How Do I Participate?

UCLA Alumni: Offer Mentorship for 2025-2026 UCLA Alumni Mentor Program

Follow the steps below on how to sign-up TO BE A MENTOR for the 2025-26 UCLA Alumni Mentor Program! Questions? Email us at alumnimentor@alumni.ucla.edu.

Click below for a video tutorial on how to volunteer to offer mentorship:

Step-by-Step Instructions - Text Only

Sign up for (or sign in to) UCLA ONE (on a computer, not a mobile device). Follow this process to register your information through the UCLA ONE portal if you have not already done so.
Complete / Update your profile by clicking on “Edit Profile” on the top right
- Upload a professional photo
- Include professional, academic, and volunteer experience
- Under the “Offer Mentorship” section, check “UCLA Alumni Mentor Program”
- Under the “About Me” section, answer the alumni question: “Why do you want to mentor a current student?”
- Make sure to click “Save” at the bottom of the page to save all changes.
Await student mentor request(s)
You will review request(s) and can accept or decline mentee(s). You can do this through the “UCLA Alumni Mentor Program” tab on the right, under “Mentor requests and approvals.”
Once you’ve confirmed your maximum number of mentees, update your settings on UCLA ONE by going to your profile, then select “Edit Profile” and under “Offer Mentorship” uncheck “UCLA Alumni Mentor Program” to turn off your availability.
After confirming mentee(s), you are officially part of the 2025-26 UCLA Alumni Mentor Program and any mentorship pairings made during the 2025-26 academic year commit you to one another until June 2026.

Step-by-Step Instructions - Text Only

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