College and University Partnership Opportunities
College and University Partnership Opportunities
Partnership Benefits
All participating campuses will receive the same benefits, outlined as below:
- Accessibility for all students, postdocs, and early career faculty to take advantage of the MentorNet program at no cost to the individual participant
- High quality services to protégés and mentors, including timely and personalized online coaching and facilitation, enhancing the likelihood of satisfactory e-mentoring experiences
- A large pool of engineering and science professionals from hundreds of corporations, organizations and government labs as potential mentors for students
- A state-of-the-art matching program, matching protégés with mentors across the US and internationally, based on both their backgrounds and expressed preferences
- Specific benefits in the areas of Program Support, Reports and Evaluation Services, and Recognition and Public Relations as follows:
Program Support
- Posters and brochures to assist protégé and mentor recruitment upon request
- Recruiting materials available on the MentorNet web site
- No limit on numbers of protégés participating
- Option for multiple campus representatives (with one designated primary contact)
Reports and Evaluation Services
- Online, up-to-the-minute reports on participating protégés, including information about their match status and their mentors such as employer, position, and location (See Demo of Partners Resource Center)
- Online access to campus specific evaluation results
Recognition and Public Relations
- A draft press release for distribution from your campus
- Recognition on our web site and in other publications and materials
Fees
MentorNet is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization and is supported by our partnership fees.
If You wish to join our 59 colleges and universities in partnering with MentorNet please contact Sapna Protheroe, College Development Manager at 408.296.4405 ext 14 or sapna@mentornet.net
Did You Know?
Protégés in the MentorNet program consistently report
- An increased confidence in their success in science or engineering
- An increased desire to pursue a career in their field
- A high degree of satisfaction with their MentorNet experience.
Mentors in the MentorNet program consistently report
- The personal satisfaction of knowing that they have helped someone else.
- Professional development, including better mentoring skills to use within their company.
- Increased levels of commitment to their fields and their employers.
- Opportunities for self-reflection and self-renewal.
By The Numbers
31,011Matches Since 19971,132Current Matches771Employers Represented231Protégés
Ready to Match349Mentors Ready to Match
