One of our favorite projects is the Mentoring Program which was put into effect in 1997. With this program, every new staff member is assigned two Barton Office Professionals mentors.
The mentors arrange for welcome balloons to arrive to the new employee on one of their first days of employment. They offer to take the new employee on a campus tour, show them the ropes, and are always available to them by phone and e-mail for any campus question they may have.
As new employees are hired, the following is to occur within the first 2 weeks of employment:
1. Mentors are selected and notified of the new employee's name and office location
(by the Mentoring Committee after they receive a Blue Team notification)
2. Mentors will deliver to the new employee:
Balloons (from Student Activities Staff, ext. 271),
Gift bag (from the Bookstore), B-OP Brochure and Card (from Vice President of B-OP)
3. Mentors will set up a campus tour with the new employee if their department has not done so.
4. Mentors will E-mail the links to
5. Mentors will stay in touch with the new employee for a period of one year.
Please touch base with the new employee regularly just to be sure that everything is going well.
TIP: Use your scheduler to remind yourself monthly to check on your mentee.
6. Be sure the new employee has your name, phone extension number, and email address.
7. Be sure to invite the new employee to the next Barton Office Professionals monthly meeting.
When on tour with the new employee, be sure to point out the following areas on campus:
