SUCCESS can help you start off on the right foot at Texas Woman’s University. Source: Mentor Works Ltd. via Pinterest

I have experienced much success in my career due to the mentors that have impacted my life, which is why I co-founded the Over My Shoulder Foundation with Patti Austin. We often like to use our blog as an opportunity to highlight strong and formidable mentoring programs, and we would be remiss if we did not mention the SUCCESS Mentoring Program at Texas Woman’s University.

There are few programs out there dedicated to women in mentoring, and the SUCCESS Mentoring Program has been designed to cater to women that are first-generation college attendees in their family. Through this program, mentors will be provided to these young women to provide them with the support that they need to have a successful first year of college and lay the foundation for future years.

Participants in the program will not only have their mentors to help guide them through this process, but an entire support network of peers that are also part of the program. Through activities that encourage social interaction, leadership development, and educational success, these women will be better prepared and are more likely to stay in school through graduation.

The mentors in the program are upperclassmen and can offer valuable experience and expertise for the challenges that incoming freshmen often face in their first year. The program participants will meet with their mentors one-on-one twice each month in addition to attending monthly social activities within the group. This is a great way to foster long-lasting, positive relationships that will continue throughout the participants’ college careers.

To learn more about this program, please contact Michelle Buggs: 940-898-3679.

If you are interested in learning more about Mentorology or Designing the Next Generation, please contact us at the Over My Shoulder Foundation.