Summary
Bechtel Center members regularly get highly technical roles in world-leading companies. Current mentors will benefit from interacting with graduated mentor alumni in the following ways:
- Learning industry best practice and operational strategies
- Growing their personal network before graduation for both knowledge and career support
- Networking the Center with these world-leading companies
Mentor Alumni Limitations and Qualifications
To be a Mentor Alumni the individual must meet and agree to the following conditions, and any new updates or revisions going forward:
- The role exists to enrich the experience of current Purdue students only
- This courtesy role may be revoked at any time for any reason
- Agree to the current (and any future) Bechtel Center Member Agreements
- No use of the Center on behalf of your current employer or for personal profit
- Sign the access wavier and contribute photo for the Alumni Discord channel
- Alumni may not fill any role in the Center except member and buddy
- No trusted user, supervisor, etc.
- On safety / operations only fill the role of buddy
- Learn and use existing operational practices and policies, e.g.:
- Maintain projects and reservations through OS1
- Keep personal safety training in-date
- No novel CAD/CAM systems, except as approved by staff
- Abide by decisions of current employees in both operations, training, etc.
- Submit a representative photo of yourslef to have it displayed to existing employees in a Discord channel of current alumni
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- Share stories and experiences you have had with your soon-to-be-graduated peers!
How to Apply
To apply for this role:
- Contact Christina Perry via Discord
- Your application will then go before the supervisors for feedback and approval
- If approved, sign the waiver and supply the photo. Center staff decisions are final, however if you believe a mistake has been made please reach out