Helen Rucker Center for Black Excellence

Mandla Mentor Program

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Mandla is a South African word meaning "strength" and " power". The purpose of the Mandla Mentor Program is to help first time freshman and first year transfer students find the strength and power within themselves as they navigate their college journey. This program is supported by faculty, staff, and adminstrator's from the African Heritage Faculty and Staff Alliance (AHFSA) at Cal State Monterey Bay. This program offers a small group mentoring experience. Each mentor group "family" receives year long mentorship and guidance from a professional employee that is familiar with the African heritage experience.

Some benefits to you are:

  • An immediate sense of belonging, socializing, and connecting with other students
  • Creating solutions for your educational, personal, and professional challenges with referrals to campus
  • Job and career advising, internships, research, scholarship opportunities, and invitations to attend professional and academic
  • Encouragement, inspiration, and fun working with peers and professional

To learn more about our mentoring program or to sign up, please contact us at aahfsa@csumb.edu

For questions contact: 
Ms. Rhonda Mercadal-Evans - rmercadal@csumb.edu 
Dr. Vivian Waldrup-Patterson - vwaldrup-patterson@csumb.edu.