Alumni Volunteering: Mentoring

The mission of Alumni Mentoring at Gettysburg college is a collaborative partnership between alumni mentors and undergraduate mentees, with a primary emphasis on career development and transitioning to post-college life. This relationship is founded on mutual respect, shared experiences, and a commitment to supporting the mentee's successful transition into the workforce or further education.

At the conclusion of their sophomore year, students will have the option of adding an alumni mentor to their Personal Advising Team, which includes their faculty advisor, career advisor, and a co-curricular advisor, who will assist them in defining their career goals and building their professional network. Learn more about the Gettysburg Approach.

Goals/Objectives

Gettysburg College’s Mentoring Program is designed to leverage the knowledge and experience of its alumni population to support the personal, academic, and professional success of its students. Students will have the opportunity to learn “real world” life skills that will help them navigate their own very unique journey. 

Intro connectGettysburg

connectGettysburg is an exclusive tool for Gettysburgians to form meaningful career connections with one another. Within the platform, alumni can support our students’ career growth and exploration through Micro Mentoring, career networking, posting jobs and internship opportunities, and so much more. Indeed, connectGettysburg is a space devoted to our Gettysburg College network and the platform used for our alumni mentor program.

For questions about connectGettysburg, please email connectGettysburg@gettysburg.edu

Four quick and easy steps to access the Gettysburg Network

1. Create your account

Visit www.connectGettysburg.com on your computer, tablet, or phone and click “sign up.”

2. Complete your profile

Setup takes less than 10 minutes. There’s even an option to sync with your LinkedIn profile.

3. Configure your preferences

Your experience is completely customizable. Choose your industries, job functions, and how you want to be involved.

4. Connect and strengthen your network

Tell your career story, provide career advice, grow your professional network, offer mentoring, and share opportunities.

Find the connect tab>click programs>register for the Alumni Mentoring Program

• Select the green “JOIN” button and complete the program registration questions