TBers, > The posting below describes a terrific online mentoring program for > women interested in academic careers in science and engineering. I > want to encourage tenured faculty in theses fields to consider > becoming an online mentor as describe below. > > > MentorNet: E-Mentoring Future Faculty in Science and Engineering - > Just 1 -2 emails per month! > > MentorNet (www.MentorNet.net ), the E-Mentoring Network for > Diversity in Engineering and Science, seeks non-tenured and tenured > faculty as mentors in its Academic Career E-Mentoring Program. In > this addition to MentorNet's award-winning E-Mentoring Programs, > women and underrepresented minorities* pursuing faculty careers are > matched with faculty members for 8-month mentoring relationships > conducted via email. Proteges may be undergraduate students, > graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, or untenured tenure-track > faculty members. > > We currently have more than 100 proteges from diverse fields > seeking matches in the program, particularly in: > - Biological sciences > - Physics > - Computer sciences > - Electrical/Electronics engineering > - Biological/biomedical engineering, and many other fields > > Benefits of E-Mentoring with MentorNet: > - Convenience - Do it at times that suit your schedule. Only about > 20 minutes/week. > - Support - Access to MentorNet's online mentoring materials to > guide your experience. > - Outreach - Opportunities to connect with students, post-docs, and > early career faculty outside of your university. > - Satisfaction - Know that you have helped someone else by sharing > your experiences, advice and support on issues such as work/life > balance, research, tenure, and university life. Furthermore, > mentoring has been demonstrated to help mentors gain perspective > and clarity about their own career paths. > > Please consider volunteering as a mentor and publicizing the > program to your colleagues by passing on 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 > proteges waiting to be matched! > > For more information, visit www.MentorNet.net/documents/about/ > programs/academic.aspx > or contact Jennifer Chou-Green at [log in to unmask] > > To sign up, visit www.MentorNet.net > > ************************************************************ > > MentorNet's sponsors include 3M Foundation, Alcoa Foundation, > Agilent Technologies, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Argonne National > Laboratory, Bechtel Group Foundation, Cisco Systems, GE Global > Research, Hewlett-Packard Company, IBM Corporation, Lockheed Martin > Space Systems, National Science Foundation, Naval Research > Laboratory, NVIDIA, Sandia National Laboratories, Schlumberger, > S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, Texas Instruments, and The Henry Luce > Foundation. > > 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 > > *While MentorNet's focus is on women and minorities in engineering > and science, all students are welcome to participate. > --++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== > tomorrows-professor mailing list > [log in to unmask] > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/tomorrows-professor > > Mr. James B. Greenberg Director Teaching, Learning and Technology Center Milne Library SUNY College at Oneonta Oneonta, New York 13820 email: [log in to unmask] phone: 607-436-2701 fax: 607-436-3081 "Ignorance is curable, stupidity lasts forever"