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item	Gaucho Mentoring Program in Support of Nursing Students
contact	Trini Sandoval (Glendale Community College) trini.sandoval@gcmail.maricopa.edu 1 of 2 packages by Trini Sandoval
credits	Trini Sandoval, Counseling Faculty & Gaucho Mentoring Program Coord. Denise DiGianfilippo, Nursing Department Chair Ralph Sandoval, Reading Department Chair Kristina White, Nursing Advisor Ron Gaschler, Career Services Manager Michael McMillan, Peer Mentor (student) Judy Norcutt, Peer Mentor (student) Wendy Agersea, Peer Mentor (student)
college(s)	Glendale Community College
discipline(s)	Nursing
summary	The Gaucho Mentoring Program is a uniquely collaborative crossdepartmental and cross campus approach to student retention. The program utilizes existing staff to provide a variety of structured activities to support GCC’s Nursing students. Students participate in orientations, seminars, study skills classes, study groups, and individual mentoring.
details	(This initiative is Glendale's 2005 Innovation of the Year.) The Gaucho Mentoring Program provides a variety of activities for Nursing students to support their academic, personal, and professional success. The program has been under the leadership of Trini Sandoval, GCC counseling faculty, for the past three years. It started out as a small pilot and has continued to evolve and expand each semester as student needs are identified. Activities are specifically designed to meet the needs of students in various "blocks" of the Nursing program and include support for all four blocks (entire nursing program). The support provided to students changes as they move through the program and are faced with different challenges. Initially, activities are directed at providing accurate information about the Nursing program and career information in various nursing fields. Students research career pathways, educational and training requirements, salary, job outlook, and work environment factors. Note! As a professional courtesy to the owner of this package, if you use some aspect of this package or have some thoughts about it, please share your feedback via the comments form below.
web links	http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/ccs/ Glendale Community College Counselling & Career Services http://gecko.gc.maricopa.edu/clubs/mentoring/ Glendale Community College Gaucho Mentoring Program http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/nursing/ Glendale Community College Nursing Department http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/innovate/ Maricopa Community Colleges Innovation of the Year Program
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extra	Last modified: Mar-28-2005 Date created: Mar-02-2005 Visitor count: 4009 Dublin Core Metadata record This package is included in the Innovation of the Year Awards 2005 special collection.