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This mentee-led mentorship program is an opportunity for current students and recent graduates to gain insight and guidance from alumni mentors to enrich their academic and career journeys. This program is delivered in partnership between Alumni Relations and External Engagement and Career Services.
USask Alumni involvement can either be as a mentor (alumni with 5+ years of employment experience) or as a mentee (new alumni who have graduated within the last 5 years).
USask Connects is looking for alumni with 5+ years of career experience to volunteer as mentors. The program runs for 8-10 weeks every fall and winter semester annually, during which the time commitment is about 6-8 hours total.
This includes four “connects,” one-hour one-on-one meetings with your mentee/mentor and related activities. We welcome alumni across industries and professions.
We accept mentor applications on an ongoing basis and love to connect as many students and recent graduates as possible with this mentorship opportunity.
If you have any questions or want to receive information about future volunteer and student mentorship opportunities, email usask.connects@usask.ca.
Interested in mentoring? Apply using the form below.
USask Connects is an RBC Future Launch and University of Saskatchewan
initiative with University Relations and Career Services.
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Laura Turner
(BComm '92 MBA '97)
The USask Connects mentorship program was a wonderful experience all around. It was very well-organized and respectful of my time. But most importantly, being a mentor is this amazing combination of sharing the things you've learned so far in your career and experiencing the passion and perspective of someone just starting to plan theirs. You come away feeling valued and energized and reconnected to your younger self. It's truly a win-win.
Greg Rouault
(B. Comm, 1994)
The USASK Connects program provides a valuable opportunity for the students to take a look at themselves and examine their existing 'tool kit' to then categorize areas of interest, strengths/weaknesses, and some challenges they are facing. Since I work in Higher Education, it is an occupational requirement to be helping and advising learners. However, the mentoring role in this program allowed me to reflect more deeply in our exchanges on some of my specific experiences and really enjoy retelling (and hopefully relating) 'my stories' in a relevant way - a mutually beneficial win-win!
The USask Connects mentorship program was a wonderful experience all around. It was very well-organized and respectful of my time. But most importantly, being a mentor is this amazing combination of sharing the things you've learned so far in your career and experiencing the passion and perspective of someone just starting to plan theirs. You come away feeling valued and energized and reconnected to your younger self. It's truly a win-win.
The USASK Connects program provides a valuable opportunity for the students to take a look at themselves and examine their existing 'tool kit' to then categorize areas of interest, strengths/weaknesses, and some challenges they are facing. Since I work in Higher Education, it is an occupational requirement to be helping and advising learners. However, the mentoring role in this program allowed me to reflect more deeply in our exchanges on some of my specific experiences and really enjoy retelling (and hopefully relating) 'my stories' in a relevant way - a mutually beneficial win-win!
