Financial Women's Association Committees

Mission
Our mission is to focus on developing future generations of business leaders.

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Mentor Application

Mentoring Application Form - Baruch College

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Upcoming Events

To be announced.

Purpose

The Mentoring Committee manages two one-on-one mentoring programs to foster the development of young women educationally and professionally; and to provide opportunities for the mentees to explore career opportunities in the business community.

Our program at Murry Bergtraum High School emphasizes academic preparation for college as well as exposing the mentees to cultural and social activities. The program at Baruch Colleges emphasizes career preparation and provides networking opportunities to the mentees as well as exposure to potential employers.

The Committee Leadership continues to believe that quality is more important that numbers. To that end we concentrate on recruiting those FWA members and potential members who are truly interested in mentoring and willing to devote the time and energy needed to be a successful mentor.

Accomplishments and Highlights

Kick off and closing dinners at both Baruch College and Murry Bergtraum HS.
Joint programs:
- Holiday event, lunch andCirque du Soleil;
- Philharmonic;
- Scavenger Hunt.
Joint Baruch and MBHS mentor meeting.

Message from the Co-chairs

	Just a friendly reminder not to forget or delay paying your FWA membership dues. In order to participate in our program you need to be a member in good standing.
	New mentors: Do you know of any FWA members or prospective members who would make a great mentor? We always have more student applications for our program then mentors. If you have someone to recommend, please let us know and please encourage them to become involved. If the person is not yet an FWA member, we will help to expedite the process. Our events do count toward the 2 required events, so between the mentor meeting and the kick-off two events are covered.
	Please let us know if you have any ideas for events/programs that you think would interest the group. Our event coordinators are busy planning the year and all suggestions are welcome. Thanks for your continued participation with the Mentoring Committee. Your involvement, interest and accomplishments with the mentees is awesome and we appreciate it very much.

The High School Mentoring Program - Murry Bergtraum High School (MBHS)

MBHS is a Title 1 school with most of the student population from homes below the Federal poverty level. The school has a high proportion of students from immigrant and single parent households, with many of the students the first in their families to complete high school and/or look forward to college.

During the past few years the school has been reorganizing into “learning communities,” each with a focus on one area of concentration. The school hopes to better compete with the new smaller schools being formed in the city and to be better able to attract students focused on business careers. As a result, we expect have a wider group of qualified students from which to draw our mentees.

Students who apple to the FWA’s mentoring program generally represent a higher proportion of college bound students than the school’s general population.

Like the Baruch program, the MBHS program’s primary focus is on the one-to-one relationship between mentor and mentee. This year’s highlights include:

Sponsoring an SAT review course for our 10 juniors. The course is provided through an agreement between the FWA and The Princeton Review and is given exclusively to our mentees. The course is held at MBHS after school hours.
Eight mentees will be graduating in June 2008.
As of now, we expect 7 to qualify for the FWA scholarship. Annual college visit. This year the mentees visited Manhattan College. Fourteen mentees participated.

The Baruch Mentoring Program

Mentor Application

Mentoring Application Form - Baruch College

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Baruch is part of the City University of NY system, specializing in business. It is the largest undergraduate business school in the U.S. and has been nationally ranked in several areas. Baruch students face many challenges that our program helps to overcome. Many of the college’s students, reflected in the make-up of our mentees, are recent immigrants or children of immigrants.

The focus of the FWA’s Baruch program, the first of its kind at the college, is on career and personal development. The key element is one-on-one relationships between mentors and mentees. Baruch mentees are invited to attend appropriate FWA events at no charge to them, as well as partake of the networking opportunities with mentors, FWA members and programs sponsored and held at President’s Circle companies. This year President Circle member Bank of NY Mellon hosted a breakfast for the mentees with a panel discussion, “Off the Beaten Path: Career Options in Finance.”

Other Baruch program highlights included:

Series of club hour lunch programs with guest panelists and speakers: Seven Secrets for Building a Stellar Career; Organizational Savvy; Personal Positional: How to Define and Market Yourself to Those Who Count; Career Evolution: Making the Right Choices to Adapt to Change; You Want Me to Work with Who?
Award of a total of $30,000 to 6 Baruch students in FWA-BMO scholarships.
14 Baruch mentees graduated May 2008; of these, to date, 7 will begin careers at FWA President’s Circle supporters.

Special thanks

To the FWA leadership and membership for the support given to the Mentoring Committee throughout the year.

The Leadership Group which meets on a monthly basis to plan activities and handle any issues/problems: Co-chairs, Francoise Jeanpierre and Wendy Leibowitz; Alyce Mayo; Ellen Cahill; Tom Zarillo; Ada Colon; Denise Seegobin; Phyllis Haberman; Pat Lucey; Laraine Mancuso; Ruby Schnittman; Sharon Brouillette.

Baruch Mentors: Sarbari Banerjee-Rothe; Susan Becker; Jane Bernardini; Christine Birnbaum; Sharon Brouillette; Ellen Cahill; Joanne Feierman; Nardia Fidella; Meghan Gorman; Mary Greenebaum; Mary Herms; Danielle Harrington; Patricia Jaquay; Heather Judnick; Patricia Kozu; Cheryl Lee; Ann Lemon; Pamela Marcus; Maureen McCarthy; Moira McGrane; Patti Mittelman; Olena Paslawsky; Susan Perry; Martha Post; Allison Reid; Doris Simmons-Brown; Laura Smith Dunaief; Shoya Zichy; Julie Zysman.

Murry Bergtraum Mentors: Cynthia Drew; Lindsay Starr; Mary Anne Liss; Wendy Leibowitz; Tanya Ann Barrett; Terry Harlow; Geraldine Suida; Adele Epstein; Ling Tsou; Marilyn Thypin; Patricia Lucey; Phyllis Haberman; Theresa Hayden; Teodora Coppola; Lydia Kelfa; Olva Austin0Quashie; Lindsay Caloutti; Peggy Decker; Annette Stewart; Loretta Roland; Malika Oyo; Linda Kenyon; Margaret Schramm Horn; Pardisha Hicks.