[FUN_Mail] 2024 In-person FUN Mentoring Network: Seeking Mentees

[David Jewett]

Dear FUN Friends,



The 2024 In-person FUN Mentoring Network will be held on Friday, October 4th from 1-5 PM on the downtown campus of DePaul University. DePaul is the co-sponsor for the In-Person mentoring event in 2024.


Modeled after other successful mentoring networks, the FUN In-person mentor network uses a coaching model to help mentees develop skills for careers within and outside academia.



At this time, we seek mentees for the 2024 program (pre-faculty, early career, and mid-career including but not limited to tenured, tenure-track, non-tenure track, adjunct, and part-time). Previous versions of the in-person network have discussed topics including: applying for faculty positions, creating courses/laboratories, student assessment, refining courses, program development, work-life balance, transitions from early career to mid/later career, developing/maintaining a research program, challenges in the classroom, etc.  Mentees will benefit from the guidance of the mentor(s) and peers within the mentoring network.



Requirements for Mentees:

FUN Membership

Attendance at the In-person event on October 3rd

Participation in ~monthly videoconference meetings.



If you would like to participate in the program as a mentee, please contact me (not the FUN Listserv group) @: jewettd at uwec.edu<mailto:jewettd at uwec.edu>  please put FUN In-Person Mentee in the subject line.  Please contact me ASAP and by  May 13th.


Future announcements related to FUN Mentoring Programs:

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Once we know how many mentees will participate in 2024 (by mid-May), I’ll send out a call for mentors (those with some experience in some of the above topics) for the In-Person program. This will be completed well before SfN registration. The In-Person event is the afternoon before SfN.


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For those interested in the FUN Virtual One-on-one Mentoring, a separate call for the 2024 version will be coming soon.

I hope you are all well.  Thanks for reading.



Dave Jewett

In-Person FUN Mentor Network
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