Mentorship Program 2024-2025

As the Mentorship Program enters its 5th year, it continues to unite inzva alumni with the brightest young minds!

The Mentorship Program aims to transfer experience and knowledge within the community by bringing together inzva alumni and the community’s younger minds for a period of 8 months.

We will pair each mentor with two mentees based on their areas of interest and learning paths. After the selection process, we will host mandatory monthly harvest meetings for the mentees from October 2024 to May 2025. Throughout the program, there will be two sessions where mentees will gain insights into career opportunities in both industry and academia. With a total of 8 mentors, 16 mentees will be accepted into the program.

*Note that this is not a technical program, there will be no projects or work as a program output. The program aims to provide guidance, support, and knowledge transfer from experienced mentors to mentees, helping them develop skills, make informed decisions, and achieve personal or professional growth.

Application Period

23 September - 13 October 17:00

Mentorship Program Period

Kick-off Meeting: 27 October, 2024
Monthly Harvest Meetings (for mentees): Last Monday of every month                                Monthly Retro Meetings (for mentors): Every 2 months, last Tuesday of the month


End Date: May 2025                                                                                                           

Closing Ceremony: June 2025

      

Our regular monthly meetings will be held online to give mentors a platform to assist in the development of mentees by enabling them to ask the right questions about the obstacles they face in their lives and career paths. Mentors are encouraged to give their insights and actively motivate their mentees, guiding those facing experiences similar to their own. 

Who is an inzva Mentor?

Mentors are the experienced members of our community holding the same community values as we do (inzva Code of Conduct), as well as having technical and academic proficiency (at least a holder of a bachelor’s degree) to guide younger CS enthusiasts with the same interests. In this program, our mentors will be there to help their mentees along their science and engineering journeys. Every mentor will meet 2 mentees throughout the 8-month program.

  • Benefits of Being an inzva Mentor 

    • Holding Retro meetings with other experienced mentors,

    • Giveback to the community and younger generations of CS enthusiasts,

    • The feeling of being impactful and satisfied out of philanthropy,

    • Planting a tree in your own name together with the TEMA Foundation.

  • Expectations from inzva Mentors

    • Spare time for the program, meetings, and volunteering,

    • Accessibility,

    • Proficiency in the field that they will offer mentorship, or experience to do research based on mentee’s questions,

    • Motivational skills to encourage mentees while they are focusing on their current problems,

    • Guidance skills to train their mentees to become mentors themselves,

    • Enthusiasm to use the private Discord mentors group.

Who is an inzva Mentee?

Mentees are curious people selected among undergraduate students who are in their 2nd, 3rd or 4th grades. A mentor and a mentee are brought together by using the data shared on the application form of the Mentorship Program. Mentees are expected to organize a meeting with their mentors once a month. 

  • Benefits of Being an inzva Mentee

    • Having access to an inzva mentor/alumni to get their experiences and personal stories about CS, education, and personal career development,

    • Having the chance to be friends with mentors and other mentees throughout and after the mentorship program.

  • Expectations from inzva Mentees

    • Regular attendance in meetings determined with the mentor,

    • Commitment to share or report their journey with other mentees during the monthly harvest meeting to be held by inzva,

    • Continuous participation in the mentorship program,

    • Enthusiasm to use the private Discord group actively.

OUR MENTORS (2024-2025) 

We genuinely thank our mentors for sharing their knowledge and valuable time.

COMMUNITY FEEDBACK

Ayşegül Terzi (Eskisehir Technical University - Computer Engineering)

“Becoming a successful person is a dream of almost all of us, but no matter how many helpful tools we have, it is the surest and most beneficial way to follow a path full of difficulties that we do not face with an experienced and successful guide. When it came to my own career, it was one of the best decisions I made to benefit from the experience of someone who had been through the same path as me.

In addition to each mentor being an expert in their own field, the diversity of people from almost every field has expand my horizon and encouraged me. Also having someone I can talk to on a regular basis, express myself comfortably and solve my confusions is an incredible relief.” 

Haşim Zafer Çiçek (Hacettepe University - Computer Engineering)

“During the program with my mentor, we did a comprehensive study of academia and industry abroad, including the use of artificial intelligence in various fields, the intricacies of blockchain technology, admission criteria for master's programs and CV preparation strategies.

This process significantly improved my understanding of the expectations and perspectives of the academic world. My experience of participating in a hackathon provided me with the opportunity to benefit from my mentor's rich experience and crystallized my career goals. With the guidance of my mentor, I started to identify and implement the steps to achieve my goals. The program has been an inspiring and guiding experience in my career.”

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All participants have to abide by our CODE OF CONDUCT  and LETTER OF CONSENT. 

A  BEV Foundation project inzva is a non-profit hacker community organizing study and project groups as well as camps in the fields of AI and Algorithm; and gathering CS students, academics, and professionals in Turkey.

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