Past Events: Mentoring

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Faculty Introduction to Mental Health First Aid

10:00–11:00 am
Zoom

This session will share data on student mental health and highlight some of the warning signs and symptoms of a mental health concern or emotional crisis.

Oct.
19

Mentoring Workshop: Promoting Professional Development

11:00 am–12:30 pm
Zoom

Develop a strategy for guiding professional development using periodic conversations on professional goals and career development and a written document.

Jun.
17

Mentoring Workshop: Fostering Independence

11:00 am–12:30 pm
Zoom

Develop the skills to foster independence in graduate student and postdoc mentees. Participants will learn strategies to build mentee confidence, establish trust, and foster independence in mentees.

May.
27

Mentoring Graduate Students: Mentoring Across Difference

11:00 am–12:30 pm
Zoom

This workshop will focus on the benefits and challenges of individual differences in the academic environment.

Apr.
1

Mentoring Graduate Students: Maintaining Effective Communication

11:00 am–12:30 pm
Zoom

Develop the skills needed to provide ongoing and successful mentoring of graduate students.

Mar.
11

Mentoring Graduate Students: Aligning Expectations

2:00–3:30 pm
Zoom

Through discussion and analyses of experience, this series helps faculty develop the skills needed to provide ongoing and successful mentoring of graduate students. Based on evidence-based facilitation from the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER), mentor training includes interactive workshops that focus on communicating effectively, aligning expectations, mentoring across difference and having difficult conversations. This workshop will focus on aligning expectations and clearly communicating with the mentee; designing and communicating clear goals for the mentoring relationship; and considering how differences may affect the relationship. It will be led by staff from the Chicago Center for Teaching.

Nov.
13

Mentoring Graduate Students: Maintaining Effective Communication

2:00–3:30 pm
Zoom

Through discussion and analyses of experience, this series helps faculty develop the skills needed to provide ongoing and successful mentoring of graduate students. Based on evidence-based facilitation from the Center for the Improvement of Mentored Experience in Research (CIMER), mentor training includes interactive workshops that focus on communicating effectively, aligning expectations, mentoring across difference, and having difficult conversations. This workshop will focus on providing constructive feedback, communicating effectively across different dimensions and engaging active listening. It will be led by staff from the Chicago Center for Teaching.

Nov.
6

Culturally Responsive Mentorship: Evidence-Based Approach to Potentiating Talent Development

12:30–1:45 pm
Zoom meeting

Learn more about how to effectively mentor graduate students at this session offered in partnership with the Office of the Provost, the Chicago Center for Teaching, the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, and the Biological Sciences Division.

Sep.
29

Mentoring Graduate Students: Conducting Crucial Conversations

2:00–3:30 pm
Zoom web conference

UChicago faculty are invited to participate in a mentor training workshop, Conducting Crucial Conversations. This session is part of UChicago's evidence-based mentoring series. It will be led by staff from the Chicago Center for Teaching.

May.
26

Mentoring Graduate Students: Aligning Expectations

2:00–3:30 pm
Zoom web conference

UChicago faculty are invited to participate in a mentor training workshop, Aligning Expectations. This session is part of UChicago's evidence-based mentoring series. It will be led by staff from the Chicago Center for Teaching.

May.
19

Mentoring Graduate Students: Maintaining Effective Communication

10:00–11:30 am
Zoom web conference

UChicago faculty are invited to participate in a mentor training workshop, Maintaining Effective Communication. This session is part of UChicago's evidence-based mentoring series. It will be led by staff from the Chicago Center for Teaching.

Apr.
28

Mentoring Graduate Students: Mentoring Across Difference

2:00–3:30 pm
Wieboldt Hall, Room 310 D/E

UChicago faculty are invited to participate in a mentor training workshop, Mentoring Across Difference.

Mar.
12

Mentoring Graduate Students: Mentoring Across Difference

10:00–11:30 am
Wieboldt Hall, Room 310 D/E

UChicago faculty are invited to participate in a mentor training workshop, Mentoring Across Difference.

Mar.
12

Mentoring Graduate Students: Aligning Expectations

2:00–3:30 pm
Wieboldt Hall, Room 310 D/E

UChicago faculty are invited to participate in a mentor training workshop, Aligning Expectations.

Feb.
13

Mentoring Graduate Students: Aligning Expectations

10:00–11:30 am
Wieboldt Hall Room 310 D/E

UChicago faculty are invited to participate in a mentor training workshop, Aligning Expectations.

Feb.
13