Renee Johnson-Thornton, Ph.D.

Welcome Fall 2019 mentors

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Greetings colleague, Thank you for registering for the Fall 2019 Connections Mentoring Program. Chia-Ying and I are looking forward to meeting with a group of registrants today, Thursday, August 22, from 2 pm – 3:30 pm in Usdan 108 who were previously notified of their matching with First-Things-First Program participants and several international students. Please … Read more

Have Lunch with your Mentee

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From: Julia Hicks
Reply-To: “announcement@wesleyan.edu”
Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 2:59 PM
To: Administrative Staff
Subject: Meet a Student for a Meal at the Usdan Marketplace

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased once again to provide staff with the opportunity to share meals with students at the Usdan Marketplace.

We introduced this program last year after hearing from many of you that being able to connect with students would be a meaningful workplace experience.  Effective immediately, each staff member will be able to enjoy up to three free meals during the course of the 2018–2019 academic year.

We encourage you to join a student for a meal at the Marketplace (2nd floor of Usdan) and learn more about their college experience.  The three meals have been loaded onto your Wesleyan ID card and can be used at any meal in the Marketplace between now and December 16 and again between January 23 and May 18, 2019. You must have your Wesleyan ID card with you, as it will need to be swiped in order to receive this benefit. If you choose to invite a student to lunch and pay for their meal, your card will be swiped twice using two of your three meals.  Most students are on a Wesleyan meal plan so by joining a student for lunch your Wes ID card would only be swiped once.

The Marketplace has wonderful breakfast, dinner and weekend brunch options and this benefit applies to those options as well.

We hope you enjoy connecting with Wesleyan students.

Best regards,

Julia Hicks
Chief Human Resources Officer

Connections Mentors for First-Things-First only

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List of staff and faculty mentors for the First-Things-First Program

Mentor Dept.
Michelle Jarvis-Lettman Financial Aid Office
Joy Vodak Academic Affairs
Bob Coughlin Financial Aid Office
Amanda Daddona Registrar’s Office
Roseann Sillasen Facilities
Christian Camerota Communications
Mike Whaley Student Affairs
Janet Ortiz Office of Admissions
Jonathan Farrar Investments Office
Key Nuttall External Relations
Nicole Potestivo SISP & FGSS
Emily Gorlewski Fries Center for Global Studies
Joyce Topshe Facilities
Cynthia Rockwell Communications
Rachel Schnepper ITS
Clifton Watson Jewett Center for Community Partnerships
Sami Jensen University Communications
Rick Culliton Student Affairs
Sarah Pietryka Financial Aid
Mildred Rodriguez Gordon Career Center
Hrissi Haldezos Student Accounts
Paul Verrillo Public Safety
Jane a Ngoc Tran Admission
Teshia Levy-Grant Equity and Inclusion
Susanne Javorski Library
Melissa R. Katz Art and Art History
Jen Duncan Financial Aid
Fiona Coffey Center for the Arts
David Phillips Deans Office
Makaela Kingsley Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Steven Formica Facilities
Courtney Becher University Relations
Tami Sabo Finance Office
Anne Greene English/Writing Programs
Kora Shin Office of Admission

Register for the Connections Mentoring Program 2018-2019

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Dear colleague,

I am writing to invite you to volunteer for the 2018-2019 Connections Mentoring Program. This is an informal program that connects first-year students (Class of 2022) with Wesleyan staff and faculty to form casual networks of support. Although most mentors meet infrequently with their student mentees throughout the year, some mentoring pairs establish friendships and meet more frequently over coffee or lunch. Many mentors and students have individually characterized their experiences with the program as fun and inspirational.  If you would like to participate in the 2018-2019 Connections Mentoring Program, please register by Friday, August 16.