MentorNet (www.MentorNet.net), the E-Mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science, seeks tenured faculty as mentors in its Academic Career E-Mentoring Program. This program pairs graduate students, postdocs, and untenured tenure-track faculty members pursuing faculty careers with tenured faculty members for 8-month mentoring relationships conducted via email. Here are four good reasons to sign up to become a mentor:
. MentorNet is currently in great need of tenured faculty members (especially in the fields of physics, biological sciences and computer science) to volunteer as mentors. . Research has shown that due to the electronic nature of the mentoring relationship, mentoring with MentorNet is convenient and involves a very small time commitment (often only a few emails/month!). . Mentors find the experience highly rewarding - offering guidance to a future colleague while providing an opportunity to reflect on their career paths and choices. . There are over 80 graduate students, post-docs and tenure-track faculty waiting for a mentor to help them progress wisely toward a career in academia. Please consider volunteering as a mentor and publicizing the program to your colleagues by forwarding this message. Even if you choose not to be a mentor, spreading the word about MentorNet to other faculty members can help us to provide mentors for those protégés waiting to be matched! For more information, visit www.MentorNet.net/documents/about/programs/academic.aspx or contact Jennifer Chou-Green at [EMAIL PROTECTED] To sign up, visit www.MentorNet.net ************************************************************ This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0318510. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. MentorNet's sponsors include Alcoa Foundation, Argonne National Laboratory, AT&T Foundation, Bechtel Foundation, Cisco Systems, GE Global Research, Guidant Corporation, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation, Intel Foundation, Knight Ridder, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, National Science Foundation, Naval Research Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, Schlumberger, Symantec, and in affiliation with Marine Technology Society, Sigma Xi, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), and Women in Engineering Programs & Advocates Network (WEPAN). View the list of sponsors at: http://www.mentornet.net/Documents/Partners/sponsors.aspx and MentorNet's participating campuses at: http://www.mentornet.net/Documents/Partners/Campuses/CurrentCampuses.aspx
