2021 Summer Mentorship Program The Yale Club of Washington, DC invites DC area alumni to participate in the 2021 Summer Mentorship Program for Alumni-to-Alumni (A2A)! From early June through Labor Day, mentors and mentees will meet periodically, enabling the former to impart valuable professional guidance to Yale alumni mentees. Mentees will invite mentors to join them for the summer program, and mentees and mentors will decide together how frequently they will meet, what their goals are for the summer mentorship, etc. Key Dates Now through June 2nd – Mentor “Shopping Period.” This is the time for prospective mentees to “shop” for a good mentor match from among the volunteers identifiable via Cross Campus, LinkedIn, or other available networks. Thursday, June 3rd – Mentorship Kickoff with a virtual seminar on Mentorship Best Practices featuring guest speaker Victor Padilla Taylor. Mentees and Mentors are invited to learn all about mentorship best practices and tips for their summer mentorships. Click here to learn more and register! Friday, June 4th through Monday, September 6th – Periodic one-on-one mentorship sessions between mentees and mentors. The pairs will decide the frequency, goals, and format of these sessions. Be sure to register for and attend the June 3rd session for tips! The Yale Club of Washington, DC will periodically check in with mentorship pairs to see how things are going. Tuesday, September 7th – Summer Mentorship Program Wrap Up! Join fellow mentorship pairs to share about mentorship experiences and lessons learned, as well as brainstorm for the next steps in professional networking event planning. The mentorship program formally ends at the end of summer. Would You Like to be a Mentee?
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Thank you! Yvette Soliz Rivers, Federico Galizia, and Carlos Reyes López
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