NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Mentoring & Advising
NSP director Bill Lasser meets with a group of second-year Scholars in Spring 2008. NSP director meets with group of second year students

Staff Advising

The NSP staff maintains an open door policy for Scholars to drop in any time for advice, information or simply a chat.

In small groups and in individual meetings, the NSP staff works with Scholars to:

  • develop, clarify and revise academic, professional and personal goals
  • research internships and summer study abroad opportunities
  • seek opportunities for Creative Inquiry and other research at Clemson
  • develop work and graduate school plans
  • draft, revise and edit applications and personal statements for jobs, graduate school, awards, and fellowships
  • make the most of their college experience

Peer Mentoring

Because the NSP aims to enroll 10 to 12 new Scholars in each freshman cohort, the program is never too large. This purposefully small size allows for inter-cohort mentoring between upperclassmen and freshmen. Scholars begin building these mentoring connections with older students immediately upon their arrival at Clemson. This mentoring continues as older and younger students collaborate to lead the NSP discussion series and to develop new program ideas. Every year, senior Scholars note with amazement, and a little pride, that just a few years earlier they needed help and in their final year at Clemson, they are sought after for their wisdom.