What Current Mentees are Saying…

 

“I am so grateful to the mentoring program. My mentor couldn’t be more perfect. He's been a wonderful and responsible guide through the labyrinth of university life and culture and, importantly, the ins and outs of tenure and promotion.”                      

 ~Second-year Assistant Professor

 

“My mentor is a great listener, and because she is from another college, she has a viewpoint that is unique from other
 senior faculty I know. I also really appreciate
the confidentiality of our conversations.”

~Up for tenure in two years

“My faculty mentor has taken a sincere interest in my career, and while we do not meet very often (perhaps a couple times per semester), I find that time to be quite fruitful. I have appreciated the fact that he is generous with wisdom but temperate with specific advice.”

~Assistant Professor, Theology

“I have really benefited from getting a fresh, but experienced, perspective on the challenges that I am facing as a junior faculty member. I value hearing another woman’s perspective on how to juggle multiple demands, priorities, and situations.”

~Second-year Assistant Professor

“The afternoon of my first meeting with my mentor, I submitted an article I had been sitting on for months. Talking with someone about the processes of academe—even though I basically already know them—helped me to be reassured! Getting encouragement from someone who has been in my shoes motivated me to focus on what needed to be done.”