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Source: Peoples'Friendship University of Russia
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The ProMentor RUDN Mentoring Center is a project of the RUDN Student Council aimed at helping students create their own career paths by working with professional mentors from various fields. This year, it celebrates its fifth anniversary.
Participants in the program are mentors (professional mentors), mentees (students who want to implement their own project and gain experience in their field), and curators (coordinators who help the mentor and mentee build effective communication and work).
Over the five years of the program's operation, 195 mentors, 415 mentees, and 110 curators have participated. Over the previous four years, over 100 student projects were implemented, students received over 200 letters of recommendation from mentors, and over 60 internship and employment offers.
The rector in action
RUDN University Rector Oleg Aleksandrovich Yastrebov participated in the first season of the mentoring program. He and his mentee, Victoria Bashmakova, developed a project for the youth entrepreneurship community StartUp Place RUDN. The mentoring pair carefully studied how to collect data and where to find various references to official indicators.
Among the program's other highlights is a series of mentor podcasts based on the track "Public Speaking, Podcasts, and Creative Thinking Development" by Amina Tsarakhova. Amina and her mentor, Evgeny Kleshch, created their own podcast in the mumblecore niche, where they also appear on episodes. In addition to her podcast, Amina has also participated in two others.
Season three mentor Daria Titova received the opportunity to work at the "Youth of Moscow" office thanks to her collaboration with mentor Artur Mazuev. During the project, the student gained insight into the structure of Moscow's youth policy, began working with many departments in the office, and organized two events for "Youth of Moscow."
Another mentee this season, Evgeny Ivanyushin, along with his mentor Tatyana Belkova and co-mentee Stefania Ilyina, developed a project to launch youth-focused tours across Russia. The mentor and mentee thought through everything from fine-tuning the idea, developing the target audience, and choosing a name to creating a brand design.
"My vision is for these to be more than just tours, but to foster a community of young, ambitious people. The vacation itself is a journey through small, atmospheric towns across our country," says Evgeny Ivanyushin, a student at the Graduate School of Management.
Olga Gubina launched her career as a musician on the project and, under the guidance of mentor Denis Klyuchnikov, released several songs. The mentoring pair's work included composing, producing tracks, developing the artist's brand, and promoting it. Late last year, the student announced that she was continuing to collaborate with her mentor. She is recording songs and is fully immersed in her musical project.
In the fourth season, the students' successes included two psychophysiological studies conducted by Yegor Myasnikov and the launch of a new project. The student published his own scientific articles and participated in a scientific report on the REN TV channel. And future architect Valeria Titova, together with her mentor Anna Volodina, studied several architectural design programs and recreated the Cinema pavilion at VDNKh.
Project awards
Over its five-year history, ProMentor RUDN has won numerous competitions. In 2022, it won first place in the "Best Student Career Support System" category at the Moscow Student Councils and Practices Competition organized by the Moscow Association of Student Organizations. In 2023, it again won the "Best Career Support System" category at the Moscow Association of Student Organizations competition. Furthermore, ProMentor RUDN took first place in the "Best Student Council Practice for Assistance with Employment and Career Guidance" category at the 9th All-Russian Forum "Student Russia" as part of the All-Russian Student Forum "Your Move – 2023." The center also won a grant competition from Rosmolodezh.Grants and was a second-place winner in the All-Russian Competition for Best Practices in Organizing Student Councils of Higher Education Institutions. Furthermore, the project was included in the catalog of practices for the Student Council Designer for Higher Education Institutions, compiled by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation and the Russian Youth Union. In 2025, the center took second place in the "Best Student Career Support System" category in the "Lighting the Lights of Student Life" competition organized by the Moscow Association of Youth Organizations.
Successful cooperation
The Mentoring Center is developing a partnership system. During the program's fourth season, it collaborated with Media Lab, bringing together 10th- and 11th-grade students from Moscow schools.
This season, ProMentor RUDN collaborated with the Mashuk Knowledge Center as part of the federal methodological center's efforts to develop mentoring and establish a database of best mentoring practices. We wish the project continued success and the involvement of more talented individuals in implementing innovative ideas!
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