I am the director of the Graduate-Undergraduate Mentorship program. Virginia Tech is unique in that it is one of a few universities that have a campus-wide program that pairs grad students with undergrads.The goal is to open the line of communication between grad students and undergrads and provide a valuable experience that will benefit undergrads considering or pursuing grad school, in addition to providing experience in mentoring and advising for graduate students. This mentoring experience for graduate students is quite useful, in that they will be expected to be mentors in their fields after graduation (in industry or academe). There is also a entering mentoring workshop planned in the Fall and I have initiated a similar program with the medical school. Any questions, please let me know.