Mentor Program Overview
When a student reaches 60 credit hours or junior status, he/she is eligible to purchase The SFA Ring. Students will be connected (if they choose) with an alumnus mentor who will offer career advice and recommendations throughout the students' remaining semesters at SFA to help provide a transition from college to the professional world. Correspondence between the students and alumnus mentor is not mandatory, but it is encouraged. About 200 mentor-student assignments have been connected. The pool of mentors includes alumni, scholarship donors, present and former members of the SFA Board of Regents, faculty members, Chapter leaders and Alumni Association board members. As the Mentor Ring program grows, the pool of mentors hopefully will include those who purchased the Mentor Ring as a student.

Ordering The SFA Ring
To place an order for the The SFA Ring, please click here. You can also order by calling Balfour at 1-866-225-3687, use reference code 2846. Be sure to take down the name of your Balfour customer service representative when you place your order. Balfour representatives make campus trips several times during the semester to take ring orders. Chances are, a rep may be in town when you are!

Learn the history behind The SFA Ring. PDF document

Students: Click here to request your Mentor assignment online.

You may also download this form to request your assignment. PDF document


Want to be an Alumni Mentor?

Mentors: Click here to submit a mentor application online.

You may also download this form to request your assignment. PDF document

What do I have to do as a Mentor?
Participation as a mentor can be as little or as much as you desire. 

• Personally contact my student(s) either by e-mail, letters, handwritten notes or phone at my own time and expense throughout your student?s/students? junior and senior years at SFA. Provide—in a reasonable amount of time—tips on resume writing, networking, interviewing, and other related effective business practices should your student(s) request it. The SFA Alumni Association will provide materials to use as a
  guide in this process. Encourage students to become active in the SFA Alumni Association and to participate in the Mentor Ring program as a Mentor upon graduation.
• Foster a climate of pride and support for current and future students, the university and the SFA Alumni Association.

Typical correspondence may be scheduled as follows:

• Congratulate the students for purchasing The SFA Ring and joining the program. (Sent during the junior year.) Encourage the students to begin work on resumes, start a placement file on campus. (Sent about mid-semester of the junior year.) Encourage the students to start targeting the geographical areas in which they would like to work after graduation; participate in internships between junior and senior year. (Sent toward end of junior year.)
• Congratulate the students for entering their senior year; remind them of graduation deadlines; provide information including job interview tips and possible job leads; encourage membership in the SFA Alumni Association and to continue involvement in the Mentor Ring program as a Mentor.
  

The SFA Alumni Association realizes the potential for this program is great, and we're hoping all participants understand and appreciate the value that comes from helping fellow Lumberjacks. Great rewards can result for both mentors and students.

Students: Click here to request your mentor assignment online.

Mentors: Click here to submit a mentor application online.

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