Mentorship is crucial to the graduate student experience. Learn why you should encourage first-year student to apply to the Graduate Student Mentorship Program and why you should become a mentor.
Since being established in 2010, the Graduate Student Mentorship Program (GSMP) has depended on our mentors’ contributions and efforts to facilitate and transform the experiences of graduate students at UCR. In honor of International Mentor Appreciation Month, we would like to thank all of our faculty and peer mentors and talk about the great things...
Last year, I embarked on the journey of collecting stories about the experiences and views of first-generation students of color attending graduate school. My purpose for collecting these stories was simple: I wanted to 1) learn about the experiences of first-generation graduate students of color and 2) learn how first-generation graduate students of color are...
Did you know that more than half of UCR undergraduates are the first in their family to attend college? This makes me proud to be a Highlander, and as a teaching assistant, I embrace the responsibility of serving first-generation college students. But it’s also one of the most challenging things that I do. First-generation college...
The Graduate Student Resource Center is excited to welcome a new Co-Coordinator! Tyler Womack is a second-year student in School Psychology in the Graduate School of Education, as well as a current peer mentor. [ Image Description: Tyler Womack seated on a bench, smiling at the camara.] Pictured: Tyler, ready to support her peers! Originally...
Whether you just got to graduate school or you've been here for years, you probably wouldn't be where you are today without the mentorship of others. One of the great things about mentorship is that anyone and everyone can benefit from engaging in the act of mentoring, as long as the needs of the mentee...
