Word: mentorships
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Although her introduction came late, Lin jumped at the chance to get involved as an alumn: she moved to New York after graduation and reached out to Riverton and other alumni through Harvardwood’s mentorship program...
...also been active in the black community at Harvard. She is a member of BlackCAST and has been both a staff member and a model for Eleganza. Last year, as president of the Association of Black Harvard Women (ABHW), Alford worked to restructure the organization, revamping its high school mentorship program, organizing a career panel, and speaking at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration at Memorial Church. Amara A. Omeokwe ’08, former vice president of ABHW, was impressed by Alford’s commitment and leadership abilities: “She’s very visionary...
...During HFAI’s implementation, Mueller says, there were plans for a mentorship program, but it fizzled out because of a lack of student interest...
...study also found that there were proportionally more minorities in associate professor positions than there are full professors, which Garcia suggested makes it difficult for interested minority students to find mentors within the field. “I don’t believe that Harvard necessarily promotes the mentorship between Latino faculty and students,” he said. “There aren’t a lot of Latino faculty members.” Harvard Society of Black Scientists and Engineers President Devin D. Smith ’09 said it was important to put minority students...
...also introduced several measures to respond to the worries of tenure-track faculty. Martin notes that they’ve instituted mentorship programs between senior and junior faculty members to give them an edge in the process. “We’re really pushing to make sure that departments understand that they’re responsible for the career development of their faculty,” she says, “so that [junior professors] can be realistically considered for tenure. We’re also making sure that in junior level searches they’re hiring...