Lamp Overview & Objectives
Serving as a LAMP mentor is a great opportunity to represent your department and demonstrate
your institutional knowledge. In general, LAMP seeks empathetic and adaptable individuals
that wish to make a positive impact in a student’s life. Interested individuals must
be willing to learn more, and continuously inform themselves, about campus resources
and their department to properly connect and engage new students with information
and opportunities. A willingness to relate personal experience to the dreams, goals,
and concerns of new students is highly desirable for effective support and guidance.
Requirements
- Must have a minimum of a 2.75 cumulative GPA (3.0 cumulative GPA preferred)
- Must have completed two semesters at MTSU before fall semester begins
- Attend Mentor Training in the summer and early fall
- Initiate contact with incoming freshmen during the summer
- Maintain regular contact with mentees
- Accumulate 2.5 contact hours a week through
- Office hours for in-person interaction/video call/call at the LAMP Office, located in CLA Advising Center (Peck Hall 134); or
- Taking a mentee to a campus resource and helping them learn more about a campus resource; or
- Attending a university sponsored or CLA sponsored event or activity with a mentee, or a group of mentees, to engage them with the campus and/or community
Compensation
(Fall) August - December - 15 weeks/2.5 hours per week/$12 per hour
(Spring) January – May - 15 weeks/2.5 hours per week/$12 per hour
Monthy payroll per MTSU Pay Schedule
Application Timeline
Applications Open - February 27, 2023
Applications Due - April 7, 2023
Interviews - March 27-April 21, 2023
Notification of Selection – April 24, 2023
Training Timeline
Summer Training - Mid-July 2023
Fall Training - Early August 2023