Initium
Initium is an orientation and mentoring program for new faculty at Hope College.
Mentoring Program
New faculty members are assigned a faculty mentor from outside their department who will meet with them three or more times a semester beginning their second semester at Hope and continuing through the end of their third year. New faculty are surveyed about their priorities for a mentor, and these priorities are used for making mentoring matches. Experienced faculty are recruited who can provide the kinds of expertise and relational qualities new faculty may be seeking. Before starting a mentoring relationship, these experienced faculty attend an orientation session to discuss aims and expectations for mentoring.
Directors
Associate Professor of Economics
Associate Professor of English
Lubbers Hall – Room 307
126 East 10th Street
Holland, MI 49423-3516
616.395.7243
lunderberg@hope.edu
DeWitt Student Cultural Center141 East 12th StreetFloor 2Holland, MI 49423
workP. 616.395.7785
provost@hope.edu