The Department of Biblical and Theological Studies is launching a mentorship program to pair interested students with department faculty members.

The program is open to students with sophomore- or junior-standing, majoring in either biblical and theological studies or missional ministries.

Objectives

The mentorship program is designed to help create an environment in which a mentor helps to support, encourage, challenge, and guide a mentee toward:

• flourishing in the department, including the development of a greater sense of departmental connectedness
• gaining more clarity about their future calling and vocational path
• identifying and exploring their personal gifting and potential so as to maximize their effectiveness as Christ-followers and world-changers.

Structure

• This pilot program will span one calendar year: spring and fall 2016.
• Time commitment: a minimum of 90 minutes of meeting time per month. Each pair will set their own schedule and frequency of meetings.
• Mentoring relationships will be student-driven, meaning that students must guide the purpose and goals of the mentoring.
• Students will be paired with faculty of the same gender, unless the student and faculty member agree to cross-gender pairings. 

Timeline

• January 15, 2016: deadline for student applications
• Last two weeks of January: matching process and notifications
• February: begin the pilot experience

Apply

Before applying, review the list of participating faculty to help guide your thoughts about who you should request as a mentor.

The application window for the 2016 pilot year is closed. More information about the 2017 mentorship year will be available in Decemeber 2016.