Mentor Resources

MENTOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND REQUIREMENTS:

2025-2026 AMP WRAAPNM Form

2025-2026 Unresponsive Mentor Form

2025-2026 Unresponsive Mentee Form

Follow AMP on IG!

 

AMP Mentor Requirements: Eligibility: Must be a full-time UConn undergraduate student with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.9 (in alignment with Student Activities’ student leadership position guidelines).

Must have completed at least one year at the Storrs Campus.

Training and Retreat Attendance – must attend mandatory trainings and retreats, including the following:

2025 Spring Retreat: Sunday, April 6th

2025 Fall Retreat: August 18-22. 2025  **Early move-in Aug 18.

2025 Fall Welcome: August 24, 2025

Spring 2026 Welcome: January 2026 – TBD

Spring 2026 Retreat (if applying to be a mentor again), April

Regular Mentee Contact: Meet with assigned mentee(s) at least 4 times per semester.

Submit required reports after each meeting.

Enrollment in “AAAS 3998: The Asian American Experience” | Enrollment in this 3-credit class for new mentors in Fall 2025. Class meets on Tuesdays from 5:00pm –7:30 PM.

Meetings with AMP Coordinators: Schedule and attend mid-semester check in meetings with AMP Coordinators/Graduate Assistant each semester.

Event Participation: Attend a minimum of 4 AMP-related events each semester: Host 1 AMP event

Attend 2 AMP events Mentors must attend at least 1 discussion and 1 social event per semester.

Attend 1 event from the WRAAPNM (Women’s Center, Rainbow Center, African American Cultural Center, Puerto Rican Latin American Cultural Center, Native American Cultural Programs, or Middle Eastern Cultural Programs)

Event Development and Facilitation: Assist in the planning and execution of AMP events throughout the year.

Role Model and Resource: Serve as a role model and a resource for all mentors and mentees.

Additional Responsibilities: Undertake additional responsibilities as directed by Professional Staff.

 

40 ACTIVITIES TO DO WITH YOUR MENTEES

  1. Going to the UConn Dairy Bar
  2. Going to Downtown Storrs to check out one of the shops/restaurants there
  3. Going to the UConn Ice Skating Rink together
  4. Going off-campus to the mall or to WalMart or a restaurant or bowling or mini golf or Six Flags or to a city like Boston or NYC or Hartford…etc.!
  5. Attending a UConn concert
  6. Attending a performance/play at Jorgensen together
  7. Doing Oozeball together
  8. Attending a food fundraiser with your mentees
  9. Go on an Alternative Spring Break or any Alternative Break trip together! (Do a community service project together)
  10. Playing Frisbee, or tennis, or other sports together
  11. Going to every dining hall in one day or over the course of a week
  12. Doing a Campus Tour of all of their classes
  13. Helping them move in on Friday (or Saturday)
  14. Attending an athletic event together (Soccer game, Football game, Basketball game, Hockey game, etc.)
  15. Attending an acapella concert together
  16. Attending LipSync together
  17. Attending Homecoming Parade together
  18. Creating a Facebook group or message thread with you and all of your mentees
  19. Meeting up at least once a week at the same time/day of the week
  20. Studying together in the library
  21. Going to AMP Events together!
  22. Going to AsACC or WRAAP Events together
  23. Going to Late Night together
  24. Cooking together at AsACC!
  25. Joining a Student Organization together or at least going to the first intro meeting together
  26. Going to the first LipSync Dance Practice together
  27. Going to a game room together
  28. Having phone calls with your mentees (if you can’t meet up that week or that day)
  29. Going to Horsebarn Hill or Mirror Lake to have a picnic
  30. Creating a “UConn Bucket List” and completing it together
  31. Going to the gym (badminton or basketball, etc.)
  32. Planning activities with other mentors and their mentees
  33. Visiting all of the cultural centers together with your mentees
  34. Based on your mentee’s hobbies, check out a student organization or way to explore that hobby together (if they like drawing, check out Art Club; if they like piano, check out the Music Building!, etc.)
  35. If you feel comfortable, introduce your mentees to your friends at UConn!
  36. Get Grab and Go Together AND THEN go on a picnic
  37. When it’s time to pick classes, pick them together so you can help them out
  38. Go sledding together on snow days
  39. Go to Midnight Breakfast together
  40. Going to Asian Nite together