Our mentorship pilot course for students, created with trainers from HUMANCO within the InClujiune project was successfully concluded. The teambuilding represented the final part of the training course for mentors, which started in June. The purpose of this course was to turn several 2nd and 3rd year students in mentors for future freshmen. As mentors, 2nd and 3rd year students will support 1st year students to adapt more comfortably to their new life and to their new city.
Cristina Rogoz, project coordinator, declared: “Most students come from other towns and go through an adjustment period during their first year, which we aim to facilitate through our mentors. After two intense days of training, we can now promote a coherent programme, with very good mentors who are prepared to welcome the freshmen students of Cluj universities. The programme is only just starting, with lots of energy and great ideas. The project mainly focuses on the comfort of 1st year students who, for the moment, are newcomers in Cluj. Our programme provides a social network, support and especially connection”.
HUMANCO trainers, the partners of this project, split the students in groups and carried out throughout summer several sessions of customized courses on the abilities of mentors / leadership, teamwork, communication, presentation skills, personal development, time management. All these topics were revisited during the teambuilding and were followed by a day of planning the programme for the freshmen.
1st year students will be recruited in the second and third week of October and will be supported by the mentors, through one on one activities, but also through group activities, throughout the first semester of faculty. Freshmen students will also benefit from guided tours, to take advantage of the cultural opportunities of this city, from weekly meetings in small groups and monthly meetings in bigger groups.
22 students attended the teambuilding, together with Humanco trainers who worked pro bono: Gabi Hum, Szerena Seer, George Moș, Răzvan Goga, Ioana Mureșan and Sabina Pop.
