In order to sustain the Mentor PLUS initiative over the summer months, the Alma College e2e Mentoring program will be utilized.
The Mentor PLUS program is designed to provide a mentor support system for Alma middle school and high school youth. Through the vigorous recruitment of Alma College students, faculty, staff, and local alumni, positive mentor relationships will be established and thrive via the Explore After School program and through the creation of a mentor friendly campus and community environment.
The Alma College e2e mentoring program is part of the Mentor PLUS initiative that incorporates the traditional form of mentoring, between a caring adult and a youth in need of support to achieve academic, career, social or personal goals, with the added dimension of technology. This is made possible utilizing email technology that has been approved by the National Mentoring Partnership with support from Michigan Campus Compact and Dr. Saundra Tracy, President of Alma College.
Mentor PLUS is a collaboration between Alma College and the Alma Public Schools Explore Program in coordination with Michigan Campus Compact and funding by a Corporation for National and Community Service Learn and Serve grant.
For more information contact: Anne Ritz, Alma College Service Learning Coordinator at ritz@alma.edu or Susan Smoker, Explore Program Coordinator at ssmoker@almaschools.net.
