Mentoring undergraduates

Alumni and Volunteer Corporations (AVCs) serve as a board of advisors for a chapter’s undergraduate executive officers.  By mentoring chapter leaders, they help shape the direction of the chapter in recruitment, member development, leadership development and fiscal health, while ensuring long-term planning and stability.

While all AVC officers, directors and volunteers should be mentors in some capacity, the primary responsibility for guiding the undergraduate executive board and chapter is vested in the following AVC officers:

• Chapter counselor (lead)
• Recruitment mentor
• Balanced Man steward
• Faculty fellow
• Resident scholar

AVCs that excel at mentoring undergraduates have the following characteristics:

• Establish one-to-one volunteer pairing between AVC volunteers and undergraduate officers.
• Mentors and undergraduate officers attend AVC meetings together to report on progress.
• Mentors attend undergraduate chapter and executive board meetings on a rotating basis.
• Mentors attend EDGE and the Carlson Leadership Academy, which are critical to the development of undergraduate officers.
• Hold quarterly conference calls or other meetings with the district governor.
• Mentors play a role in preparing for the officer election and transition process.
• Mentors meet at least once per semester with university’s Office of Greek Life or Student Life.

Certain volunteer roles lend themselves to the mentoring of specific undergraduate officers, based on similar roles and job descriptions. The following is a list of the most frequently assigned volunteer mentors, and the corresponding undergraduate position.  Click on a position to learn more about the role: