Mentoring is a developmental partnership through which a person shares knowledge, skills, information, and perspective to foster the personal and professional growth of someone else.

• Mentor and Mentee commitment: One year
• Mentor and Mentor Partner Meeting/Communicating Frequency: minimum of 4 hours a month via email/phone/in-person

Successful partnerships:

• Take primary responsibility for partnership
• Demonstrate initiative
• Respect confidentiality of partnership
• Are open to differing perspectives
• Possess and employ active listening skills
• Share experiences, provide perspective, and suggest alternatives
• Honestly and thoroughly analyze academic and professional development needs and set goals accordingly
• Provide constructive and honest feedback