Mentors


APPLY NOW to be a Mentor!

Open Mentoring™ is a Web-based tool that facilitates the mentoring process, making it easy for you to volunteer and participate as a mentor. Open Mentoring™ will enable you to:
  • Connect with one or more mentees who are seeking your expertise
  • Clearly define the boundaries of your commitment (time/energy) to your mentee(s)
  • Negotiate expectations of the mentoring relationship
  • Manage mentoring activities and maintain focus
  • Manage accountability with mentees
  • Invest your legacy of experience in others

Open Mentoring™ Resources for Mentors

  • A brief Mentor guide will orient you to mentoring.
  • A Benefits guide will further explore the value of mentoring.
  • Getting Started:  Step by Step Instructions- Click on Getting Started from the Open Mentoring home page to access a video that describes the Open Mentoring process.  Step by step instructions are provided detailing how to complete the user profile.
  • Mentor: Characteristics Survey-  Take this survey to find out if you have what it takes to be an effective mentor. This readiness assessment describes effective and ineffective mentor characteristics, and then allows you to measure your own aptitude against these characteristics.
  • Mentor: Skill Survey-  Take this survey to find out what areas of mentoring competence you can bring to a mentoring relationship. This readiness assessment describes multiple competency areas for which you rate your effectiveness. This helps you pinpoint skill areas in which you would be an effective mentor.

Who Can Be a Mentor?

CNS encourages all of its upper-division undergraduate students, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty members, alumni, and industry friends to participate in Open Mentoring™.   Women and underrepresented populations in particular are highly encouraged to participate since the corresponding student populations continually list "role models" as one of their greatest needs in making a connection to their major and prospective careers.

 

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Questions?

Please direct questions to CNS Open Mentoring Support