Someone to provide guidance. Someone to broaden your connections. Someone who once was in your shoes, or someday will be.
A mentor-protégé relationship is a valuable part of a student's experience at HU. The Business Mentor Program pairs HU students with professionals in the Harrisburg community. In addition to fostering regular communications, HU offers a variety of events and activities for mentors and protégés to connect each semester.
Any student can benefit from the guidance and connections that a mentor provides. And potential mentors – don’t worry if you’re not in a science or technology field. A mentor provides an unbiased, outside perspective for the student. Mentors provide more than career development. They guide the student in developing soft skills, enhancing professionalism, and gaining insight into lessons about academics, career, and life.
Getting involved as mentor or protégé is easy! Contact Sara Kehler at skehler@harrisburgu.edu or 717.901.5157 to learn more.
Business Mentors’ Roles & Responsibilities
Sharing their knowledge and discuss issues related to their career or field
Introduce their mentee to others in the business field and, bring your mentee to a business function
Help their mentee to define their interests and professional/educational goals
Mentees’ Roles & Responsibilities
Applying theory based learning to practical experience
Engage in learning about the mentor’s profession
Attend networking events and/or business functions with mentor
Harrisburg University’s Roles & Responsibilities
Matching students and mentors
Provide an event for mentors and mentees to network
Assess the success of the program