Mentor Spotlight: Shelby Guilbault and Marina Dulper

Shelby Guilbault (left), is a junior, public relations major, marketing minor, and an Emerald Block in the Student Leader Fellowship Program. Shelby has been matched with Marina Dulper (right), the Assistant Director of Alumni Relations at NMU, as her mentor while she is in the SLFP. Together they have been a wonderful pairing and have enjoyed the company of each other greatly!

Though both Shelby and Marian have hectic schedules, they make time to meet with each other for lunch or coffee every couple of weeks to chat and catch up with one another.  “We are both extremely busy people, so it is great to slow things down and catch up with one another,” says Shelby.  “When Marina and I meet up, we often lose track of time due to having so many things to discuss!” Shelby also reflects that they make a good match because Marina is an NMU graduate, with a degree in public relations. “She has a lot of helpful advice and is such an inspiration to me. Also, Marina is an extremely kind and positive person who is easy to get along with.”

In the upcoming months, they would like to continue their lunch and coffee meet ups, attend a Skill Builder! workshop together, meet up with a friend of Marina’s that works in the type of PR that Shelby is interested in, and attend the play Legally Blonde at the Forest Roberts Theatre in April. They also share a love for animals, so they would like to start volunteering at the Marquette Humane Society soon.

When asked if she planned to stay in contact with her Marina once the year was over, Shelby responded enthusiastically, “Absolutely!  Marina is an excellent resource and a wonderful person overall that I couldn’t imagine NOT keeping in contact with and I am so incredibly thankful to have her as my mentor!”