Alumni Connect

Alumni Connect Mentorship Program

As a master’s student at the University of Chicago you will be assigned an advanced doctoral preceptor who will serve as your primary academic advisor. In addition, all students have the opportunity to work with our Career Services professionals, who advise students on all issues related to careers, including resume building, networking, job searching and interviewing.

MENTORSHIP

If you are a MAPSS student, you may also find it helpful to have the mentorship of a recent graduate of your program who can share their experiences at UChicago and serve as a resource. The mentorship initiative, Alumni Connect seeks to facilitate partnerships between current students and recent graduates of the MAPSS program.**

If you choose to participate we will provide you with an Alumni Mentor who can help you navigate challenges that arise during your time at UChicago. Unlike preceptors and other program staff, Alumni Mentors are able to draw upon their own recent experiences as students to address challenges such as how to:

• thrive as a first-year graduate student
• develop social networks at UChicago
• establish successful study habits
• navigate the campus and take advantage of its numerous resources
• participate in and foster an inclusive campus environment

As part of the Alumni Connect program, you can expect to meet and/or correspond with your mentors on a regular basis and to join your mentors and other Alumni Connect mentees for a variety of remote social events.

HOW TO JOIN

Due to high demand, registration is now closed. However, if you did not submit your initial registration survey and would still like to take part in the Alumni Connect program, please register through this alternative link: a waitlist has been created and we will be update you of any changes. If spots become available, we will assign them to students on the waitlist on a first-come, first-served basis. 

A mandatory Kickoff Event will be held remotely on September 26th, 2020, 8am-10am CDT. At this Kickoff, interested students can learn more about the program, register, and meet Alumni Mentors. Program Coordinators Samantha Fan and Cate Fugazzola will be available to answer your questions.

MEET THE MENTORS

To learn more about this year’s mentors, please the MACSS Alumni Connect Mentor directory. For mentors in the MAPSS program, please visit the Alumni Connect Mentor directory.

For more information, please contact MAPSS Assistant Director, Samantha Fan at sfan@uchicago.edu, or Johnson Instructor in Sociology, Cate Fugazzola at cfugazzola@uchicago.edu.

**Currently, Alumni Connect is only open to MAPSS and MACSS students. CIR students should go here for more information about the CIR 2nd year specialization program. Please contact Michael Reese with any questions.

PAST MENTORS

2019-2020 Mentors