Announcement

C-U One-to-One Day at Bella Mia Boutique

Barbara Linder — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:27:55 -0800

Bella Mia Boutique
1422 Neil Street, Champaign
is donating 25% of their sales to C-U One-to-One Mentoring Scholarship Foundation on

Friday, November 18th
10:00 - 7:00

Start your holiday shopping early!

Free C-U One-to-0ne shopping bags will be given for every $50 purchase.

Wine Tasting for Mentoring Scholarships

Barbara Linder — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:24:23 -0800

Fall Wine Tasting Event to Benefit Mentoring
Thursday, November 17
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Wines at the Pines
2860 S. Philo Rd
$10 donations includes appetizers and wine tasting

Wine donated by Wines at the Pines
All proceeds go to the Mentoring Scholarship Foundation

What do students like about having a mentor?

Barbara Linder — Wed, 18 May 2011 08:48:01 -0700

Each year mentees complete a year-end survey about the experience of having a mentor. One question asks, "What do you like most about spending time with your mentor?"

Here are a few things students said in their 2011 survey:

I like when my mentor believes in me.

I like the fact that she makes me feel wanted. I feel like I have someone to talk to if my mom isn’t able to help me.

I get to breathe and just talk and get away from chaos at this school.

She is very understanding and very loving. She makes it easy to just be me.

She really helps me strive for my goals.

We are just like best friends.

I don’t really know, but I feel like I can talk to him without being judged.

I trust her and I can talk to her about anything.

I like spending time with my mentor because I know I can talk to her and trust her without being judged.

That I can turn to him with questions about subjects that my parents can’t help me with.

She always makes me happy when I’m feeling down. Also she’s the only person I could talk to without them judging me.

I like that she spends time with me and cares about me.

We have everything in common.

I have someone to talk to that can relate to my problems, but also help me with those problems.

University of Illinois Academic Professionals Endorse Mentoring

Barbara Linder — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:03:39 -0700

Youth mentoring can have tremendous impact on both the adult and the child. In a typical program, mentors visit with their "mentee" for approximately one hour per week during the school day, on the school grounds, during the school year. Mentors and mentees usually spend their time together doing fun and creative activities: talking/listening, playing games, doing something physical like going for a walk on school grounds or playing basketball, reading, exploring on the computer, doing experiments, doing art/craft projects and more. Mentors' goal is to build a relationship of trust with their mentee.

University employees may use an hour of release time per week for mentoring in local elementary and secondary schools, as provided by policy in the Campus Administrative Manual.
http://ap.illinois.edu/community/givingback/mentor.html

Workplace Mentoring Internship Program

Wed, 13 May 2009 09:54:16 -0700

Workplace Mentoring Internship Program

A partnership of C-U One-to-One Mentoring and the C-U Business Community

A Model for School-Business Partnerships

Program Objective: To provide Champaign-Urbana high school students involved in the C-U One-to-One Mentoring Program an opportunity for intensive workplace mentoring with a focus on teaching work habits, work skills and helping the individual student to discover the various opportunities available to them in a specific employment area.

Plan: During the summer of 2011, four businesses offered 9 students involved in the mentoring program the opportunity to work alongside a manager or director for a period of six weeks in the summer on a full time basis. Students are paid at minimum wage and received no benefits. They participate in all aspects of employee orientation.

Student requirements: 16 years of age, involved in the C-U One-to-One Mentoring Program, the ability to procure transportation to and from the business and an interest in pursuing a potential career opportunity in this business setting.

Workplace Mentoring Interns for 2011

* Carle Foundation Hospital: 5 internships: Wound Healing (Cassie Irvin), Inpatient Oncology (Piper Harvey), Food Services (Katie Regan), T6 Medical (Taqeshia Bevly), ECHO Program (Markiya Scott).
* Health Alliance Medical Plans: 2 internships: Compliance Department (Kearia Crider-Harvey), Internal Audit (Gus White)
* Horizon Hobby: 1 internship (Ashley Evans)
* C-U MTD: 1 internship (Keosha Gaines)

Year End Banquets

Barbara Linder — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:31:49 -0800

In May of each year the Mentoring Scholarship Foundation sponsors a banquet for C-U One-to-One mentor/mentee pairs in Champaign/Urbana Schools. The goals of this event are two-fold:
* To encourage mentors to commit to another year of mentoring their students, and
* To encourage students to stay in school, graduate and pursue continuing education.

The highlight of the Middle School/High School banquet each year is the presentation of scholarships to our graduating Seniors. Nine Urbana and Champaign Seniors received this scholarship in 2011. Seventy eight scholarships have been awarded to C-U One-to-One mentees since the first scholarship was given in 1999 to Denise Graves.

2012 Scholarship Banquet for Middle School/High School

Tuesday, May 1st
at the Hilton Garden Inn
6:00-8:00 p.m.
Registration beginning at 5:30

2012 Elementary Year-End Pizza Party

Thursday, April 26th
at the Urbana Civic Center
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Registration beginning at 5:15

The banquet, pizza party and scholarships are all funded by generous donations to the Mentoring Scholarship Foundation.

National Mentoring Month

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:28:55 -0800

National Mentoring Month: January 2012

January, 2011, is the 11th annual National Mentoring Month.

National Mentoring Month Breakfast for all school-based mentors in Champaign-Urbana will be held on Thursday, January 12th, 7:15-8:30 a.m. at The Vineyard Church Cafe, 1500 N. Linclon Ave, Urbana.

Thank Your Mentor Day will be Thursday, January 26th.

All month: Tell your friends that MENTORING WORKS!

Write a Letter to the Editor about your experience as a mentor. Nearly 20% of our current mentors heard about mentoring through the newspaper!

www.nationalmentoringmonth.org for more ideas about celebrating your month: National Mentoring Month!

Mentor Training Sessions

Barbara Linder — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:28:11 -0800

Mentor Training Schedule

Mentor Training (Part I) Sessions for winter, 2012,
Tuesday, February 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Urbana Middle School
1201 S. Vine, Urbana

OR Thursday, February 9, 11:30-1:30 p.m.
Mellon Administrative Building, Unit 4 Schools
703 S. New, Champaign

Mentors will begin mentoring in mid-February. Apply now to be sure you can start meeting with your new mentee early in second semester!

Part II Mentor Training

A follow up training for mentors who have participated in the initial training session is held in late February. We go deeper into topics introduced in the first mentor training, introduce the concept of 'strength-based' mentoring and provide time for questions and discussion about mentors' issues & concerns.

Part II Mentor Training for 2012
Thursday, February 23rd
7:00-8:30 p.m.
Urbana Middle School
1201 S. Vine, Urbana

If you are interested in mentoring, complete attached application form and send to Barbara Linder (for Urbana Schools): blinder@usd116.org or
Lauren Smith (for Champaign Schools): smithla@champaignschools.org