(Kristen Frier)
Merging career ambitions, computer algorithms, and virtual coffee, the KPU Alumni Association is looking at joining a new mentorship program to connect the leaders of today with the leaders of tomorrow.
The partnership is between KPU Alumni and Ten Thousand Coffees, a program that uses an algorithm to match students with like-minded alumni based on similar fields of study, interests, and career goals. Students then chat online with their mentors over coffee and have career-focused conversations that can include networking, preparing for a future in the workforce, and the steps necessary for alumni to achieve their goals.
“In terms of alumni, it really responds to what we hear their key desire is: to share their knowledge and to help support somebody who is in the position they used to be in to give back,” says Nancy Armitage, executive director of the KPU Alumni Association.