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, 287 Dartmouth College students and postdocs have been matched through MentorNet's One-on-One program. In addition, 204 Dartmouth alumni/ae have participated as mentors and 23 Dartmouth students have been matched with a Dartmouth alum. Since the Academic e-mentoring program began in 2003-2004, 6 faculty members from Dartmouth have participated as mentors and 20 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
Inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers
The MentorNet One-on-One Mentoring Program is a chance to make a big difference in the life of a student in as little as 15 minutes a week.
MentorNet seeks mentors who are:
- Science and engineering professionals
- In industry, government, or academia
- Active, on leave, or retired
To match with protégés who are:
- Pursuing a professional future in the fields of engineering and science
- At the community college, undergraduate, graduate, postdoctoral, or early career faculty levels
Although 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 describes the experience. More than 70% of mentors have recommended MentorNet's e-mentoring program 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. In fact, 90% of our mentors feel that e-mentoring was a convenient way to volunteer.
How can you volunteer to be a mentor?
Go to www.MentorNet.net/mentor and select Join Us.
Since 1998, MentorNet has matched more than 22,500 pairs of proteges 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 • Alfred P. Sloan Foundation • Agilent Technologies • Bechtel Group Foundation • Cisco Systems • IBM Corporation • Intel Foundation • Land O'Lakes • Lockheed Martin Space Systems • Los Alamos National Laboratory • The National Science Foundation • Naval Research Laboratory • NVIDIA • Oak Ridge National Laboratory • Rockwell Collins • Sun Microsystems • Texas Instruments • The MathWorks • Thomson Reuters • The Walt Disney Studios