Jovia Mentoring: Guiding and Inspiring Student Success at Adelphi University
Jovia Mentoring: Guiding and Inspiring Student Success at Adelphi University promotes unwavering support of student success and persistence toward graduation.
With an emphasis on reaching first-year students who may need help adjusting to the academic and social demands of college, the program promotes leadership skills, goal setting, financial literacy, character-building and career skills. Our approach is student-centered, focusing on the unique needs of each mentee through one-to-one working relationships with trained mentors from the University’s faculty and staff.
I am grateful and blessed to be a mentee in the Mentorship Program. My mentor, Cathy Harrison, has provided me with the tools for networking success and created a welcoming environment since our initial meeting. She wears two hats in our relationship—as a trusted friend and academic mentor, and she does an amazing job distinguishing between them. Under her guidance, I have grown as a person and academically. Cathy has equipped me to become the successful woman I aspire to be. I thank Chotsani for pairing me with her; you have changed my life forever.
Adriana Merizalde
Class of 2026, Circle K Secretary, Hispanic Community Partnership Program Peer Advisor
This program is open to all students, but ideally, it is for those in their first year. The program was designed to help support lasting success for the following student populations.
Students who are the first in their families to attend college face unique challenges and need understanding mentors to help them explore and address them. In a 1:1 mentoring model, first-generation students get the guidance they need to persist and graduate from college.
Students are paired with mentors who are all Safe Zone trained and who help them navigate the college experience through a series of group discussions, events and activities focused on LGBTQIA+ matters and held in a safe space.
Adelphi is a Yellow Ribbon School recognized by Colleges of Distinction for helping military and veteran students overcome obstacles to achieve success. Our mentors—provided through the collaboration of our College of Professional and Continuing Studies, the Office of Academic Services and Retention and the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging—support a sense of belonging while assisting with access and resources.
Traditionally underserved students explore academic and student life concerns and topics of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging with their mentor
The Mentoring Future Psychologists (MFP) Program program in the Derner School of Psychology provides historically excluded students, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), first-generation, low-income, LGBTQIA+, and/or students with intersectional identities with guidance and mentorship from PhD students in Clinical Psychology. This mentorship program aims to improve the recruitment and retention of students who identify as part of a historically underrepresented group in graduate programs within psychology and/or psychology-related careers through culturally responsive mentoring.
This mentoring program for students in the healthcare field is designed to provide the opportunity for nursing students to seek and gain guidance as they develop academically, personally and professionally through the support of their peers. This program is created to enhance an overall positive collegiate experience. Through a structured application process, the program will match students with qualified student mentors. All participants will have opportunities to engage in diverse group activities that foster cognitive and psychosocial development.
During National Mentoring Month at Adelphi, we’re grateful for the mentors who lift us up and empower our students to succeed.
Programming includes a robust calendar of workshops, programs and activities for Adelphi undergraduate and graduate students, and local high school students.
Jovia Mentoring: Guiding and Inspiring Student Success at Adelphi University promotes unwavering support of student success and persistence toward graduation. To have a more fulfilling and rewarding experience, you must meet the following expectations:
