University of Rochester
Future Faculty Workshop
What is a Mentor and What Good is Having One?
April 5th LeChase Hall, Room 215 12:30 - 4:30
This workshop examines mentoring in the university environment: taking the lead in developing one’s own network of mentors; learning to mentor and to be mentored; and the art of matching mentors and mentees. It recognizes the importance of having help in navigating the complex challenges of personal and professional life, and of being able to provide that help to others.
Brown Bag Lunch 12:30 - 1:00
Plenary 1:00 - 1:30
Establishing the Framework:
“Mentoring – The Fifth Dimension”
Terry Platt, Professor of Biology
Breakout Discussion One:
Being Mentored in Your Field 1:30 - 2:10
Break 2:10 - 2:30
Breakout Discussion Two:
Being or Becoming
a Mentor in Your Field 2:30 - 3:30
Discussion Facilitators:
Andrew Berger, Associate Professor of
Optics
Scott Butler, Associate Professor of
Microbiology & Immunology
Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Director of
Graduate Recruitment-Kearns Center
Frederick Jefferson, Adjunct Professor,
Warner School of Education
Eric Phizicky, Professor of Biochemistry
& Biophysics
Andrew Wall, Associate Professor, Warner School of Education
Panel Discussion 3:30 - 4:30
Moderated by Terry Platt
Paul Ampadu, Associate Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jim Johnson, Professor of Political
Science
Lynne Orr, Professor of Physics &
Astronomy
Margaret Kearney, Vice Provost,
University Graduate Studies Dean