Mentor training can make the difference between a mutually beneficial and productive mentoring relationship and one that’s draining for the mentor and discouraging for the mentee. Delta’s Research Mentor Learning Communities, based on a nationally-recognized curriculum, give you space to reflect and reinvigorate and provides concrete tools to support a successful mentor/mentee relationship. This learning community is designed for graduate students and postdocs who are mentoring an undergraduate researcher or for whom mentoring may be an important part of their future career. This discussion-based seminar can be taken for one credit or no credit (for-credit option requires having a mentee). STEMM faculty/staff mentor training sections are available here.
- Explore multiple strategies for effective mentoring with case studies, discussions, and readings
- Compare mentor and mentee goals, and craft a statement of your mentoring philosophy
- Explore time-management strategies, and discuss relevant issues as they come up
- Collaborate and problem-solve with a group of peers
Note: Participants should self-identify the section type that best matches their field of study.
If your section of interest is waitlisted, please register anyway. We monitor the waitlist regularly to determine whether to open additional capacity.
Section 1: For postdocs
Dates & Times: Fridays, 2 – 3 pm, September 29 through November 17
Location: 2255 Nancy Nicholas Hall (School of Human Ecology)
Facilitator: Josh Brown
Satisfies prerequisite toward the Delta Certificate: Δ (1 delta)
(Cancelled) Section 2: For Behavioral and Social Science graduate students and postdocs
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 2:30 – 4:30 pm, September 26 through October 24
Location: Room 117 WISCIENCE, 445 Henry Mall
Facilitators: Jules Whitaker and Shawn Green
Credits: 1 unit (INTEG SCI 660; must be mentoring a trainee during the semester for credit)
Satisfies prerequisite toward the Delta Certificate: Δ (1 delta)
Section 3: For STEMM graduate students and postdocs
Course in progress, registration closed.
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 9:55 – 10:45 am, September 12 through November 14
Location: Room 2018, Mechanical Engineering
Facilitator: Andrew Greenberg
Credits: 1 unit (INTEG SCI 660; must be mentoring a trainee during the semester for credit)
Satisfies prerequisite toward the Delta Certificate: Δ (1 delta)
Section 4: For STEMM graduate students and postdocs
Course in progress, registration closed.
Dates & Times: Tuesdays, 9 – 11 am, September 19 through October 17
Location: Room 1022, WIMR
Facilitators: Beth Meyerand and Jon Engle
Satisfies prerequisite toward the Delta Certificate: Δ (1 delta)
Section 5: For STEMM graduate students and postdocs
Course in progress, registration closed.
Dates & Times: Thursdays, 3 – 4 pm, September 7 through November 9
Location: Online (Zoom), link sent two weeks before class begins
Facilitators: Jules Whitaker and Stepha Velednitsky
Satisfies prerequisite toward the Delta Certificate: Δ (1 delta)
What do past participants say?
“One of the best classes I took in my PhD. It prepared me to work well with different types of mentees. I feel much more comfortable with mentoring and advising now.”
“Now I have better strategies regarding how to approach difficult conversations or use appropriate questions for the mentees.”
“Overall I really enjoyed this course — I think I will benefit even more in the future when I think back to what I learned.”
Questions?
Contact info@delta.wisc.edu.
Offered in collaboration with WISCIENCE.