Academic
The TIP Mentor Academy consists of over 80 trained undergraduate students from the Colleges of Natural Sciences and Liberal Arts. Their goal is to enhance academic excellence and to encourage a successful transition to the University of Texas at Austin for our TIP Scholars.
Through weekly contact with their mentees, highly trained peer mentors help students learn about campus resources, adjust to college life, pursue extracurricular opportunities, and develop educational and career aspirations. Mentors also assist Scholars with a group research project for their UGS 303 signature course.
The Mentor Academy experience offers:
• A chance to provide excellent academic and social support for our incoming TIP Scholars
• Opportunity to further develop leadership skills
• Valuable professional development training and international certification as a mentor and/or tutor
Mentor Academy Facts
•Since 2008, the Academy’s curriculum and training has been adapted for training College of Natural Sciences student employees in peer leadership roles.
•Frequent peer mentoring conference presentations and research collaborations have connected the Academy with other UT academic departments and universities nation-wide.
•Chapters on TIP’s mentor model and select trainings are included in the Handbook For Training Peer Tutors and Mentors, a publication of the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) and in Undergraduate Curricular Peer Mentoring Programs: Perspectives on Innovation by Faculty, Staff, and Students, edited by Tania S. Smith
What Mentors are Saying:
“Being a TIP mentor has given me a better perspective on the diversity of the University. I’ve also learned to communicate better and how to explain concepts in multiple manners. I’ve also gotten to know a great bunch of students I never would have met otherwise.”
“Being a TIP Mentor is a great way to develop leadership skills. What we learn now in mentor trainings will continue to help later in life, and being a mentor is awesome because you get to help others. It’s a lot of work and commitment to be responsible for 4-6 people, but it’s been a great experience.”
“The biggest thing I have gained from TIP Mentoring is a greater sense of self-motivation and initiative. I find myself taking the first step to get things done, and I’m not afraid to interact with people I need to work with. Being a tutor has also given me an even greater understanding of a subject as well as how to convey information more effectivel
Through weekly contact with their mentees, highly trained peer mentors help students learn about campus resources, adjust to college life, pursue extracurricular opportunities, and develop educational and career aspirations. Mentors also assist Scholars with a group research project for their UGS 303 signature course.
The Mentor Academy experience offers:
• A chance to provide excellent academic and social support for our incoming TIP Scholars
• Opportunity to further develop leadership skills
• Valuable professional development training and international certification as a mentor and/or tutor
Mentor Academy Facts
•Since 2008, the Academy’s curriculum and training has been adapted for training College of Natural Sciences student employees in peer leadership roles.
•Frequent peer mentoring conference presentations and research collaborations have connected the Academy with other UT academic departments and universities nation-wide.
•Chapters on TIP’s mentor model and select trainings are included in the Handbook For Training Peer Tutors and Mentors, a publication of the College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA) and in Undergraduate Curricular Peer Mentoring Programs: Perspectives on Innovation by Faculty, Staff, and Students, edited by Tania S. Smith
What Mentors are Saying:
“Being a TIP mentor has given me a better perspective on the diversity of the University. I’ve also learned to communicate better and how to explain concepts in multiple manners. I’ve also gotten to know a great bunch of students I never would have met otherwise.”
“Being a TIP Mentor is a great way to develop leadership skills. What we learn now in mentor trainings will continue to help later in life, and being a mentor is awesome because you get to help others. It’s a lot of work and commitment to be responsible for 4-6 people, but it’s been a great experience.”
“The biggest thing I have gained from TIP Mentoring is a greater sense of self-motivation and initiative. I find myself taking the first step to get things done, and I’m not afraid to interact with people I need to work with. Being a tutor has also given me an even greater understanding of a subject as well as how to convey information more effectivel
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