Inclusive Mentoring Resources

Mentoring Programs & Events at Rutgers

Rutgers-wide:

University Equity and Inclusion (UEI) Inclusive Mentoring Resources
Rutgers Connection Network Mentoring Program (UEI): A yearlong structured mentoring program for faculty and postdocs featuring an annual application for mentors, mentees, and peer-mentors.
Alison R. Bernstein Media Mentoring Program (Institute for Women’s Leadership): Annual mentorship program addressing the underrepresentation of women in leadership, production, and creative roles across all media and information technology platforms.
PreDoctoral Leadership Development Academy (Rutgers Center for Organizational Leadership, w/ support from schools, including SGS): A one-year program designed to provide doctoral students from a broad array of academic disciplines with the supplemental knowledge and skills needed for academic and administrative leadership roles.

School of Graduate Studies and Constituent Graduate Programs:

Annual Women in Philosophy Mentoring Dinner (Philosophy Department): Annual dinner where female-identifying faculty and graduate students meet with undergraduates to discuss their personal experiences and the profession.
Athena in Action: A Networking and Mentoring Workshop for Graduate Student Women in Philosophy: This annual workshop brings together a group of graduate students with a group of women faculty mentors for three days of substantive philosophical discussion and professional advicesessions.
Alumni-Student Mentoring Program (Professional Science Master’s Program): Designed to offer guidance to MBS students throughout their graduate journey by pairing them with high-performing MBS alumni who are excelling in their professional careers.
Institute on Teaching and Mentoring: SGS sponsors graduate students of color to attend this annual symposium hosted by the Compact for Faculty Diversity.
NRMN-CIC Academic Network: SGS is part of this national network offering mentoring resources and training for grad students, postdocs, and faculty.
Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NEAGEP): Rutgers is part of this partnership comprised of 10 research-intensive institutions and 5 MSIs that develop mechanisms to recruit, support, and mentor underrepresented students in STEM.
Effective Research Mentoring of Undergraduates Workshop (SGS): This annual workshop — hosted by Evelyn Erenrich, Janet Alder, and Xenia Morin – is designed to equip postdocs and graduate students with the skills and tools for effective mentoring of undergraduates in research settings.
Mentoring Up workshop (SGS): This workshop uses NRMN case studies and small-group dialogues to support grad students and postdocs in reflecting on their relationships with their advisors.
Research Intensive Summer Experience (RISE): In this 10-week summer research program, outstanding undergraduates from diverse backgrounds participate in cutting-edge research under the guidance of carefully matched faculty mentors.
Mentoring for Social Justice and Community-Building Project: A year-long, guided mentorship experience for graduate students to learn about aligning mentorship with social justice principles and serve as mentors for Douglass Residential College undergraduates.

Mentoring Programs & Events at Rutgers

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