

Virtual Office Hours will be indicated in NYC/Eastern ET. In which Time Zone do you live?*

How many 2-hour block sessions are you willing to conduct

1 min (2hours total) - 3 max (6hours total)

Briefly describe why you are applying to mentor.

BIO Please provide a short bio with Career Industry and Current employer *

In a few sentences describe what you do in your career. Include your current and past employers. This is your chance to intro yourself and “advertise” your session to mentees. If you're a returning mentor, indicate "use my previous bio."

Please describe how your New School education helped prepare you for your career path. You can offer a quick piece of advice here as well. *

In 100 words or less, you might include a piece of advice or words of wisdom on how to approaching getting your first job out of college. If you're a returning mentor who has answered this question, indicate "use my previous answer."

Enter your LinkedIn URL

Do you identify with any of the following groups? We will share this with your mentee.

Are you interested in volunteering with an Alumni Community Group?

Indicate Your Pronouns

He/him, She/her, They/them, or indicate your pronouns

The following questions are optional, and meant to better serve our mentee population as well as find additional opportunities that may be of interest to you.

In addition to English, which languages, could you converse fluently with your mentees?

In what other ways would you be interested in additional volunteering? (Check all that apply)

Speaking on a Virtual Career Panel VirtualSpeaking on an in person Career Panel in NYCSpeaking on an in person Career Panel in Paris (if you live close by Parsons Paris Campus)Recruiting at a Career Fair in NYCJust having a coffee with a student or alum

Would you be interested in learning more about a semester-long mentorship pilot?

Thank you for taking the time to fill out this application. We appreciate our willingness to volunteer as a mentor.

Meet A Mentor Volunteer Application Form