MentorNet News

Welcome to the September 2008 issue of MentorNet News, the bi-monthly e-newsletter about mentoring and diversity in science and engineering.

What's New at MentorNet

• MentorNet gives a warm welcome to Jennifer Timmons Bell, our newest team member! She is serving as the Communications and Special Projects Assistant.
• Women and Minorities Not Getting Mentoring, MentorNet Study Finds.
• MentorNet has a presence on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Great Nonprofits – join our Facebook and LinkedIn groups and review us at Great Nonprofits!
  

Diversity of Thought Paves the Path to Innovation
Dr. J. D. Garcia, President-elect of the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native American Scientists (SACNAS), writes both personally and profoundly about a new 'imperative for science,' the notion that individuals with a different worldview may be the ones to lead to new ideas. His message sets the stage for the focus on learning in the current issue of SACNAS news.

Reprinted by permission of Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. Copyrighted 2006.

Confidence Gap for New Profs Most new Ph.D.'s arrive at their first faculty jobs without feeling that they were effectively prepared in graduate school for such key duties as teaching undergraduates and conducting research, according to a new national study of faculty members in their first five years on the job. Reprinted with permission from Inside Higher Ed.

MentorNet Mentor Best Practices - Marion Thurnauer
We asked our "serial" mentors to share their experiences as MentorNet mentors. The response we've gotten has prompted us to feature a MentorNet mentor each newsletter! If you'd like to contribute contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

What Inspires You?
A new viral campaign on improving education by Intel

MentorNet Matters
Partnerships Update; Call for Mentors; MentorNet Mentions

Bits and Bytes
Girls as Good at Math as Boys; The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure; Autobiographies from Chicanas in STEM and more!

MentorNet thanks its participating campuses, corporations, government labs, professional societies, and particularly its leading sponsors, including IBM, Cisco Systems, Hewlett-Packard Company, Intel Foundation, Texas Instruments, 3M Foundation, Alcoa Foundation, S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation, and NSF.

View the list of sponsors and the list of participating campuses.