"Mentorship Through Exercise" is a UREC program that provides JMU students the opportunity to have a positive mentor-mentee relationship with faculty/staff outside of the formal classroom setting.
Well-being of college students is influenced by several factors, including a sense of belonging, a connection to the campus culture, as well as the influence of physical activity. Mentoring has been shown to effectively connect students to faculty on their campus in a way that has the potential to increase the students’ sense of belonging to the campus community.
Note that this is not a personal training opportunity, rather the Mentorship Through Exercise Program brings together the positive elements of mentoring and physical activity into one intervention.
Our hope is that students and faculty/staff that select into the program will participate in UREC’s wide variety of programs and/or facilities together. Participants will be sent regular program updates, as well as informal conversation topics that could be discussed while exercising. Any JMU faculty/staff and students with access to UREC who are interested are welcome to participate.
