What is Mav Mentors?
Mav Mentors is the University of Texas at Arlington’s official mentoring program that connects students, alumni, faculty, staff, and employers year-round. The program helps Mavericks build meaningful connections through an online mentoring platform and in-person networking opportunities. The goal is simple: create valuable “connection moments” where mentors and mentees can share advice, insight, and encouragement.
Participants can choose from two distinct tracks: – Long-term mentoring relationships between students or recent alumni and experienced alumni, faculty, staff, or employer partners. Career mentors guide mentees through professional development, career exploration, networking, and graduate school preparation.
- Career Mentoring – Long-term mentoring relationships between students or recent alumni and experienced alumni, faculty, staff, or employer partners. Career mentors guide mentees through professional development, career exploration, networking, and graduate school preparation.
- Peer Mentoring – Current students mentoring fellow students to help them navigate campus life, get involved in organizations, and prepare for internships and career opportunities.
Milestone-Based Experience
To make mentoring impactful, Mav Mentors uses milestone guides for each track:
- Career Mentor Milestones include: initial meeting and goal setting, an informational interview, resume/LinkedIn review and elevator pitch practice, a networking introduction, optional job shadow or virtual tour, and a final reflection meeting.
- Peer Mentor Milestones include: first campus coffee meet-up, setting personal or academic goals, attending a student club or organization event together, attending a career event together, creating or updating a LinkedIn profile or resume, and a final reflection meeting.
How the Platform Works
Mav Mentors is mentee-driven. Students and alumni can log in to the online platform, search for mentors, and send personalized messages to connect. Once a connection is made, the platform provides automatic email updates and reminders as mentoring progresses through milestones.
Who Can Participate?
- Students: Join as mentees to gain support and guidance or as peer mentors to guide fellow Mavericks (apply here).
- Alumni: Serve as mentors, mentees, or both.
- Employers (non-alumni): Volunteer as career mentors.
- Faculty & Staff: Participate as mentors to share their expertise.
Mentoring through Mav Mentors is flexible, meaningful, and designed to support every Maverick in navigating their journey—from campus to career and beyond.