[Grad-postdoc-assn] [Fwd: Fwd: Request for AGU Meeting Mentors for MS PHD'S Students]

[Paula Fisher]

This might be of interest to some of you.

Paula


> *From:* pdp <pdp at msphds.org <mailto:pdp at msphds.org>>
> *Date:* November 10, 2011 11:32:01 AM MST
> *To:* "hagan at ucar.edu <mailto:hagan at ucar.edu>" <hagan at ucar.edu 
> <mailto:hagan at ucar.edu>>
> *Subject:* *Request for AGU Meeting Mentors for MS PHD'S Students*
>
> Greetings Dr. Hagan:
>
>  
>
> The */Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success/* 
> */Professional Development Program/* (*/MS PHD¹S PDP/*) will again 
> sponsor students to attend the 2011 Fall AGU Meeting.  We invite AGU 
> members to serve as mentors to this year¹s cohort of 30 minority 
> undergraduate and graduate students.
>
>  
>
> Thank you for serving as a meeting mentor to our student participants 
> during previous AGU Fall Meetings. The one-on-one 
> interaction of students with established scientists continues to be a 
> highlight of their experience.
>
>  
>
> Please let us know if you plan to attend this year¹s Fall AGU Meeting 
> and whether your schedule will allow you to mentor one or more of our 
> students. Please forward this email to your colleagues who might be 
> interested in serving as Meeting Mentors during the upcoming AGU Meeting.
>
>  
>
> Science meeting mentors are asked to:
>
> §  Communicate with selected mentee(s) before the Fall AGU meeting to 
> discuss common academic interests;
>
> §  Attend an informal mentor/mentee introduction either on Sunday 
> afternoon (Dec. 4^th ) or Monday afternoon (Dec. 5^th ). Specific 
> times and locations will be confirmed before AGU meeting;
>
> §  Discuss a minimum of four presentations with your mentee(s) during 
> the meeting;
>
> §  Facilitate networking by introducing your mentee(s) to other 
> scientists with similar interests; and,
>
> §  Offer mentee(s) academic and career advice.
>
>  
>
> An */MS PHD¹S PDP/* update can be found at: _http://www.msphds.org/_
>
>  
>
> Please let us know if you are available to serve in this capacity by 
> emailing us at  pdp at msphds.org <mailto:pdp at msphds.org> no later than 
> Wednesday, November 16, 2011. 
>
>  
>
> Please complete/or (if needed) update the brief on-line mentor survey 
> found at _http://www.msphds.org/mentor_survey.asp_.
>
>  
>
> 2011 Student profiles are posted on the */MS PHD'S/* website.  You may 
> review them by clicking on the following link:  Cohort VIII Student 
> Profiles 
> <http://www.msphds.org/profiles.asp?type=&cohort=MSPHDS-Cohort8_2011-2012+%28Cohort+8%29&gender=&ethnicity=&institution=>
>
> _ _
>
> If you are willing to serve as a Meeting Mentor, please select two or 
> three students with research/academic areas that best align with your 
> interests.  It is our intent to assign to each AGU meeting mentor 
> student mentees of their choice. Please include the names of selected 
> students in your RSVP on or before Wednesday, November 16, 2011. 
>
>  
>
> Thank you again for assisting the next generation of scientists to 
> navigate within the AGU community.
>
>  
>
> Sincerely,
>
>  
>
> */Dr. Vivian A. Williamson Whitney/*
>
> /MS PHD'S/ Project Administrator
>
> Institute for Broadening Participation 
>
>  
>
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