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The Mentoring Circle: Supportive Relationships Across Generations
January is mentoring month.
January is Mentoring Month, January 17 International Mentoring Day with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a day of service. (January is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month, underscoring one risk of a lack of positive mentoring and other adult presences in a young person’s life.)
Supportive, cross-generational relationships help young people to develop socially/emotionally and academically as well as adults to grow professionally and beyond.
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A Whitehouse photo taken for former President Barack Obama s My Brother s Keeper mentoring program.
January is Mentoring Month, January 17 International Mentoring Day with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday a day of service. (January is also Human Trafficking Awareness Month, underscoring one risk of a lack of positive mentoring and other adult presences in a young person’s life.)
Supportive, cross-generational relationships help young people to develop socially/emotionally and academically as well as adults to grow professionally and beyond.
The original mentor appeared in the
Odyssey, as the man to whom Odysseus entrusted his son’s education during the father’s epic journey. The common definition is “trusted counselor or guide.” Mentors can be formal as through Big Brothers/Big Sisters or informal, as teachers, coaches, ministers, kin or neighbors. Ideally in person, mentoring can also ev
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January 15, 2021
Even spanning several time zones, the relationships help students grow
In honor of International Mentoring Day, a highlight of National Mentoring Month, the University of Georgia Mentor Program is putting the spotlight on a couple of its international mentors and mentees.
After graduating with a double major of criminal justice and psychology at Georgia, Matt Hodgson obtained a master’s in forensic science from George Washington University. He now lives in Brisbane, Australia, and works for the Queensland Police Service, but always wanted to give back to the university in some way. The opportunity to mentor UGA students was a perfect fit.
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