Assignment 8 : The mentorship project

Activities Log Mentorship project 2017-2018

Date and Description Participant Short evaluation Photo in action

timing of the s and personal
activity reflection
21/09/201 Introductio Fran Wens It was very nice
7 n day meeting
Paulien Van everyone on the
Acker introduction day.
Because we
Jonathan were mentees
Travaly last year, we
explained what
Lei Luo was going to
happen this year.
Josephine After the game,
Vermeulen we went on the
drink something
Debbie and made a
John group on
Facebook so we
could meet
easier. I think we
started of well.
12/10/201 Cultural Fran Wens We decided to
7 event: Film do the first peer
festival of Paulien Van session and
Ghent Acker activity on the
same day for
Josephine practical
Vermeulen reasons. We
went to see ‘Le
Amelie fidèle’, which is a
Wyckaert Belgian movie. It
was very nice
Jonathan and relaxing
Travaly
 12/10/201 Peer session Fran Wens We had our first
7 1 peer session in
Paulien Van de kantiene
Acker before we went
to the Kinepolis.
Josephine We wanted to
Vermeulen know if our
mentee had any
Jonathan questions about
Travaly her courses and
how her studies
Amélie were going in
Wyckaert general.
25/10/201 Peer session Fran Wens Unfortunately I
8 2 couldn’t be there
Amélie for the second
Wyckaert peer session. It
was more of a
Jonathan quick session
Travaly because they
didn’t really have
Debbie questions. I did
John have some input
in tips that were
Josephine given.
Vermeulen

02/05/201 Leisure Fran Wens We thought it

8 activity: 24 was a good idea
Hours of Paulien Van to go to the 24H
Yucca. Acker of the Yucca. It’s
an annual event
Amélie where students
Wyckaert come together
and get to know
Jonathan each other.
Travaly

Josephine
Vermeulen

Reflection and conclusion

Not all of us could always be there, but overall we had a very interactive Mentorship project. On the
day of the first activity and peer session, Debby couldn’t make it for family reasons, but we made
sure that she could always ask questions. In the Facebook group there were also a lot of
conversations, and because our mentees didn’t seem to have much trouble with the courses, we
settled things mostly via messenger. I think it wasn’t really necessary to actually come together for
peer sessions when we all had such an easy way of communicating online. I think the mentees (and
the mentors as well) enjoyed the movie at Kinepolis the most, because it was really a moment where
you could just relax. There is nothing really difficult being a mentor, because our mentees didn’t have
any trouble. I think it’s more difficult when your mentees have trouble with a course and you are
really trying to help them trying to explain in the best way you can. We tried to come up with
activities that seemed spontaneous and not ‘made’, activities that they would really want to do and
not feel like they ‘had to do’. I think we had a good dynamic because, we as mentors also get along
very well and I think that reflected on the mentees. We don’t know why Lei left the group, she gave
us no explanation, but since she is a second year student taking TMD1, we didn’t really worry about
her.