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NSF ADVANCE Institutional Transformation Grant

ADVANCE at WSU

External Mentor Program 

The ADVANCE at WSU External Mentor Program is a NSF ADVANCE-supported initiative for enhancing awareness of and creating opportunity for underrepresented groups in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. The aim of the program is to foster career development of faculty by supporting the development of mentoring relationships with off-campus science and engineering leaders, in particular strong, senior women role-models and mentors. Ideally, these mentors will provide training and mentorship and facilitate collaborative research efforts. Special emphasis is placed on mentorship that supports diversity efforts and/or communicates awareness of barriers that exist for underrepresented minority groups in STEM disciplines.

Full description of the program and guidlines (pdf)

Questions and Proposal Submission:

Rebecca M. Craft, Ph.D.
ADVANCE at WSU External Mentor Program
Psychology Department
P.O. Box 644820
Pullman, WA 99164-4820
craft@wsu.edu
509-335-5040

External Mentor Guidelines/RFP (pdf) 

Mentoring Goal: Faculty Success

Shuiui Chen with her mentor

 
Shihui Shen, right, assistant professor of civil and environ-mental engineering and director of the Washington Center for Asphalt Technology at WSU, credits her mentor, Dallas Little, Snead Chair professor and associate director of the Center for Aggregates Research at Texas A&M University, with providing valuable insights for research and teaching.
 
"Being a well-etablished researcher
in the field, he is giving me confidence to continue my research  focus and providing guidance to help me expand my future career," Dr. Shen says.

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