Faculty Mentor Program
POLICY STATEMENT: Each Department in the College of Engineering shall establish a mentor program for tenure-track faculty members. The program shall be informal and unofficial with voluntary participation.
MENTOR PROGRAM: The main purpose of the mentor program is to provide unofficial, informal, and confidential assistance and suggestions to tenure-track faculty members. The program could include, but not be limited to, matters concerning students such as advising, grading policies, office hours, and use of TAs and RAs; providing information on publishing and funding environments, reading and critiquing grant proposals and journal articles, and College and Department dynamics.
The DEO of each Department shall explain the mentor
program and introduce potential volunteer mentor or mentors from the
senior faculty, with their prior consent, to each tenure-track faculty
member. A tenure-track faculty member
who decides to participate may then choose a mentor, or a group of
mentors. Suggestions made by a mentor are informal and unofficial.
All participants are free to terminate their participation in the
program at any time.
The program is not a replacement for existing procedures
such as annual reviews and guidance from the DEO. Questions and inquiries
of an official nature should be directed to appropriate administrators
rather than to a mentor.