How to Elevate Student Success through Mentoring

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How to Elevate Student Success through Mentoring

I’ve benefited from many great mentoring relationships throughout my career. Each relationship provided the support I needed at that life stage, helping me define and work towards personal and professional goals.

According to a recent Harvard Business Review article, the benefits of mentorship are clear. Mentees “perform better, advance in their careers faster, and experience more work-life satisfaction”. It is also important to remember that mentoring is two-sided, and that mentors also benefit from acting as a trusted advisor.

In higher education, mentoring contributes to retention and student success. However, college students don’t necessarily seek out mentoring relationships or know how to establish such a connection.

I’m not sure I really knew what a mentoring relationship entailed when I was at university. My professors, parents, and friends supported. In retrospect, however, I would have benefited from the unique support a mentor provides.

To help break down some of these barriers, this article outlines what it means to be a mentor, the different types of mentors, and how to grow a mentoring relationship.

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Successfully Create Change on Campus with New Technology

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Successfully Create Change on Campus with New Technology

Change on campus is hard. You are up against decades of traditions and comfort in the norm that can be very difficult to battle. However, the world and our students are changing. Therefore, being able to create change on campus is necessary.

So how do we do it? How do we get people on board and find the time and resources to get the work done to actually make change?

I like to use John Kotter’s Process for Leading Change methodology to guide me from ideation to reality. Let’s take a look at the eight steps he sets out.

As we walk through each step, we will use the following example: a fictional university’s goal is to use CampusGroups to transition to paperless procedures on campus.

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Team Growth: Get to Know Kathryn and David

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Team Growth: Get to Know Kathryn and David

At CampusGroups (CG) our team is our biggest strength. We believe in the importance of bringing people together to activate our collective potential.

We trust in the strength that a diverse team brings. Our belief is that by embracing diversity, we can foster a better world for our team, partner campuses and students.

In 2021 we welcomed 17 unique professionals to the CG team. This post introduces Kathryn Warren and David South. Below, Kathryn and David tell us about their professional background, what brought them to CG, and what makes them tick.

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5 Lifetime Benefits of Joining a Women’s Community

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5 Lifetime Benefits of Joining a Women’s Community

Each year on March 8th International Women’s Day is celebrated globally. The day honors the many political, socio-economic, and cultural achievements of women. It also increases awareness about women’s equality and advocates for gender parity.

Higher education institutions provide women with a platform for advancing equity for female students. Further, student clubs and organizations provide women with opportunities to influence life on campus. These include event programming, advocacy, and student government positions.

Women’s communities on campus also provide members with the opportunity to build a sense of belonging, which is known to contribute to higher retention rates. They also foster the acquisition of life skills, including communication, leadership, and teamwork, which transcend the college experience.

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Team Growth: Get to Know Cassie and Ahmed

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Team Growth: Get to Know Cassie and Ahmed

At CampusGroups (CG) our team is our biggest strength. We believe in the importance of bringing people together to activate our collective potential.

We trust in the strength that a diverse team brings. Our belief is that by embracing diversity, we can foster a better world for our team, partner campuses and students.

In 2021 we welcomed 17 unique professionals to the CG team. This post introduces Cassie Everly and Ahmed Zaid. Below, Cassie and Ahmed tell us about their professional background, what brought them to CG, and what makes them tick.

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6 Unique Ways to Celebrate Black History on Campus

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6 Unique Ways to Celebrate Black History on Campus

Last month, hundreds of student clubs and organizations across our Partner Campuses celebrated Black History Month. These amazing student groups held over 1,000 events in the last year.

One organization that stood out is the Black Business Alliance at Yale School of Management. Read on to see the 6 unique ways it celebrated Black History Month and other events that promote equity for all.

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5 Tried and Tested Ways To Keep Alumni Engaged!

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5 Tried and Tested Ways To Keep Alumni Engaged!

Alumni Relations teams know that it is paramount to create a relationship with students before graduation. This makes it easier to foster, rather than reinvent, the relationship once students graduate.

Engaging with students while they are still on campus and transitioning to their new roles as alumni is critical. Here are five tried-and-true tips from our campus partners to engage with soon-to-be-alumni.

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