Project Mentor:

*Regional Center for Students with Learning Disabilities

What is Project Mentor?

Project Mentor was established in 1986 to serve New Jersey City University students with learning disabilities in several ways through mentoring, tutorial and academic counseling. Over the past twenty years, Project Mentor has grown to be an integral part of the New Jersey City University community providing support services that benefit students with learning disabilities who are transitioning to college.

Project Mentor provides a variety of support services including, but not limited to, faculty mentor assignments, advisement, professional tutorials, learning strategy workshops, academic counseling, and advocacy services to any student eligible for the program. Additionally, Project Mentor provides diagnostic assessments (testing) for a limited number of undergraduate college students. As a Project Mentor student, your status is kept confidential.

In 1999, Project Mentor became a Regional Center for Students with Learning Disabilities. The Regional Center also provides diagnostic assessment evaluations for a limited number of eligible undergraduate students of New Jersey colleges, outreach and transition support to high schools and universities and the annual conference on higher education opportunities for students with learning disabilities. Working under the Special Needs Grant Program administered by the NJ Commission on Higher Education, Project Mentor aims to improve their own identification of and service to college students with learning disabilities.

Project Mentor hosts a summer orientation program that introduces new students to the college environment with classes and various activities in preparation for their initial semester at NJCU. Students will earn college credits for the classes that they attend during this program. Students will also get an opportunity to meet student like themselves and develop support systems beyond the program. Please visit the Services Available page for more information.

Project Mentor offers students, parents and faculty an opportunity to learn more about our services through our frequent open houses as well as our annual conferences.

Project Mentor is also a university site for the non-profit organization, Project Eye-to-Eye, which links Project Mentor students as mentors and tutors to elementary and secondary students with learning disabilities. To learn more about Project Eye-to-Eye, please visit http://www.projecteyetoeye.org .

NJCU students who wish to know more about Project Mentor or want to apply for services are encouraged to contact the Director, Jennifer Aitken, or Project Coordinator, Leah Jackson, at (201) 200-2091 or via email jaitken@njcu.edu or ljackson1@njcu.edu . You may also visit Room 343 or 340 in the Education and Professional Studies Building.

Applying to Project Mentor:

Students with documented learning disabilities must be accepted to New Jersey City University as a full or part time student. Eligible students will complete the Project Mentor application for services and submit with additional materials (specified on the application) to the Office of Specialized Services. Once applications have been reviewed, students will be contacted for an interview. An official acceptance into the program will be determined by Director of Project Mentor.

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