“ My mentor has been a wonderful and responsible guide through the labyrinth of university life and culture and,
importantly, the ins and outs of tenure and promotion."
~Assistant Professor anticipating 3rd-year review
How the Faculty Mentoring Program Works
The director matches mentors and mentees according to the needs and interests they express on the forms provided for junior faculty to request a mentor and for senior faculty to express interest in mentoring. These matches are made across colleges or, when that isn't possible, across disciplinary areas or departments.
Mentoring takes place in the context of other workshop and coaching activities focused on specific skills or issues, including Special Topic Mentoring Circles, which are sponsored by the FMP and open to all junior faculty in the four cooperating colleges.
Mentoring relationships will vary according to the needs and goals of individual mentees as they develop their abilities and accomplishments in the three crucial areas for promotion and tenure: research, teaching, and service.
