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The mission of this section is to improve the awareness and accessibility of mentorship programs and mentorship resources at MIT.

Mentorship@MIT strives to connect students to existing mentorship programs at MIT and enable students to create or participate in mentorship programs that foster one-to-one relationships with peers, faculty, and staff. 

Mentorship Defined

A mentor is... a more advanced or experienced person who serves as a teacher, adviser, sponsor, coach, counselor, and role model to a mentee. The mentor inspires, develops, challenges, and corrects the mentee (Kram, 1985).