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About the Mentoring Center
Mission, Vision, and Goals
Mission:
By providing training and connection to resources in partnership with the Terre Haute community, the Mentoring Center supports the Sycamore Family in creating and maintaining engaged relationships that promote academic, professional, and personal development.
Vision:
To establish ISU as a community that is committed to supporting mentoring relationships for all.
Goals:
- Increase retention
- Provide access to quality mentoring programs
- Boost engagement
- Facilitate training
History
The Indiana State University Mentoring Center was made possible by a grant from the Department of Education. The center was the result of brainstorming by a large team of students, faculty members, and staff from across the ISU campus who recognized that, though there are many mentoring efforts at ISU, there is often little connection or consistency between them. The grant writing team (Dr. Josh Powers, Dr. Bailey Bridgewater, Dr. Kara Harris, and Dr. Molly Hare) hoped to create a centralized physical space where mentors from all programs could train, meet with students, create connections to the Terre Haute community, and support one another. That space is now The Mentoring Center, on the second floor of the library. Mrs. Ellie Rippy, Ms. Mallory Eilbracht, and Mrs. Jackie Parvin oversee the daily operations of the Mentoring Center, which strives to provide students with the academic, professional, and personal support they need to be successful Sycamores.
Advisory Board
Dr. Andrea Arrington
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Associate Professor, Department of History and the African and African American Studies Program
Mr. Dustin Bryant
Career Services Coordinator, Career Center
Mr. Cody Dolly
Pronouns: He/him/his
Recruiting and Advising Coordinator, Bayh College of Education
Dr. Niki Fjeldal
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Director of New Student Transition Programs and University Testing
Dr. Kara S. Harris
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Professor, Bailey College of Engineering and Technology
Ms. Valerie A. Hart-Craig
Pronouns: She/Hers/Her/Herself
Assistant Director, C.E.B. African American Cultural Center
Dr. Amanda Jo Hobson
Pronouns: They/them/their; she/her/hers
Interim Dean of Students
Katie Lugar
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Honors College Assistant Director of Student Programming and Leadership
Dr. Zachariah Mathew
Associate Director: Center for Global Engagement
Christa Stultz
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Employer Relations Coordinator: Bailey College of Engineering and Technology, Career Center
Dr. Ryan Van Hoveln
Pronouns: He/him/his
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics
Dr. Aaron Slocum
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Director of Equity, Access, Retention, and Mentoring
Mrs. Sadé Walker
Pronouns: She/her/hers
Director of Pathways to Blue
Contact
Cunningham Memorial Library
Room 233
510 N 6 1/2 Street
Terre Haute, IN 47809
Phone: (812) 237-3052
Email: ISU-Mentoring-Center@indstate.edu
Mentoring Center Hours:
Monday-Thursday 8 AM – 8 PM
Friday 8 AM – 5 PM
