The 16th cycle of the Alumni Mentor Program was opened in a festive manner  as a part of the centennial celebration at the University of Szeged on the 8th October with new and old mentors, as well as with their undergraduate students.

The Alumni Mentor Program is unique in the Hungarian Universities because in the program SZTE graduates share their professional knowledge and experience with students who are preparing for a similar work area through monthly interactions with one or more students who are still studying at the University of Szeged. Students may develop a more realistic picture of their future work and employers ' aspects and they will have a better start working in the labour market.

Its success is based on the selfless help of participating mentors, who are tirelessly supporting and supporting students even though they work. The connection between the mentor and the mentoring student is different than a normal internship bacause during the program there is no need day-to-day interaction, the communication is much more flexible.

The Alumni Mentor Program started its working in 2014 and it is developing step by step since then. The management of the corporation is happening on the uniszegedalumni.com where students can find mentors and just ask them a couple questions as a fleshmentoring instead of attending in the Alumni Mentorprogram. This year, besides of supporting undergraduates, the Alumni Mentor Club has started where mentors can help each other, for example old mentors can give advice for new mentors, they can ask from them, develop each other’s skills or generate new corporation.

Our alumni community continues to expand and rise its strength. Right now we have 639 potentional mentor. To keep the quality of the mentor community, we lean on our all-time mentors who are supporting the Alumni Mentor Program since the beginning. We thanked to Seres Erika, Dr. Haranfozó Gábor, Némethné Pálfy Mariann for their hard work they did for the alumni community and gifted them for the foundation of the Alumni Mentor Club.

For mentoring undergarduate students at the Alumni Mentor Program Opening Ceremony our mentors were awarded in three categories, thanking them for their dedication and support for the programme and for the students they applied for.

Master Mentor

Master Mentor titles are awarded to those mentors who are attending as mentors for at least 10 cycles or are successful in mentoring with even more students.

• Gyarmati László
• Némethné Pálfy Marianna
• Kovács Vilmos
• Bessenyei Zsolt
• Palotai Erzsébet

Excellent Mentor

Excellent Mentor titles are awarded to those mentors who are available to students for 5 cycles

• Nagy István
• Prorok János
• Sóki József
• Paluska Péter
• Csiszár Dániel

Future Mentor

Future Mentors titles are awarded to those undergraduate students who will hopefully become mentors in the future and:

• are participating in the program for at least 4 times or provided outstanding activity
• are mentoring high school student in the AMUP program
• Varga Bertold
• Kalmár Anett
• Nagy Botond
• Tóth Szimonetta
• Kruchió Viktória
• Kormos Liliána
• Újvári Gréta

On the Opening Ceremony the Rector and the Chancellor of the University of Szeged were attending and giving the awards to the mentor thanking them their hard working, dedication and support for the Alumni Mentor Program.

We are very thankful for our mentors for their excellent and unselfish work that they are making for the Alumni Mentor Program and show us keeping and growing the alumni community is rewarding for the undergratuates and for the university.