Hi Sharon Great idea about getting successful alumni to mentor students. Lots of ways to set up a mentoring program with both formal and informal requirements. However, no matter how you plan, mentors usually do what they want. And usually that is ok as long as the student has regular contact with someone who wants them to succeed. Activities can certainly be job shadowing, weekly meetings, working on homework together, showing how theory is applied in the workplace, practicing interviews, setting personal and professional goals, looking at job opportunities together and assessing them. As to getting students involved in professional organizations - one way is to pay for all or part of the first year membership. Sometimes organizations have student memberships, which are lower. Makes a nice package. Also plan to go to meetings together. How to get alumni and students involved? One way is to make it a privilidge to participate in the mentoring or other programs. Set up some criteria to qualify. It will be trial and error. The key is to keep adding alumni to be sure you have a lot of mentors. You could also offer alumni other incentives such as continuing education classes at no charge. Just have to watch that you stay compliant with your regulatory guidelines. You have shared a lot of great ideas. Thanks Susan