Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring Awarded Grant to Develop SSI
Jan 17, 2025
New work builds on decades of research on social capital interventions to develop and disseminate a single-session intervention...
MentorPRO Awarded Competitive Grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation
Jan 15, 2025
R&D funding accelerates AI-powered mentoring platform developmen...
MentorPRO Co-Founder Delivers Keynote Address at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dec 22, 2024
Highlighting Evidence-Based Mentoring Innovations That Support Young People ...
New year, new goals! Using fresh starts to set new goals.
Dec 20, 2024
As we look forward to 2025, we look back on time-tested research: using fresh starts to set new goals. And, if you’re like most...
Effective Student Mentoring Webinar: Dr. Niobe Way presents her new book ‘Rebels With a Cause: Reimagining Boys, Ourselves, and Our Culture’
Nov 20, 2024
Dr. Niobe Way...
MentorPRO Partners with Silver Lining Mentoring to Enhance Support for Youth in Foster Care
Dec 16, 2024
MentorPRO, the leading evidence-based mentoring technology platform announced a strategic partnership with Silver Lining Mentoring...
MentorPRO is proud to complete its SOC examination!
Dec 12, 2024
MentorPRO is proud to complete its SOC examination with the guidance of third-party audit firm @A-LIGN! This globally recognized attestation...
Meta-Analysis Reveals the Benefits of Peer Mentoring—But There’s a Catch, and MentorPRO Academy Can Help!
Dec 01, 2024
Peers can have a positive influence on individuals in a variety of different ways, including:
- shaping attitudes and habits around...
Empathy and support are game-changers for marginalized youth
Nov 20, 2024
Marginalized youth often experience relational difficulties that can exacerbate mental health issues. Sapiro and Ward emphasize the importance of...
Navigating Power in Mentorship: A New Approach for Equity in Mentor-Mentee Relationships
Oct 30, 2024
Previous research has indicated that unrecognized power dynamics can impact the mentor-mentee relationship, potentially leading to hierarchy,...
MentorPRO’s Secret to Success: Goal-Oriented Mentoring for Lasting Impact
Nov 01, 2024
Setting goals is one of the most critical elements in a successful mentoring relationship. Goals provide both the mentee and the...
Hear from UMass Boston’s CLA First! program director, Rachel Puopolo:
Aug 26, 2024
Transitioning to college can be an overwhelming experience for first-year students, especially those attending a large university like the University...
Bridging the Gap from College to Career: The Career Opportunities Initiative
Aug 09, 2024
In 2023, the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE), a nonprofit committed to supporting low-income students, first-generation students, and...
University of Chicago’s Expanding Diversity in Economics (EDE) program has just completed its initial MentorPRO pilot.
Jul 30, 2024
The University of Chicago’s Expanding Diversity in Economics (EDE) program, an initiative by the Becker Friedman...
MentorPRO Co-Founder’s Peer-Reviewed Article Among Most Cited in Leading Journal
Jul 11, 2024
An article co-authored by Dr. Jean Rhodes, Co-founder and Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring at UMass Boston, and Dr. Alex Werntz,...
Press Release: Desireé Robertson joins MentorPRO as Senior Training and Program Development Specialist
Jun 26, 2024
We are thrilled to announce the appointment of Desireé Robertson as Senior Training and Program Development...
Press Release: MentorPRO Welcomes Ramya Ramadurai as Research and Implementation Specialist
Jun 24, 2024
MentorPRO is thrilled to announce that Ramya Ramadurai has joined the team as...
Press Release: Professor Elizabeth Raposa and MentorPRO Launches Groundbreaking Online Course: “Self-paced Mentoring for Youth Mental Health”
Jun 21, 2024
It is becoming increasingly common for youth referred to mentoring programs to be struggling with a wide variety of mental health concerns, such as...
Research on MentorPRO Presented at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting
May 31, 2024
Yesterday, Dr. Alexandra Werntz, MentorPRO's Director of Research and the Associate Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring, presented...
Unpacking the Complex Dynamics of College Belonging and Academic Help-Seeking
May 28, 2024
A sense of belonging and help-seeking are often thought of as key drivers for...
Dr. Alexandra Werntz to be featured speaker at 2024 Summer Mentoring Institute on Youth Mentoring
May 06, 2024
MentorPRO Research Director, Dr. Alexandra Werntz, will be a featured speaker at the 15th annual Summer Institute on Youth Mentoring will be held...
MentorPRO co-founder Jean Rhodes receives 2024 American Psychologist Association Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research in Community Psychology Award
May 02, 2024
MentorPRO is excited to announce that Dr. Jean Rhodes has been chosen to share the 2024 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Theory and Research...
MentorPRO Co-Founder, Professor Jean Rhodes, Appointed to Editorial Board of the Journal of The First-Year Experience & Students in Transition
Apr 10, 2024
Boston, MA – MentorPRO, a pioneering, evidence-based platform dedicated to enhancing student success through mentorship, is thrilled to announce...
Co-founder Jean Rhodes to deliver keynote address at the European Mentoring Summit
Apr 24, 2024
Mentoring is among the most popular forms of volunteering in the world. But how can programs expand their reach while retaining quality and...
Jean Rhodes is a plenary speaker at the Mentoring Institute’s recent conference
Feb 05, 2024
Dr. Rhodes' session, titled Supportive Accountability Mentoring: A New Model of Improving Connections and Outcomes, discussed how mentoring...
MentorPRO team co-leads a workshop on best practices and innovations for mentoring underrepresented college students
Jan 26, 2024
Megyn Jasman and Dr. Alexandra Werntz co-led a workshop (at the
Entering the World of Work: Strategies for Mentoring Immigrant-Origin Latino/a College Graduates
Dec 07, 2023
This talk explored how college-educated immigrant origin Latino/a young adults transitioned into the world of work during the COVID-19 pandemic....
Mentor Minute – New report highlights disparities in access to mentoring
Nov 23, 2023
A new report from Gallup and Amazon sheds important light on the pivotal role...
Mentor Minute – Preventing students’ early challenges from escalating
Oct 06, 2023
At the heart of
Jean Rhodes and Joan Becker speak at a Mentoring Europe event
Oct 05, 2023
In this special webinar for the European mentoring field, Drs. Jean Rhodes and Joan Becker provided an overview of the use of MentorPRO with the...
Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring presents new findings on MentorPRO
Oct 02, 2023
The study (presented at the 2023 National Conference on
Mentor Minute – What is motivational interviewing and how can it improve student success?
Sep 10, 2023
Motivational interviewing (MI) is a counseling technique that involves
“They Helped Me Fill the Gaps”: Promoting First-Generation College Students’ Help-Seeking Attitudes and Behaviors
Sep 21, 2023
In this talk, Dr. Hagler presented findings from his longitudinal, mixed methods research on first-generation college students’ transition to...
Dr. Jean Rhodes receives the APA Urie Bronfenbrenner Award
Feb 05, 2024
Co-founder, Dr. Jean Rhodes, receives the American Psychological Association Urie Bronfenbrenner Award for Lifetime Contribution to Developmental...
Mentor Minute – Can chatbots improve student support? Yes, and no…
Aug 20, 2023
AI is a useful tool for college-based chatbots and other forms of student support,...
Megyn Jasman’s article is highlighted in The Community Psychologist’s Summer Issue!
Aug 18, 2023
We are so proud of our Director of Customer Success, Megyn! Asked about her article, "Research in Higher Education: Examining Ways to Support...
Mentor Minute – Meta–analysis highlights the benefits of peer mentoring, but there’s a catch…
Aug 12, 2023
Our research has shown that cross-age peer mentoring programs are significantly...
Supporting College Students with Minoritized Identities Through Mentoring
Aug 10, 2023
In this talk, Dr. Raposa shared findings from clinical science and community psychology that suggest ways we might leverage mentoring relationships...
MentorPRO Partners with COE for Innovative TRIO Career Development Program
Jul 25, 2023
MentorPRO today announced a strategic partnership with the Council for Opportunity in Education (COE). The collaboration aims to enhance career...
Mentor Minute – Meta–review shows how mentors can improve students’ engagement in mental health tools
Jul 23, 2023
The MentorPRO research team’s systematic review of meta-analyses suggests the...
Scaling mental health services through technology-enhanced mentoring
Jun 06, 2023
Jean Rhodes and Alex Werntz presented to the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine's CBITs Digital Mental...
Teaching Students to Recruit Mentors and Build Networks of Support
Jul 20, 2023
This presentation, led by Dr. Sarah Schwartz, covered strategies to help college students to identify, recruit, and maintain relationships with...
Scaling Mental Health Services through Technology-Enhanced Mentoring
Jun 06, 2023
Drs. Rhodes and Werntz presented on recent history of the Center’s research on mentoring. They shared recent evidence on what makes peer mentoring...
Mentor Minute – A peer-reviewed large-scale evaluation shows promising results for MentorPRO
Jun 01, 2023
A customized version of MentorPRO (MentorHub NU) was provided to thousands of...
Mentor Minute – Practice makes perfect: New meta-analysis highlights important role for peer mentors
May 28, 2023
Chances are you’ve heard about the pedestrian on 57th Street who sees a musician...
Mentor Minute – Strong mentoring relationships are necessary… but not always sufficient
May 01, 2023
Mentoring program effects are smaller than you think. Meta-analyses are showing...
