On April 17, 2014, the Honors Program hosted the Honors Scholars Day, a day for high school seniors to come to the Stockton College campus and get to experience the events of the day firsthand.  Everyone gathered in the Campus Center in Meeting Room 5 at 9:00 AM to get to meet the incoming freshmen and learn about their choices in majors and careers.

At roughly 10:15, everyone was set free to explore the campus as they pleased with their incoming freshman.  Mentors were encouraged to take their “minions” to at least one class, either in their major or offered through the Honors Program.  The Honors courses this year were “Ways of Knowing” and “Ethics and Contemporary Life.”  Students were also encouraged to stop by the Celebration of Service with their mentees as well as the freshman honors dorms where they would be staying.

Mentors stressed the importance of the Honors Community and how it is, in fact, a community.  Mentees were encouraged to attend the Honors Experience over the summer to get to know incoming freshmen and transfers students as well as students who are already attending Stockton.

With my mentee, I showed her around the entire campus:  where to go for career assistance, where to go if she gets sick, the library, and so on.  One of my upperclassmen friends also took us across the lake on the shuttle to visit an apartment in Housing IV so she could also see what upperclassmen housing looks like.

While my mentee and I did not share a major, I was still able to help her find the information that she needs to succeed in her major.  Hopefully, the incoming freshmen will remain in contact with their mentors in the future if they ever need any more assistance.  The event was very helpful to me when I was an incoming freshman, and I hope that it has been helpful to my mentee as well.