The purpose of Pride Mentors is to offer support and guidance to students at Texas A&M University. The program is designed for mentees to work through topics important to them including, but not limited to, career and academic goals, relationships and family problems, transitioning to college, gender and sexuality, and issues that arise in collegiate and professional settings.

Aggie Mentoring Network programs are open to all without regard to ethnicity, race, nation of origin, gender or sexual orientation.

Program Goals

• To foster mentoring relationships between students and faculty & staff that can offer support, guidance and resources to students at TAMU
• To provide support for students who are in the process of coming out, or who feel they are currently unable to come out
• To expose students to the diverse lives of adult members of the TAMU community
• To provide helpful resources to students as they explore issues related to identity
• To help connect students to the larger Aggie community, both at TAMU and the B-CS area
• To provide Texas A&M faculty, staff, and former students an opportunity to help students develop outside of the classroom

Mentor & Mentee Requirements

• Attend mentorship program events
• Set a mutually agreed-upon communication schedule with a minimum of one contact per month
• Communicate with the LGBTQ+ Pride Center about how the relationship is progressing
• Commit to the mentoring relationship and program for one semester

Events

• Mix and Mingle: Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023
• Networking Event: Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023
• Mix and Mingle: Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024
• Networking Event: Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Application

• Applicants with questions about Pride Mentors should contact Karla Alvarez, Student Development Specialist of the LGBTQ+ Pride Center, at karlaa@studentlife.tamu.edu or 979.862.8920.
  
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