INTRODUCTION

Since the mid-1980s, a variety of mentoring programs have been offered at LaGuardia Community College. In 1985, Professor Naomi Greenberg launched a program whereby LaGuardia Students served as mentors to at-risk high school students. Building on the success of this mentoring project, Steve Dauz, as Director of the College Discovery Program in 1998, established a peer-mentoring project for College Discovery students. Today, through the 1st year experience committee, LaGuardia Community College is pleased to offer mentoring services to a wide variety of students through its College -Wide Mentoring Project.

The College - Wide Mentoring Project invites members of the LaGuardia community (students, faculty, staff and alumni) to serve as mentors for at-risk students. By participating in this project, you will be helping new students make the difficult transition to college life.

Right now, you may have several questions about how to be an effective mentor. This web site was created to provide a brief overview of the mentoring project. But since no web site could possibly answer all your questions, you should know that, as a mentor, you will have a mentor of your own. If you have any questions about mentoring or if you just want to talk about your mentoring experience--don't hesitate to call any of the members of the College-Wide Mentoring Committee:

Vincent Bruno (co-chair) x-5395    VBRUNO@lagcc.cuny.edu
Steve Dauz (co-chair) x-5408         STEVED@lagcc.cuny.edu
David Gechlik x-5270
Irene Sosa x-5196