Mentoring and orientation go hand and hand. Having a strong orientation with plenty of resources available will help lead to a higher success rate in students if they know they have the tools and resources to fall back on if they are in need of help. By offering a mentoring program, it will put the student more at ease by talking with a peer essentially instead of an instructor since usually the mentor has been in their shoes not too long before.
I intend to apply this by offering the mentoring program during orientation, that way new students are introduced to the mentors early and know that they are there to help that way if they do need the help down the line they know who they can go to.
