K-State Business majors have the opportunity to work with a successful Executive Mentor who is a business professional with at least seven years of professional experience. Mentors are alumni and friends of K-State and are willing to donate their time to make a difference in the educational experience of current business students.
Starting in their sophomore year, business students fill out the Executive Mentor application. Their application goes into a database that the Executive Mentors have access to and these individuals are able to select the students they would like to work with. Business students have the opportunity to work with their Executive Mentor for three-plus years and form a lifetime bond with a business professional that will be able to help them throughout their career.
Once a student is matched with their mentor, they are required to maintain monthly contact. Conversations and activities with Executive Mentors ranges from resume reviews, mock interviews, job shadows, conversing about the business profession, building a network of professional contacts, business professionalism, and more.
87% of Executive Mentors are K-State Alumni and business mentors live in Manhattan, Kansas City, Wichita, and across the country and globe. In case a student’s mentor is not local, we invite Executive Mentors to campus for large gatherings each semester. During the fall we host a tailgate before a football game and in the spring we host the Executive Mentor Appreciation Luncheon.
For more information on the K-State Business Executive Mentor Program, please visit the program’s website. If you or someone you know would like more information on how to become a mentor, please learn more about becoming an Executive Mentor or contact Program Director, Emily Brueseke by emailing ementor@ksu.edu.