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Mentoring Women for Academic Leadership
ADVANCE has designed a leadership development program, call the Mentoring-for-Leadership Lunch series, to encourage women faculty to consider and pursue positions of academic leadership. Each month, a different woman leader discusses her career trajectory and the benefits and challenges of holding an administrative job. Emphasized are techniques for time management, obtaining consensus among faculty, and implementing a vision of excellence. A few thoughts on taking the leadership plunge include (1) words of wisdom from our mentoring-for-leadership speakers and (2) "The Joys of Leading an Academic Department" article by Moz Kaveh (IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, March 2004). A list of past Mentoring-for-Leadership Lunch speakers as well as other resources related to this program are available here.
Senior Women Faculty Networking Lunch, January 2002back to top
Mentoring Women Graduate Students
Managed by the Center for Workforce Development, the Faculty-Graduate Mentoring Program component of ADVANCE encourages excellent female graduate students to pursue faculty careers. The mentoring program offers one-on-one mentoring with a UW faculty member and career development seminars on making the transition from graduate student to faculty. For more information, visit the Faculty-Graduate Mentoring Program webpage.
The CIC has also partnered with Chris Loving, founder of Loving Leadership™ and ADVANCE Visiting Scholar, to offer LIFT™ UW (Leadership Institute for Tomorrow at the University of Washington), a leadership curriculum and professional development program, to graduate students in the 19 ADVANCE SEM departments. LIFT™ UW offers a variety of programs to develop critical communication and self awareness skills invaluable in navigating graduate school and beyond. To learn more about LIFT, visit the LIFT UW homepage.
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Mentoring Pre-Tenure Faculty
For pre-tenure faculty, ADVANCE has developed a group mentoring program rather than using the traditional one-on-one mentoring model. The mentoring opportunities occur at a peer level and across ranks. Mentoring activities include informal lunches, topical workshops, and other opportunities to share resources and information. For more information, contact ADVANCE Program/Research Manager Joyce Yen (joyceyen@u.washington.edu).
Navigating the Tenure Track Workshop, May 2003Handouts from past workshops and other resources are available here.
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Professional Development Consultants
The ADVANCE CIC is piloting a program called Professional Development Consultants to help create transparency in the promotion & tenure process. This pilot program is available for the women faculty in ADVANCE departments and if it is well received, it will be expanded to all ADVANCE faculty. These faculty consultants, one from the College of Engineering and one from the College of Arts & Sciences, are available to discuss career paths with individual faculty members, particularly on how best to prepare the curriculum vitae at promotion time. Having previously served on their respective colleges' promotion and tenure committees, they provide a unique perspective on the criteria for excellence that the College values. This program does not ensure promotion or career advancement but can help dispel some myths about the P&T process. (For additional information, please contact CIC Director Eve Riskin at riskin@ee.washington.edu)
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Mentoring Resources
Making the Right Moves: A Practical Guide to Scientific Management for Post Doctoral and New Faculty, is a handbook designed for basic science investigators from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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