Alumni BBQ & Mentoring Sample Questions
- What were your hopes, expectations, and plans when you came to Andrews as a student?
- What part did you play, and what part did Andrews University play in your development during your college years?
- Who were your significant mentors when you were in college Did you choose them or did they choose you?
- What do you wish you would have done differently during your education at Andrews?
- What stands out in your mind as the highlights of your experience as a student at Andrews?
- At this point in your work world, what are the things from your Andrews experience that prepared you well? What do you still lack?
- Describe the things that prompted your spiritual growth while you were at Andrews. How does that impact you now?
- Did Andrews “spoon feed” you or did Andrews teach you how to feed yourself? Explain.
- If you had to limit yourself to 3 tips to give to in-coming freshman, what would those 3 tips be?
- Some people say that the friends you make at college are the friends you will have for life. How true have you found this to be?
- The AU mission statement is “Seek Knowledge, Affirm Faith, Change the World.” Please comment.
- What’s something you didn’t appreciate at Andrews, but later found it to be highly valuable?
- Mind, Body, Spirit summarizes what Andrews is about. Prioritize these based on 1) Your AU experience 2) Your work world 3) Your values.
- What are things you hardly utilized while you were at Andrews? What do you wish you would have utilized more?
- If you were starting as a freshman at Andrews this year, what would you want to know? What should you want to know?
- How does the cultural diversity at Andrews prepare a person for life after Andrews?
- How did the religious environment at Andrews prepare you (or not prepare you) for your work environment.
- What did you learn about finances while you were a student at Andrews? How does that affect you now?
- How did you grow spiritually at Andrews while you were growing mentally? Describe your spiritual growth now.
- What is a question you wish new freshman at Andrews would ask you?
