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Mentorship Program: Bridge to Student Success Chinese American Faculty Association (CAFA) What did our participants say? What will CAFA do next? ● Research students’ needs ● Adjust mentor-mentee matching model ● Facilitate communications between mentors and mentees How did we do? How often did communication happen? Periodically Based on need Multi - channel communication Talk in person Email Social media (WeChat) Phone call What kinds of help did mentors provide to mentees? ● Mentors provided general guidance to mentees ’ life and study at Fresno State and in the US. ● Mentors answered mentees’ questions regarding class enrollment, paying fees, and U.S. education expectation, driver License, car purchase, research project, TA experiences, etc. Program Description Our university welcomes new international students every year. The novelty and excitement to a new school can be often time companied by challenges and difficulties. Given the strong and immediate demand of students’ needs as well as the natural bonding and understanding between Chinese students and faculty, initiated by Dr. Xuanning Fu, CAFA launched Mentorship Program that paired CAFA members with new international students with Chinese background to assist them with the cultural and academic acclimatization and eventually lead to greater student success. Current Mentors Xuanning Fu (Program Initiator), Dean of Undergraduate Studies Harry Xia (CAFA Co - Chair), Department of Finance & Business Law Tiewei (Lucy) Liu (CAFA Co - Chair), Henry Madden Library Jasmine Cao (Int’l Student Advisor), Int’l Student Services and Programs Feiyan Chen, Literacy, Early, Bilingual, and Special Education Hong Ni, Department of Psychology Ming Li, Department of Computer Science Pei - ying Wu, Literacy, Early, Bilingual, and Special Education Qun Sun, Department of Viticulture & Enology Shu Lin, Department of Accountancy Xiangyang Shi, Centural California Chinese Cultural Association Xiaoming Yang, Henry Madden Library Zhi Wang, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences NEEDS New international students' needs: • Culture Shock • Language barrier • Transitional issues to new education system • Limited support network • Absence of mentors that they are comfortable talking to OFFERS Faculty offers: • Effective communication to eliminate language and cultural barriers • Knowledge and advice on how to be successful students • Campus resource network • Empathetic understanding of students’ challenges and needs I found the instructions received from my mentor helpful to my life and study at Fresn o State and in the U.S. — Mentees CAFA has done a good job connecting students and mentors! — Mentor

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Page 1: Mentorship Program: Bridge to Student Success · helpful to my life and study at Fresno State and in the U.S.—Mentees CAFA has done a good job connecting students and mentors!—Mentor

MentorshipProgram:BridgetoStudentSuccessChineseAmericanFacultyAssociation(CAFA)

Whatdidourparticipantssay?

WhatwillCAFAdonext?● Researchstudents’needs● Adjustmentor-menteematchingmodel● Facilitatecommunicationsbetweenmentors

andmentees

Howdidwedo?Howoftendidcommunicationhappen?Periodically BasedonneedMulti-channelcommunicationTalkinperson EmailSocialmedia(WeChat) PhonecallWhatkindsofhelpdidmentorsprovidetomentees?● Mentorsprovidedgeneralguidanceto

mentees’lifeandstudyatFresnoStateandintheUS.

● Mentorsansweredmentees’questionsregardingclassenrollment,payingfees,andU.S.educationexpectation,driverLicense,carpurchase,researchproject,TAexperiences,etc.

ProgramDescriptionOuruniversitywelcomesnewinternationalstudentseveryyear.Thenoveltyandexcitementtoanewschoolcanbeoftentimecompaniedbychallengesanddifficulties.Giventhestrongandimmediatedemandofstudents’needsaswellasthenaturalbondingandunderstandingbetweenChinesestudentsandfaculty,initiatedbyDr.Xuanning Fu,CAFAlaunchedMentorshipProgramthatpairedCAFAmemberswithnewinternationalstudentswithChinesebackgroundtoassistthemwiththeculturalandacademicacclimatizationandeventuallyleadtogreaterstudentsuccess.

CurrentMentorsXuanningFu(ProgramInitiator),DeanofUndergraduateStudiesHarryXia(CAFACo-Chair),DepartmentofFinance&BusinessLaw

Tiewei(Lucy)Liu(CAFACo-Chair),HenryMaddenLibraryJasmineCao(Int’lStudentAdvisor),Int’lStudentServicesandPrograms

FeiyanChen,Literacy,Early,Bilingual,andSpecialEducationHongNi,DepartmentofPsychology

MingLi,DepartmentofComputerSciencePei-yingWu,Literacy,Early,Bilingual,andSpecialEducation

QunSun,DepartmentofViticulture&EnologyShuLin,DepartmentofAccountancy

XiangyangShi,CenturalCaliforniaChineseCulturalAssociationXiaomingYang,HenryMaddenLibrary

ZhiWang,DepartmentofEarthandEnvironmentalSciences

NEEDSNewinternationalstudents'needs:

• CultureShock• Languagebarrier• Transitionalissuestoneweducation

system• Limitedsupportnetwork• Absenceofmentorsthattheyare

comfortabletalkingto

OFFERSFacultyoffers: