Applications for College of International Studies students hoping to participate in a sponsored mentor program are due today in Hester Hall.

The College of International Studies has developed a number of new programs, including a dual mentor program between underclassmen and upperclassmen, as well as between upperclassmen and career mentors.

A group of seniors brainstorming ways to improve the international studies program, said Sara King, international and area studies senior.

“We hope to create a bridge between experience and opportunity on an individual level in order to enhance and better steward our students’ [international and area studies] experience,” said King.

She said she hopes students in the mentor program will come full circle and take the role of a mentor later in their college career.

The college also has created a career mentor program, which will pair international studies upperclassmen with alumni with the same major, international programs adviser Brooke Hammer said.

Mentors will “elucidate their own career paths and advise students on the steps that must be taken to land their first position within a given field,” Hammer said.

King and Hammer said the program will start as soon as possible.

The college is in the process of capitalizing on its recent creation by expanding opportunities for students.