This new program pairs incoming freshman students with a peer mentor for their first year at EIU. Mentors & mentees meet once a week over a free meal in any dining hall, along with approximately 5 other freshmen. During this time, mentors provide insight on the academic, social, and financial aspects of life on a college campus. Having a strong foundation, and the supportive curriculum and peer-to-peer mentorship ensures that students are set up for future success as EIU students.
iSTEM brings together first-generation, Pell grant eligible students in the natural sciences, social sciences, technology, engineering, mathematics and computer science fields. Faculty and peers serve as mentors and are committed to encouraging and empowering these students to be successful in STEM disciplines. The peer mentoring program offers freshmen, sophomores, and transfer students the necessary support they may need during the critical early years of their college career in a STEM major. Participants in the program (mentees) will be paired with an upper-classman mentor that has exceled at EIU in a similar discipline.
This mentoring program is dedicated entirely to uplifting and educating men of color here on Eastern Illinois University's campus. Strong MENtoring, Achievement, while Networking (M.A.N.) focuses on holistically devleoping EIU students who identify as male, while pursuing a higher education. We provide resources and services that will address their unique needs by focusing on professional development, academic success and personal growth!
The purpose(s) of the Strong S.H.E. at Eastern Illinois University is to assist EIU in increasing recruitment, retention, and graduation rates of first-generation, Pell eligible women; to provide peer support, mentoring and networking opportunities for women. Our chief goal is not only to succeed in all our endeavors but to excel beyond expectations of the norm.
1170 Blair Hall
217-581-7902
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Monday - Friday, 8 am - 4:30 pm
