January is National Mentoring Month, and to help grow the number of mentors and mentees, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is hosting an interactive Webinar,

Tips that Work!: Advice from Award-Winning STEM Mentors

During the Webinar, two recipients of the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM), the nation’s highest award for STEM mentoring, and their mentees, will share strategies to building successful STEM mentoring relationships that impact lives, careers and our nation’s workforce. Dr. William J. (Jim) Lewis, acting assistant director for NSF’s Education and Human Resources Directorate, will set the stage with opening remarks.

The panelists include:

·       Dr. Juan Gilbert, chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at the University of Florida, and his mentee, France Jackson, a doctoral student of human-centered computing, currently employed as a user-experience researcher and designer at Intel. 

·       Dr. Sheila Humphreys, emerita director of diversity in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and her mentee, Cheyenne Nelson, a recent University of California, Berkeley physics graduate who is currently a research associate at the Lawrence Berkeley National Lab on the University of California, Berkeley campus.

·       Dr. Julie Johnson, program director, NSF, will serve a dual role: moderator and NSF representative to discuss NSF’s commitment to mentoring and resources that may help further STEM mentoring.  

Participants can register for the session here. https://nsf.webex.com/nsf/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb092793e5c5581d4332541823f20d3ba

 Below is a suggested tweet to publicize the panel through your social media outlets: 

Join #PAESMEM alum at the @NSF interactive Webinar, “Tips that Work!: Advice from Award-Winning #STEM Mentors” on Jan. 22, from 3:30pm-4:30pm EST. Click link to register. [https://nsf.webex.com/nsf/onstage/g.php?MTID=eb092793e5c5581d4332541823f20d3ba] #NationalMentoringMonth  

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