The Scholars Academy is a competitive cohort-based program that provides leadership training, select classes, international travel, and scholarships to promising and high-achieving business students at UNO. Students are selected their senior year of high school and spend four years in the program. As part of the Academy, a Scholars is matched with a business professional who mentors them for an academic year. The commitment from the mentor is to meet with the Scholars three times each semester, so six times a year (September through April).
On Friday September 11th , 2020 from 12pm – 1pm (CDT) I was invited to the 2020 UNO Scholar Academy Mentor meeting. This is my second year being a mentor to a College of Business Administration Scholar student.
This was a virtual session with all mentors.
The session started with putting mentors in break out rooms.
Break Out Rooms
- Who I am: Anthony Carlson
- What I do: Lead Application Developer
- Why I want to be a Mentor: Help People, 2nd year of doing this.
Overview of Scholars Academy
This is the 5th year of the program and it keeps adding more.
Meeting with the Mentee
Your mentee(s) will be reaching out via email by September 18 to introduce themselves and set up the first meeting; they will CC me on the initial email but I do not need to be included after that.
Schedule Tips for Covid-19
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The session end with a round table of past mentors talking about their experiences.