EPAP/ESM Mentorship Program (ESP 198)
Build your network, find your path, and thrive at UC Davis and beyond.
Open to EPAP and ESM undergraduates, this 1-unit course runs Fall, Winter, and Spring. Students are encouraged to enroll for all three quarters to get the full mentorship experience.
What you’ll gain
- Personalized mentorship: Get matched with a mentor aligned with your interests/background and meet monthly.
- Faculty connection: Opportunities to attend weekly office hours with Dr. Gwen Arnold to discuss your plans and secure a faculty reference.
- Career insight roundtables: Join two evening Zoom roundtables per quarter where multiple mentors share paths and lessons and answer questions.
- Actionable deliverables: Each quarter includes a short, focused assignment to move your goals forward.
Course rhythm & assignments
- Roundtable reflection: A 1–2 page write-up due within one week of the event you attend.
- End-of-quarter deliverables due before the end of Finals Week each term
Expectations
Students
- Complete a short pre-program survey
- Meet your mentor monthly.
- Attend at least one roundtable per quarter and submit the reflection.
- Complete the end-of-quarter deliverable.
- Visit Dr. Arnold’s office hours at least once.
- Complete a short year-end survey.
Optional: Program kickoff, writing workshops, and snack-break meetups.
Mentors
- Complete a short pre-program survey
- Provide a brief bio (and optional photo).
- Join a short mentor training and complete implicit bias training.
- Meet mentees monthly; participate in a roundtable if asked.
- Complete a brief year-end survey.
Logistics & grading
All prompts, submissions, and announcements are on Canvas. You can message via Canvas or email; expect replies within 2 business days.
Grading: P/NP. An NP may be issued if a student misses more than one assignment or misses and fails to reschedule more than two mentor meetings in a quarter.
Fall 2025 CRN: 31467
For more information, please contact Dr. Gwen Arnold at gbarnold@ucdavis.edu or contact the CEPB through our LinkedIn.