1. (GUM) “Sticking Students Together for Success”

2. Goals of the Kick-Off Event
Celebrate 3rd GUM cohort
Build unity/community
Mentor-Mentee
Mentor-Mentor
Mentee-Mentee
Expand your networks at UCLA
Identify GUM as a family/supportive entity on campus
Have FUN!

3. What is the GUM Program? Launched Spring 2014 Funding:
UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative; Student Cultural & Diversity Programming Fund; and Dean of Students’ Student Activities Fund
Student organization based in the Graduate Student Resource Center (GSRC)
A six-week-long workshop series for undergraduates who wish to learn more about graduate school:
Education, Public policy, Social welfare, and Urban planning
Mentee is matched with a mentor
Based on academic field and consider other significant characteristics (ranked in the application)
Modeled after: University of Pennsylvania and the AAP, Graduate Mentoring and Research Programs, Grad Prep

4. Program Duration: Spring 2016, Weeks 2-8
What
Who
Week 2
GUM Kick-off Event
Mentors and Mentees
GUM Mentors Orientation
Mentors only
Week 2-8
GUM Workshop Series
Mandatory for Mentees; Mentors welcome!
Week 5
Team Building Event
Week 8
Closing Event

5. Workshop Series Topics
Wednesdays, 6-8, Boelter Hall room 9436
Week 2: Graduate Program Selection
Week 3: Beginning the Application Process
Week 4: Graduate Student Panel
Week 6: Graduate Funding
Week 7: Application, cont.
Week 8: Career Paths and Closing Potluck

6. GUM Workshop Instructor

7. Special Thanks to the GUM Mentors!
 Field
GUM Mentors
Education
Amirah Saafir
Anne Blackstock-Bernstein
Bianca Haro
Bryan Thornton
Feliz Quinones
Hannah Levy
Jenny Chow
Kareem Elzein
Magali Campos
Manpreet Dhillon
Rebecca Cannara
Salvador Vazquez
Taylor Hazelbaker
 Field
GUM Mentors
Psychology
Ariana Bell
Dani Smith
Lianne Barnes
Stacy Shaw
Public Policy
Sydney Ganon
Vanessa Lam
Social Welfare
Ambar Guzman
Jane Davis
Jeremiah Attermann
Kevin Cisneros
Nora Randall
Tania Contreras
Thomas McCready
Tina Ahmed

8. Why are the mentors here?
“Mentoring played a very big role in making my decision to pursue my current area of study. It is very difficult to navigate this career process without knowing someone who is doing it or has done it and I hope to be that person for whoever wants help.” “I think that the best way I can show my appreciation for my own mentors is to pay it forward.” “The process of applying to graduate school can be stressful, and it's important for students to have a support system of people giving them advice, encouraging them as they go, and congratulating them for completing each step. I would love to be a part of that system!”

9. What are the mentees hoping to gain from GUM?
Detailed knowledge about the grad school application process and how to be a competitive applicant
Connections and friendship with fellow undergraduate students and with graduate students
The chance to talk with someone who understands how overwhelming making decisions about and applying to grad school can be
Insight and clarity regarding the graduate school experience and navigating the professional world

10. Learn more about GUM

11. Our Mission
To foster postsecondary success through mentorship relationships between graduate and undergraduate students across campus. GUM will provide accessible resources to empower Mentors and Mentees through interpersonal connections, academic and career development.

12. Our Vision
A bridge between undergraduate and graduate students of diverse backgrounds and career paths at UCLA. By establishing a cycle of mentoring, we are creating a community that values holistic development and experiential knowledge, as well as providing a supportive environment for academic and career success.

13. Our Values
Holistic Development Experiential Knowledge Mentorship Empowerment Community
Holistic Development -- Exposing communities of students at UCLA by preparing them for personal, academic, and career development
Experiential Knowledge -- Acknowledging and honoring the two-way relationship between Mentors and Mentees from diverse experiences and backgrounds
Mentorship -- Providing a supportive environment that demystifies the academic and career pathways through trusting relationships
Empowerment -- Learning, acquiring new knowledge to gain the confidence by preparing and exposing students to tools for realizing their full potential as individuals
Community -- Providing an inclusive space at UCLA where students feel invested in each other through the exchange of resources, supports, and services as well as encouraged through the principles of friendship, support relationships, and networks

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