Graduate Student Mentoring Program (GradStart)

GradStart is a mentoring program that will be offered in the fall and is being designed to help underrepresented graduate students make the most of their graduate school career and accomplish their individual goals while at Penn State . Each graduate student who desires to be a part of the program will be matched with an alumnus or alumna and/or a faculty member, and each match will be tailored to meet the needs of the graduate student.

GradStart will be modeled after the FastStart mentoring program currently in place for undergraduate students. GradStart students, however, may join at anytime and remain as active participants of the program for the duration of their time at Penn State. (FastStart is for first year students and is sponsored by the Penn State Alumni Association and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center through The Division of Student Affairs. For more information on FastStart, visit http://www.alumni.psu.edu/get_involved/mentor/faststart/.)