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The Connections! APA Mentoring Program matches undergraduate APA students with USC APA Alumni and other professionals. This program seeks to match mentees and mentors based on majors, career objectives, and interests.
As one of the largest APASS programs, Connections! reaches over 170 participants every year. While our mentees, or student participants, come from various areas of campus and represent diverse undergraduate programs, our mentors also come from diverse professions. Mentors in our Trojan Family volunteer their time to enhance the student's efforts in exploration.
At the beginning of the academic year, all applicants attend an orientation further outlining the program, and then complete an application which gives the Connections! Staff a profile of the student's interests, career goals, and expectations of the program.
In mid-September, all completed student profiles are then compared against profiles completed by our mentors. When a suitable match is found, both parties are notified of the match, which signals the beginning of their one-on-one relationship.
In addition to the one-on-one mentoring relationship, the program offers participants workshops, site visits, and more.
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