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MentorNet News – February 2010 Volume 1

Opportunities and Announcements

Avnet Tech Games Offer Real-World Experience and Scholarship Dollars
Avnet, Inc., a leading global technology distributor, is hosting the fifth annual Avnet Tech Games (ATG). For the first time this year, the ATG is open to students nationwide through a number of virtual games, which complement the traditional onsite competition held in Arizona on April 10. The virtual games make the competition accessible to more students and provide thousands of dollars in new scholarships. The ATG requires students to work in teams or individually—testing their knowledge, creativity, problem solving and technical skills. Deadlines are fast approaching! For more information, visit www.avnettechgames.com.

Summer Internships
Applications are available for summer 2010 internships through the Research Alliance in Math and Science program. Please note that all fields are required for submission and for cyber security, there is no opportunity to save partially completed applications. Current student resumes should be uploaded as a Word (.doc) file with LAST NAME as the first word in the filename. Apply here.

--source: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Engineer Mentors Sought on East Coast

The regional Future City Competitions in Washington, DC, and Western NY (particularly Jamestown and Syracuse areas) are still looking for engineer-mentors. Write Bill Knight, Future City Program Manager, at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For more information, please click here.

--source: National Engineers Week Foundation

Professor Honored
Sue Ion, a visiting professor at Imperial College London and chair of the UK Fusion Advisory Board, was named a dame for her services to science and engineering by the UK's New Year's Honours list.

--source: BBC News

What is the Most Diverse Company in the U.S.?

Can you help us find the most diverse company in the world? Here are the stats on our first candidate:

Gender

57/43 Female/Male

Racial/Ethnic Identity

14% African American

14% Hispanic

14% Arabic

14% Indian

14% Chinese
28% Caucasian

Religion by Birth

14% Muslim

14% Hindu

14% Buddhist

14% Christian

14% Jewish
28% Catholic

Countries of Origin

Alabama, Brooklyn, China, India, Mexico, Syria, Slovakia, U.S.

(OK, OK, most people would say Alabama and Brooklyn aren’t really different countries.)

English as a Second Language

60%

Click here to find out who it is.

Help Us Welcome New Board Members

Please help us welcome and congratulate three new outstanding members of MentorNet’s Board of Directors: Mary Fernandez of AT&T, Ginna Raahauge of Cisco, and Sarah Saltzer of Chevron. All three women are distinguished in their fields and in their companies and have already brought growth and fresh perspectives to MentorNet and our mission. We are grateful for their volunteerism and look forward to the benefit of their considerable and distinguished leadership.

You can view their profiles here and send messages of welcome to them This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

MentorNet's Spring Campaign

In January, we launched our 2010 Spring Outreach Drive in recognition of President Obama's declaration of National Mentoring Month. To read how our drive works, and to learn about our incentives for campuses, click here.

Earthquake in Haiti: In Brief

• Read Architecture for Humanity's 7-point reconstruction plan for Haiti here.

• UW-Madison's chapter of Engineers Without Borders returns from Haiti. Read it here.

• The women's movement mourns the deaths of three Haitian leaders. Read it here.

• NASA is sending an airborne radar to map Haiti's faults in 3D. Read it here.

To donate to Haiti through the American Red Cross, click here.

Thanks to January's New and Renewing Partners

• American College of Sports Medicine
• Association for Women in Science
• Land O'Lakes
• North Star STEM Alliance
• University of New Mexico

Recommended Reading

Study: Women Scientists Do More Housework than Men

When the biologist Carol W. Greider received a call from Stockholm last fall telling her she had won a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, she wasn't working in her lab at the Johns Hopkins University. The professor of molecular biology and genetics was at home, folding laundry. Read more

MentorNet Editor's Note: The above article addresses one of the many topics our mentor/protege pairs are encouraged to discuss in their weekly communications: work/life balance.

Mentoring Matters

Many discussions of efforts to diversify the faculty ranks include concerns about whether female and minority academics need mentors. Advocates for female and minority professors say that white men are more likely to learn informally from senior (male) colleagues about how to get ahead. Read more

'The Unchosen Me'

What challenges do students of color face during their years on campus, and how do these challenges affect their college success—or lack thereof? In her new book, The Unchosen Me: Race, Gender, and Identity Among Black Women in College (Johns Hopkins University Press), Rachelle Winkle-Wagner explores these questions from the students' perspective. Read more

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MentorNet News

Welcome to the May 2009 issue of MentorNet News, the bi-monthly e-newsletter about mentoring and diversity in science and engineering.

MentorNet Thanks: IBM, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, and the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation for their continued support!

What's New at MentorNet:

MentorNet welcomes Miriam Kojnok, our new Finance and Administrative Specialist, to the team!
Check out Women in Engineering ProActive Network's (WEPAN) new knowledge center for women in the STEM community.
Join our Facebook and LinkedIn groups by clicking on the buttons below and review us at Great Nonprofits!

CEO Corner: I'm a Mentor! (Or Maybe it ain't that Easy)
"When Rensselaer asked us faculty to become mentors," he said, "I signed up for it immediately. But you know what? Without getting into details, I believe I failed as a mentor. I wish I knew about your program then. I learned you can't just declare yourself a mentor. It's a serious skill that requires training."

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The Value of a Mentor
Looking for a boost in your job search or working life? Find yourself a mentor â€“ or let one find you. A mentor is a person who can guide you, help you, take you under his or her wing, and nurture your career quest.

Copyright by Quintessential Careers. The original article can be found at: http://www.quintcareers.com/mentor_value.html. Reprinted with permission.

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MentorNet Best Practices – Don Dossa
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In This Issue

We're Impressed!

2010 Women's Empowerment Campaign

Subconscious Bias Perpetuates Gender Gap

America COMPETES - Not Yet!

SD Bechtel Jr. Foundation Grant Will Help MentorNet Reach More Students

Book Highlights E-mentoring and Diversity

Mentors Sought for New PBS Program!

Quick Links

We're Impressed!

The American College of Sports Medicine recently started a "call for mentors" campaign and in less than a month they had 24 new mentors signed up. We are delighted to see their program grow! If you want to learn more about ACSM, go to their website at www.acsm.org

2010 Women's Empowerment Campaign

Do you support our work and mission? If so, share your experience and opinion about MentorNet before May 31st and help us make GreatNonProfit's Top-Rated Women's Empowerment Nonprofits list! Click here to provide your rating. Thank you!

Intel Celebrates 2010 International Science and Engineering Fair

The Intel Science and Engineering Fair is the largest pre-college science fair competition. On May 14, 2010, the world's most promising young scientists and mathematicians gathered here in San Jose, California for this unique event. Amy Cindy Chyao won first prize, followed by Kevin Michael Ellis and Yale Wang Fan who won second and third respectively. Congratulations! See more about the winners here.

Featured Quote

"[Katie Washington, Notre Dame's first black valedictorian] needed to overcome the feeling of isolation that set in, a sentiment often experienced by students of color pursuing STEM degrees at predominately White institutions."

-- Michelle J. Nealy, Diverse Education

Read full story here.

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Subconscious Bias Perpetuates Gender Gap

Last week we were invited to attend the 2010 NCWIT summit in Portland, Oregon, with its impressive array of presentations. One in particular, "The role of implicit bias in perpetuation of the gender gap in science and technology" by Dr. Brian Nosek, Department of Psychology at University of Virginia, made me wonder how much we are at the mercy of subconscious factors when we make decisions, even when we have the best of intentions.

One of the studies cited found that when asked which firefighter had the best credentials for promotion, the percentage was always higher for the male candidate, no matter which credentials were attached. And when the participants were asked why they had chosen this candidate, they did not say that it was because of his gender. They were convinced that it was the credentials that influenced their decision. According to the researcher, this phenomenon is called "shifting": when the criterion moves in order to accommodate a subconscious prejudice. The difficulty in fighting this phenomenon is that the person making the decision is not conscious at all that it was gender that determined the final outcome and not the credentials.

-Alejandra VelÃ¡squez, Director of Media and Communications

America COMPETES - Not Yet!

Two weeks ago, MentorNet proudly joined hundreds of other organizations to urge passage of the America COMPETES Act. This bill would have funded the scientific, research, and technical innovation base of this nation, and given access to STEM education for broader populations at unprecedented levels. Unfortunately, the wheels came off this visionary attempt to invest in America's future. Partisan concerns gutted the bill and weighed it down with provisions that were meant to undermine it, so its sponsors yanked it rather than see it pass to do more harm than good.

If you care at all about basic scientific research, technical innovation, engineering and higher education, if you believe that one of the best and most critical acts of a government is to invest in education for all, if you're worried that the U.S. is losing its place as the world's premiere engine of knowledge and human advancement, then please write your congressperson. A simple, well-reasoned and sincere letter will do. It is possible that she or he was among the 122 Democrats and virtually unanimous Republican bloc that let this important moment slip.

I used to think it was a clichÃ©, but after spending time visiting members of Congress for several causes, including MentorNet's, I learned that even a single voice can be influential. I also believe that linking discovery to democracy, putting new knowledge and its attendant power to create new technology in the hands of those who also promote freedom, is one of the highest ideals we can pursue. The alternatives can be disastrous. They say engineers and scientists tend to be apolitical. I believe there's nothing more political than new knowledge and ensuring everyone is invited to drink at its fountain. Please join me in making yourself heard.

You can read the ASEE's great and more thorough account here.

-David Porush, CEO

SD Bechtel Jr. Foundation Grant Will Help MentorNet Reach More Students

The S.D. Bechtel Jr. Foundation has awarded MentorNet a two-part $100,000 grant to pursue ways to reach more students with our award-winning mentoring program. The first half of the grant will go to studying and planning the launch of a broad-based Web and outreach campaign. The second half, to be awarded upon the completion of a convincing plan, will support MentorNet in its execution.

Last year, I received this email from a student: "Dear MentorNet, I had been looking forward to enrolling in Mentornet ever since I decided to major in electrical engineering. But I was stunned to find out that my campus no longer offers it because it couldn't pay the annual fee due to cutbacks. As an Hispanic woman, isn't there some way I can qualify to join anyway? I really need a mentor!"

In keeping with this week's theme that one voice can make a difference, this email inspired us to find a way to provide a service without starving our operations into oblivion. Thankfully, S.D. Bechtel Jr Foundation listened. If you have any suggestions, we would welcome them. When we find the solution, you'll be the first to know.

-David Porush, CEO

Book Highlights E-mentoring and Diversity

"Almost everyone who has been mentored at some time during their life will mentor someone else," writes Thomas Landefeld in his latest book, Mentoring and Diversity: Tips for Students and Professionals for Developing and Maintaining a Diverse Scientific Community (Springer, 2009). This book illuminates the value of mentoring among "those students who have not experienced the advantages of those who were privileged to have had guidance."

Landefeld, professor of biology at California State University-Dominguez Hills, compares face-to-face mentoring to e-mentoring. While he lauds the personalization of body language and expression, he appreciates what modern technology can do for communication, essentially bringing people "next door" to each other. He gives as an example his own experience of mentoring students through email, stating, "'Long-distance' mentoring has provided an important component to the process of mentoring, in that a time continuum can be effectively established."

Landefeld proceeds to acknowledge MentorNet as a "national organization [that]... has had great success with e-mentoring in addressing the under-representation in science and engineering."

-Leila Armush, Communications Consultant

Mentors Sought for New PBS Program!

WGBH, the Boston affiliate of PBS, is currently seeking mentors for its Time to Invent Club, a new program that places young STEM professionals and college students in after-school sites once a week. The program is designed to inspire middle school students in underserved community to explore inventions in STEM. Volunteer mentors are needed for the fall 2010- spring 2011 program in Massachusetts (Boston/Worcester) and Indiana (Indianapolis/Lafayette). To learn more, contact Liza Silverman at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or at (617) 300-3642.

-Lisa Jennings, Senior Consultant on Strategic Partnerships and Outreach

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