Penn State Mont Alto’s Mentoring Program connects veteran students with Penn State Mont Alto veteran faculty and staff members for mentorships. Mentors and veteran students define the goals of their mentorship together. The program is focused on supporting student veterans in their transition from the military into higher education, in their academic success and future civilian careers.
Program Commitments
Over the course of the mentorship, participants are encouraged to connect at the beginning and end of each term and a minimum of once per month. Pairs may choose to interact more frequently if they so choose.
About Student Veterans and Mentors
All student veterans who are enrolled at Penn State Mont Alto are encouraged to participate in this program. They come from diverse military backgrounds and represent various ages, education levels, ranks, and branches of the military. Some may still be serving on active duty and planning for an upcoming transition or military retirement. Some may have recently separated from the military and others may have separated several years ago and have decided to return to school to pursue their education.
The mentors are faculty and staff members who are veterans and also come from diverse military backgrounds as well as two staff members, including Mont Alto’s veterans’ certifying official and the Academic Support Center’s student advocacy specialist. Other staff members who also serve as resources to the program are the career services coordinator, campus nurse, and counselor. In order that they bring best practices to the program, each has completed the Penn State World Campus course, “Serving Those Who Have Served.”