Abstract: |
MentorNet (www.MentorNet.net), the E-Mentoring Network for Women in Engineering and Science, is a nonprofit organization focused on furthering women's progress in scientific and technical fields through the use of a dynamic, technology-supported mentoring program. MentorNet provides the centralized infrastructure for a partnership of colleges and universities, corporations, and government sites, each of which provides funding and reaches out to prospective participants in MentorNet’s programs. To assist recruitment of participants for MentorNet’s signature One-on-One program, which pairs undergraduate and graduate women studying engineering and related sciences with professionals working in industry and government for year-long, structured e-mentoring relationships, MentorNet provides sample text for email messages to campus, corporate, and government representatives. In addition, brochures and posters are available upon request, and flyers may be downloaded from the web site and printed. Through MentorNet’s online Partners Community, campus representatives may access information about the students from their campus who are participating in MentorNet’s programs. This paper provides insight into the experiences of campus representatives at Pennsylvania State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Index Terms higher education, mentoring, campus, MentorNet |
