This semester, the EAL Nursing support group is celebrating the Mentoring experience and the wealth of togetherness it brings to our faculty. We acknowledge that each student and faculty member has the remarkable potential to become a great teacher and coach! Over the past few years, our group has witnessed the beauty of our Nursing students and staff connecting with each other as volunteering Peer Mentors and group facilitators to create that positive, supportive environment that Mount Royal University is best known for.
So, what exactly have our mentors accomplished and why are they so important? First, we are grateful to our student volunteers who take the role and responsibility of pairing with fellow EAL students in need of academic and networking support. In sharing their experiences, from clinical rotations to study tips, successes and failures, our Peer Mentors prove their readiness and willingness to see their classmates and future colleagues succeed. Next, our volunteer faculty instructors and support staff are the ones modeling for us the qualities of relentlessness and passion. They go above and beyond, ensuring that students are aware that their care and devotion to teaching is not limited to classroom time. Attending to the needs and well-being of EAL students is important.
