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The ADVANCE Regional Network of Texas (ARN) was founded in 2014 as part of the NSF-funded Center for ADVANCING UH Faculty Success. ARN Partners
Texas A&M Prairie View A&M Rice University The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley University of Houston
ARN was formed to create beneficial and productive,
cross-institutional relationships that support the advancement of women faculty in STEM fields.
What is the ADVANCE Regional Network of Texas?
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A social network for virtual, one-to-one mentoring
open to any STEM student attending an accredited institution of higher education in U.S.
What is the ARN MentorNet Community?
A community of MentorNet exclusively for
junior women STEM faculty mentees
Senior STEM faculty of any gender may serve as mentors
What is MentorNet?
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3-minute video at: http://bit.ly/mentornet_arn_video
38-minute Introductory Webinar at:
https://mentornet_arn_webinar
How ARN MentorNet Works Video
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The ARN MentorNet Community provides junior women STEM faculty with access to mentors who are senior STEM faculty at partner institutions.
MentorNet is a secure, online mentoring service designed for
guided, virtual mentorships.
Mentee and mentors confidentiality is strongly protected.
Why ARN MentorNet?
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Guided mentorships promote faculty development and provide
support to STEM faculty mentees and their mentors to:
§ Identify Role Models § Establish Support Networks § Encourage Growth Mindset § Strengthen Professional Identity § Foster Belongingness § Develop Cultural Competency
Why Guided Mentorships for Faculty?
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ARN MentorNet is mentee-driven Mentees select and invite recommended mentors
ARN mentees and mentors cannot be from the same institution
to enhance confidentiality and tap into skills and experience that may not be available at “home” institution
Matched pairs have access to on-line training
Mentoring topics address issues faced by junior women STEM faculty
Mentorships are one-to-one May last up to 3 months or longer with if both parties agree
Mentees may have multiple mentors from different partner institutions
MentorNet mentors report sense of fulfillment and improved management and mentoring skills
What Do Mentees & Mentors Experience?
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Join. Complete profile on laptop/tablet at http://arn.mentornet.org
Connect. Mentees select & invite prospective mentor. Mentors have 7 days to respond
Pairs in one mentorship at a time Pairs choose how to communicate (Skype, Google+, text, email, chat)
Learn. Pairs receive training & weekly topics designed for women STEM faculty
Share. Pairs communicate for ~20 mins/week over 3-month mentorship
On-line anonymous survey at end of mentorship
Questions? Concerns? We are here to support YOU! Contact us at program@mentornet.net
How Do Individuals Participate?
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ARN Mentor Dr. Dilma Da Silva Profile Helpful Hints!
Photo. Smile! Or fun Avatar
Aspiration.
Why a mentorship?
Brief Bio Accessible to STEM faculty
Not experts in your field
Name & Tagline Appear under photo in recommendations
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ARN Mentor Dr. Dilma Da Silva Profile Helpful Hints!
Profile Questions. Explicit preferences better than
“no preference”
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What’s memorable? Why you love your field
Your work & education experience Your family, pets & hobbies
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Promote the ARN MentorNet Community to your faculty and advise them of the benefits
Faculty – mentees and mentors – log in and complete a profile
Mentees receive electronically recommended
mentors who they may select and invite
Mentors have option to accept or decline invitation
There is no cost and backup administration is provided by the Center for ADVANCING UH Faculty Success
Interested? Contact Lisa Robertson at
lcrobertson@uh.edu
How Do Institutions Participate?
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Mentoring brings us together — across generation, class, and often race — in a manner that forces us to acknowledge our interdependence, to appreciate, in Martin Luther King, Jr.’s
words, that “we are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied to a single garment of destiny.”
In this way, mentoring enables us to participate in the essential
but unfinished drama of reinventing community, while reaffirming that there is an important role for each of us in it.
— Marc Freedman, Social Entrepreneur
Founder, Encore.org
Reinventing Community
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