Benefits & Rewards
What are the benefits & rewards of becoming a peer mentor?
Mentors will have the invaluable opportunity to meet and become acquainted with new international students and will benefit from being involved in this program in the following ways:
- Share and learn more about cultures and traditions, and in some cases, practice a foreign language.
- Be a conversation partner for someone who wants to practice speaking English.
- Participate in leadership training and conference opportunities.
- Develop lifelong relationships with friends from different countries.
- Shape the direction of this relatively new program and contribute to its success.
- Special invitations to CGE events and programming (and occasionally free food!).
- Earn volunteer hours and a cool IFP t-shirt!!