Project A.I.M. Mentoring Overnight Retreat

The Project A.I.M. Mentoring Overnight Retreat was held in the Linwood MacDonald YMCA Retreat Center in New Jersey on November 4-6, 2005.  Forty-one students and three administrators attended. The purpose of the retreat was for mentors/assistant mentors and international student mentees to experience the diversity of the group, to enrich their connections, and to enhance the mentor-mentee relationship in order to achieve Project A.I.M.’s mission of providing mentoring opportunities for Asian and International students. 

The facilitators were Christopher Coes, (former mentor/graduate student), Frank Jerome (senior mentor), Margaret Nicolosi (former mentor/administrator/graduate student), Fr. Duong Tri (Campus Minister), Piya Vacharasanee (current mentor), and Rosa Yen (Program Administrator). For more information on Project AIM and how you can get involved, please click view our Web site. 

Project A.I.M. is subdivided into two programmatic areas: Project A.I.M.: Asian Mentoring and Project A.I.M.: International Mentoring.  All St. John's Asian students and international students are eligible to apply to be a mentee and receive assistance.  All St. John’s University full-time sophomores, juniors, and seniors are welcome to serve as mentors in the New Student Mentoring components or simply as a participant in the programs. 

Another mentoring program along with Project A.I.M. is Alpha Mentoring program. Alpha Mentoring is a year-long academic mentoring program.  All St. John's first-year and second-years students are eligible to apply being a mentee and receive assistance.   For more information, please contact Office of Leadership & Multicultural Affairs at (718) 990-5023.

Project A.I.M. cordially invites St. John's University administrators and students especially international students, resident students, and out-of-state students to the “Celebrating Thanksgiving around the World” event on Friday, November 18, 2005 from 3pm-9pm.  To RSVP, send an email to Rosa Yen by November 15, 2005.   This program will take place in the U.C. Lounge and U.C. Commons and will include fun activities/workshops, dinner & performances.