MentorNet

The Women in Science Project (WISP) encourages Dartmouth and Thayer School alumni/ae who are science and engineering professionals to support science and engineering students by signing on as an online mentor with MentorNet, the E-mentoring Network for Diversity in Engineering and Science.

WISP's pilot e-mentoring program was the foundation for MentorNet, which has seen exponential growth since its national launch in February 1998. Since MentorNet began in 1998, 270 Dartmouth College students and postdocs have been matched through MentorNet's One-on-One program. In addition, 185 Dartmouth alumni/ae have participated as mentors and 22 Dartmouth students have been matched with a Dartmouth alum. Since the Academic e-mentoring program began in 2003-2004, 5 faculty members from Dartmouth have participated as mentors and 16 Dartmouth graduate students and junior faculty have been matched with an academic mentor (at any institution).

To apply as a mentor, please read MentorNet's "Call for Mentors" below or go to MentorNet Community Registration. Sign in and follow the One-on-One Mentoring Program link to create a mentor profile.

Thank you.

Kathy Scott Weaver
Assistant Director, Women in Science Project and MentorNet Campus Representative
Dartmouth College

Call For Mentors

E-mentoring opportunity — just 20 minutes per week

The MentorNet One-on-One Mentoring Programs are a chance to make a big difference in the life of a student, in as little as 20 minutes a week.

MentorNet seeks science and engineering professionals in industry and government, either currently active, on leave, or retired, to mentor engineering and science community college, undergraduate, and graduate students, particularly women and underrepresented minorities, who are interested in pursuing a professional future in the fields of engineering and science.

MentorNet also seeks tenured faculty members to mentor graduate students, postdocs and untenured faculty pursuing faculty careers.

Though mentors volunteer their time to benefit the protégé, they can also find a rewarding experience for themselves. "I hope [my student] is getting as much out of it as I am," is how one MentorNet mentor puts it. Well over 90% of participants would recommend MentorNet's e-mentoring programs to a friend or colleague.

Mentoring relationships last 8 months. Because mentors and students communicate entirely by email, they can communicate wherever and whenever they choose. MentorNet's research-based programs have proven effective by providing "real world" information, encouragement, advice, and access to networks for students, and particularly for those underrepresented in engineering and science fields. "My mentor always gives me the encouragement that I need," says one MentorNet student. "Sometimes those few words make a big difference to me."

How can you volunteer to be a mentor?

Join the MentorNet Community.
Follow the One-on-One Mentoring Programs links to create a mentor profile.

Since 1998, MentorNet has matched more than 21,000 pairs of protégés and mentors with strong results. We hope you will join them!

For more information, please go to www.MentorNet.net.

MentorNet sponsors include:

3M Foundation • Adobe • Alcoa Foundation • Agilent Technologies • AT&T • Bechtel Group Foundation • Cisco Systems • Hewlett-Packard Company • IBM Corporation • Intel Foundation • Land O'Lakes • Lockheed Martin Space Systems • Los Alamos National Laboratory • Naval Research Laboratory • NVIDIA • Sandia National Laboratories • S.D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation • Texas Instruments • The MathWorks • Thomson Reuters