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MarMento - Mentoring Program for International Students
Would you like to strengthen your intercultural skills and make new contacts? To learn more about intercultural communication processes and discover and develop new potential? Then become a mentor or mentee in the MarMento mentoring program!
At MarMento, students from higher semesters (mentors) support their new fellow students from abroad (mentees) for a semester with study-related challenges or in everyday life. This can make it easier to settle in at the university and in Marburg and perhaps even to make friends.
MarMento is a win-win process in which you deepen your skills and grow personally as both a mentee and a mentor!
Mentees
- Requirements: you come from abroad, are at the beginning of your studies (Degree Seeker), are motivated and open-minded
- Duration: 1 semester (only takes place in the winter term)
- Registration: Ilias online form
- Registration period: every year in September
- Program: Introductory workshop for all mentees (digital), mentoring in tandem/small groups (digital or face-to-face), final workshop for all participants (digital)
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Mentors
- Requirements: You are studying in at least the 2nd semester, are motivated and open-minded
- Duration: 1 semester (only takes place in the winter term)
- Registration: via Marvin (MarSkills) or Ilias (not MarSkills)
- Registration period: every year in September
- Program: Training to be a mentor through a seminar on several consecutive days during the semester (in presence) - option to gain ECTS! (see below) - and mentoring in tandem/small group (digital or face-to-face)
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Mentors: MarMento module in MarSkills
All mentors take part in the seminar and are trained on intercultural and communication skills.
Students who have MarSkills integrated into their degree program can take the module "MarMento: International Mentoring Skills" via the central study area in MarSkills and earn 3 ECTS points for participating in the seminar and engaging as a mentor. Registration for the modul runs via Marvin. In the course catalog under "MarSkills Center" you will find "Marburg Skills" and in "Zentrale Angebote des Studienbereichs Marburg Skills" the module "MarMento: International Mentoring Skills" with the corresponding seminar. Further information is available from the MarSkills examination office (German).
Other students register as a mentor via Ilias (link will follow in September). Priority is given to MarSkills-students. You can participate in the seminar if places remain free. We will inform you accordingly.
Precondition for gaining ECTS: students have to fulfill and hand in the examination, a reflective portfolio. Students who do not want or cannot gain ECTS can receive a confirmation of participation if handing in a short self-reflection and feedback. Further information will be given in the seminar. This option is only available for mentors!
Current program and registration - winter term 24/25
Registration for mentees via Ilias: https://ilias.uni-marburg.de/goto.php?target=svy_4040607&client_id=UNIMR (available until October 14)
Registration for mentors via Marvin (September 15 - October 14) and via Ilias (September 4 - October 14): https://ilias.uni-marburg.de/goto.php?target=svy_4058242&client_id=UNIMR
Confirmation of registration and matching take place October 15-17. Please check your mails on these days.
Dates for Mentors:
whole-day-seminar, Saturday, October 19 and October 20 (in presence, in German)
reflection session, Friday, November 22, 2-4 p.m. (online, in German)
whole-day-seminar, Saturday, December 14, 9 a.m to 1 p.m. (online, in German)
closing reflection session together with Mentees, Friday, February 21, 2025, 2-4 p.m. (online, in English)
Dates for Mentees:
Introductory Workshop Monday, October 28, 1-5 p.m. (online, in English)
Closing Workshop Friday, February 21, 2025, 2-4 p.m. (online, in English)Contact
If you have any questions, please contact: marmento@uni-marburg.de
The Mentoring Program and MarSkills module were (re-)developed as part of the PlanForSuccess@Marburg project. The project is part of the Quis project UMRdivers at Philipps-Universität Marburg, which is funded by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts.
