The Alumni Mentoring Program

Founded by Stuyvesant alumna YanJie Hou ’06 in 2014 and powered by hundreds of alumni volunteers, the Stuyvesant Alumni Mentoring Program is an Alumni Association-funded initiative that helps students:

• Explore different professions and industries for their paths after college
• Broaden their focus and interest outside of academics
• Develop important social and professional skills for long-term success

If you’re a new alumni mentor interested in the Alumni Mentoring Program, please fill out this interest form. If you’re a returning mentor, please email [email protected] for alternative steps.

Mentor Recruiting season usually occurs in December of a given school year with the first meeting of the Program happening in late January/early February. All potential mentors will be contacted about attending a virtual Mentor Orientation in December before confirming their participation in the Program.

Current Stuyvesant students interested in being mentees in the Mentoring Program, please go here.

Alumni volunteers will be matched with a current student by career interests and other factors. Mentor/mentee pairs will be grouped in a mentoring cohort that will explore a different topic (academics, extracurriculars, resume editing, interview prep, etc.) each week.

For the 2024-25 Program year, mentors and mentees will have a choice between being a part of an in-person cohort or a virtual cohort. From late January – June of 2025, each alumni mentor will have five to six meetings with his/her mentee(s) and Mentoring Cohort either at Stuyvesant or via Zoom.

Alumni who participate in the Mentoring Program will have the chance to:

• Make a difference in the lives of current Stuyvesant students
• Meet and collaborate with other Stuyvesant alumni throughout the course of a few meetings
• Engage and enhance the Stuyvesant community in a structured setting

Requirements:

• Be a college graduate
• Commit to a maximum of five in-person sessions (2 hours each) OR six virtual sessions (1.5 hours each)

If you’re interested in being a mentor, please fill out this interest form. We will reach out about a mentor orientation that will provide more information on the program curriculum and calendar, time commitment, and other FAQs in December 2024.

The 2023-24 Program Year helped 132 students! You can view all the participants of this (and past) year’s Alumni Mentoring Program on our Digital Yearbook page.

We would like to thank the 72 alumni mentors who have committed their time to helping out their Stuyvesant student mentees during the 2023-24 Program Year. And an even bigger round of applause to our team of 2023-24 Mentor Leaders who spend dozens of hours leading their cohorts and preparing for group discussions:

• Bill Weiss ’80 – Program Director, Mentor Leader for Cohort #2 & Cohort #7
• Isaac Young ’99 – Mentor Leader for Cohort #1
• YanJie Hou ’06 – Program Director, Mentor Leader for Cohort #5 & Cohort #8
• Sadman Islam ’09 – Mentor Leader for Cohort #4
• Ikram Hoque ’11 – Mentor Leader for Cohort #3
• Rachael Biscocho ’12 – Program Manager, Mentor Leader for Cohort #9 & Cohort #10
• Arys Aung ’16  – Mentor Leader for Cohort #6

And thank you to all the alumni who have donated to the Stuy Fund. This program would not be possible without your generosity and support.