Senior Senator Nick Sauer wants to help his fellow peers make the best connections that any graduating senior could ask for.
Sauer is jump-starting a new mentoring program that would match DU seniors with DU alumni called AUSA Senior Mentor Program.
These matches would be based on the senior’s major and intended field of work. The seniors can also match up with DU alumni that work in a city in which they are interested in living.
“Mike Massey, the DU Alumni President, and I have been working since before break to flesh out a program that will help seniors this year get connected,” said Sauer.
Sauer and Massey hope to be able to give these seniors opportunities to meet people in the field in which they are interested.
They can also get advice on applying for jobs or graduate school. They want to give these seniors a head start in what is a large and somewhat scary job world.
“One of the themes that I heard from seniors was that they felt as if they had the education but not the connections. What better than our own DU alumni?” said Sauer.
The program has roughly 25 seniors that have shown interest. Massey and Sauer are hoping on getting 75 seniors before making the first matches this winter quarter.
Once they have received all of the seniors that they plan to work with this year they will have an event where the seniors and mentors can meet and start advising.
“I think it is a good idea, but most of us have already applied to grad school. It would be more helpful to have a mentor at the end of my junior year,” said Jess Grabau, senior biology and psychology major.
This year will be the experimental year of the AUSA Senior Mentor Program. Only a few seniors will be selected but eventually they plan to have the program reach every senior at DU.
“I hope that further classes are able to take this opportunity to good use. It has great potential,” said Kristin Safi, senior anthropology and english major.
To get more information about the Senior Mentor Program or to apply contact Nick Sauer at nsauer@du.edu.
