The Graduate School offers mentorship training to all faculty who serve as mentors to graduate students, honors college students and postdoctoral scholars. This training is made possible with support from the Provost's Office.
The mentorship training is based on the work done by the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experiences in Research (CIMER) at the University of Wisconsin. The Entering Mentoring curriculum accelerates the process of becoming an effective mentor by introducing a mentorship framework and providing opportunities to experiment with different methods of mentoring. The training allows new and experienced mentors to benefit from each other’s perspectives as well as extended time for reflection on fundamental principles of mentoring. By the conclusion of training, mentors will be able to articulate a personal style and philosophy of mentoring and develop a set of strategies they can use to engage with challenging mentoring situations.
Mentors will learn to:
Faculty who wish to earn a Badge of Completion must complete workshop one and workshop two, plus two elective workshops. The digital badge can be added to the trained mentor’s personal website or in an email signature. Upon completion of the required training, faculty can request a Badge of Completion by contacting Maureen Childers ([email protected]).
Faculty members may take the workshops without earning the badge of completion, but we encourage faculty to complete the full program.
(Two hours)
Mentors will:
Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
(Two hours)
Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
Mentors will have the knowledge and skills to:
(One hour each)
Unit leaders can request a workshop for faculty.