Pitt Mentoring Resources and Events
Centralized Mentoring Resources
- Center for Mentoring
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The Center for Mentoring serves as a central resource to support professional excellence by encouraging growth and development of faculty as mentors, scholars, and teachers.
They offer several events and workshops aimed at fostering more effective mentors and mentees:
- Foundations of Graduate Mentoring (under construction)
- Mentoring of Teaching: UCTL offers a wide range of support for faculty and graduate student instructors engaged in teaching roles at the University of Pittsburgh.
- Mentoring Academy: The Mentoring Academy offers a series of three sessions devoted to developing your skills in eight mentoring competency areas.
- Pitt Commons
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Grow your network of mentors with the Pitt Commons platform, which connects Pitt students, staff, faculty, and alumni.
Through your Pitt Commons profile which you can connect to your LinkedIn page, you can message prospective mentors across academic disciplines, industry sectors, or locations.
- Pitt-CIRTL
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The Pitt-CIRTL community at the University of Pittsburgh is training the next generation of STEM faculty members with knowledge of and engagement in evidence-based teaching/learning practices.
Individual School Mentoring Resources
- Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
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Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences
A Brief Guide to Graduate Mentoring for Students and Mentors
- School of Medicine
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School of Medicine
- School of Public Health
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School of Public Health
Events and Training Opportunities
- Center for Mentoring
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Center for Mentoring
The Center for Mentoring offers an abundance of Events and Workshops each term.
- Mentoring and Advising Summit
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Pitt Mentoring and Advising Summit
Each year, the University of Pittsburgh sponsors an annual summit of mentors and advisors at the University of Pittsburgh and other institutions globally, with presentations and panel discussions focused on excellence in mentoring and advising of undergraduate and graduate students.
Third-party Resources
- External Mentoring Networks and Tools
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During its review, the UCGS Mentoring Committee found several resources helpful in making recommendations. Below are links to some of those resources.
- Reading List for Graduate Students
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A Field Guide to Grad School: Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum by Jessica McCrory Calarco
Chapter 2 gives an overview of how to build a network of mentors and provides information on asking for help, accepting feedback, dealing with conflict and more.
Ph|Done: A Professional Dissertation Editor’s Guide to Writing Your Doctoral Thesis and Earning Your PhD by Dr. Allen Roda and Dr. Lauren Saunders with Kevin Anderson
Not only does this book provide a step-by-step guide for completing a dissertation, it also highlights tips for navigating the advisor-advisee relationship and enhancing work-life balance.