Becoming a Mentee

For this program, CCIH welcomes students and recent graduates who have completed a degree in the last two years, as mentees.

Guidelines for Mentees

• Initiate regular communication with your mentor. Actively request information and counsel from your mentor on a periodic basis and communicate with your mentor.
• Communicate with your mentor what you would like to discuss throughout the year.
• Invest time in learning about your mentor’s organization and professional roles and responsibilities.
• Honor any commitments made to your mentor and respect the basic privacy and confidentiality inherent in the communication that occurs within the relationship.
• Accept that the relationship is temporary, but be aware that it may extend for a longer time frame if both mentor and mentee desire.
• Express appreciation for your mentor’s time, information, counsel, and investment in you.
• Spiritually support your mentor, by praying with and for your mentor.

How Can I Be Partnered With a Mentor?

Students or recent graduates should complete the Mentee Application. Applications will be reviewed by the program team, and a mentee will be matched with an appropriate mentor based on several factors, including but not restricted to: professional interest, personal goals, work/study experience, skill set, geographic focus, and location.

Please understand that the program cannot guarantee any mentee to be matched with a mentor through the program; similarly, the program cannot guarantee any mentor to be matched with a mentee through the program. This is because each mentor or mentee has his/her unique set of interests and expectations, and the number of interested of mentors often does not match the number of interested mentees.

Once the program team matches a mentee with a mentor it is the responsibility of the mentee to initiate contact with the mentor. We strongly encourage both mentees and mentors to attend the program orientation at the Annual CCIH Conference.

For more information, please read “The Mentor-Mentee Relationship”.